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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entry No. 26sS.

HUHthttdU lNUF -U5o'
 DEPARTMENT OF THE INFERIOR
 LAND OFFICE AT TUcsoN. ARIZONA.
 January 23. 1904. Notice is hereby given that the following named settlers has filed notice of her intention to make final proof in support Of her claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, March 8, l90i viz; Teresa AmadO, Of Tucson, Arizona for the s. ". "a Sec. g, T. 19- S., R. BE, q &S. K. B. x
 She names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon and cultivation oi said land. viz: Francisco Leon, Jose Ma: Peralta, Dario Martinez, Mahiel Sanchez, all of Tucson Arizona MILTON R. MOORE,
 Register. First publication January 20, 1904.
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Mines Wanted.

We have customers for the following kinds of properties, namely: Property from which some ore can be shipped right along. Low grade gold proposition. Must have good sized ledge, and some development work done. Low grade copper; chalcopyrte preferred, but must be sulphide ore. Also two or three good gold or silver prospects.
 In answering, all we want to know is what your property is and what you think 1t IS worth. Then, If we can handle 1t at your figure we will correspond with you, find out where it is and make arrangements to go and see it. Address, ''BUSCONIONS"
 Care of THE OASIS
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NOCALES NOTES.

w. E. Bowers of the Coches ranch near Huachuca IS registered at the Brickwood today.
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how his plans were hindcred by made
.gpate supplies OF food and clothing.
heard him constantly allude to his trou.
bes: indeed, they never seemed absent
from his mind. = e 4sSi,
In tis~winter Of 1ss3-'64 Mrs. Lee and
her daughters removed to Richmond, and
from Camp Rappaf1annock he wrote Mrs:
] .ce: II fear my daughters have not taken
to the spinning wheel and loom as / have
recommended: shall$not be able to rec
Sommcnd them to the brave soldiers for
wives
lin the spring OF 1864 Fltzhugh Lees
brigade, to which the author. who had
won commission and staff appointment.
was then attached, lay In camp near
charlottesville, and the officers gave
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OYSTERS PROMISE WELL.
The Industry on the Ocean
Shore in Its Infancy.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)

'.oNANco cK, .yA;;. October, s.-The
oyster. industry on the ocean side Of the
3Onancock and Northampton counties has
started anothe year, which promises to
exceed any previous one In the output,
and the demand Is very good. There
are numbers Of inlets and bays making
In from the Atlantic. and these contain
thousands OF acres Of the most valuable
oyster grounds in the world While on
plenteous with fat oysters, have become
depleted from excessive dredging, and
mo planting, entcrprlsing parties have
rented the seaside marshes and planted
millions OF bushels of oyster seed and
now have a good supply. Es II N II
The bayside oy!sterman pow that the
crab season Is over, has to 60 over The
ing houses or remain idle the entire win
ter. These shucking houses give ems
5ployment to several thousand men at
good wages. Tho houses pack the oysters
In scans and small barrels and ship them
over the sertlro country orders being OBJ
tanned from as far west as Omaha and
Lincoln. Nebraska, and the States Of
of gallons. III .
The oyster Industry on the oceansde
IS a most prof ia Bile one. and is yet in
The directors of the Peninsula Fair
Association. Tasley Va, have declared
tho regular annual dividend, Of ten
per cent. on the capitalization Of s.. 500.
which far exceeds the expecta tons The
seventh annual fair, held IN August: was
the most prosperous in history Of the
association. Improvements and larger
Epurses were offered. The association la s
declared n dividend OF seventy-tWo per
cent. In the seven years. 4 ~ &
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Fredericksburg Facts.

54{ Especial to The Times Dispa tcn.) s&Fy
FREDERICKSBUR VA, October g.
Captain Frank H. Revere has resigned
as commander of Company L. SEVENTEEN
Virginia Regiment (Washington Guards).
Of this city.A st-LieutenantIT I. M. Lar
kin will probably succeed him.
a handsome Episcopal church Is being
erected at Lewiston. IN spotsylvania
county. III ss}}s Z Va z
The steamer Accomac. Captain y. G.
Jarvis is in the Rappahannock River.
with headquarters a = urbanna. on the
lookout for violations OF the oyster law.
Captain John IIazclWood, prominent
fisherman, OF Niddlesex county. found a.
largo shark in his fish trap In the Kappa
hammock River few days a go.
Major William x Perrin has rendered
his resignation as treasurer OF Glouces-
ter county and Judge Garrett has ap-I
pointed r.. P. Gray ass his successor. /.
81 Rev. y. p. Essex MAS received a call
from the Baptist churches at Urbannn
and saluda. In Nlddlesex county, and
has accepted the same.
a few days ago someone cut the wire
Of the Northern Neck Telephone Com
pany between Index and King George
Courthouse. and communication with this
city was cut off for twenty-four hours.
f A yoke of oxen and fine horse be-
longing to Mrs, DR.. Tayloe, IN Vest
nioreland county. was killed a few eye-
gninEs ago by lightning. 4S &
Mr.. G.. II. Bozel, Of Fauquier county,
who went to Youngstown, Ohio, recently.
was shot there during the strike at the
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t,pon him. He wrote urgently for sup-
plies. and In his private letters he pre-
dicted Grants move toward Richmond.
After The War.

49, filtcl&& lIlG wv oil }siy4
Captain Lee does not go with detail into
war. Tho military phase IS Clibordina.ed
to the personal, but the letters, his per-
sonal recollections and incidents all make
eommander In that trying time. The sur
author first saw his father after Appo;;
had sin as lis family ns We'll fe as
car recall MY father at this time. he
says. che APPEARED to be very well ply
sicaly though he looked /, Older, graycr
any al y, other her subject than that Of the war
or anything herta,,n'fl a II, thereto etc ,av
June lie went 10 "Degwent,'' a little FOUR
room house IN Cumberland county, which It.
abetli Randolph Cooke. There he awaited
tho Indictment. found against him, 2sayist
In rIi the meantime offers Of homes, houses.
lands and money. poured In upon him, all
of which he declined. In August no !! &C I;
septed the yesdecy Of W w IN Sol-
a pleasant. picture is given q tho busy
days that followed II estabi i!sf. . ms
nee aays fhs a WAS KS faiSe srohs
desire to write history OF MS cam
paIens, He went SO far as to begin to
gather data. but his falling strength and
the magnitude Of The task deferred him.
General Lees correspondence during this
period was very extended, and his let.
tiers to friends old comrades IN arms ana
public men oil express his solicitude Tor
the South and reflect his. desire that pa,
thence be shown under all conditions ana
all controversies be avoided.
The folio wing letter Is typical OF his
replies to inquirinE correspondence:
g 81. / believe IT to be the duty OF
the country and tho 4re-establishment OF
governed mo In the counscls gave
T. others, and Induced me on the 18th Of
J,;,le to make application to be included
in the terms Of the amnesty proclama-
The author had by this time settled
down upon his farm, and he gives many
letters from his father, full Of advice on
agricultural and financial matters. al OF
y hitch show his thorough grasp OF affairs.
The correspondence covering the closing
years OF General Lees life is largely OF
family character, though It embraced
many letters to strangers, either on puD
lie questions or in acknowled cement OF
courtesies. He received very flattcrlnB
business offers, all of which he declined.
preferrlng thegquietness and pleasures Of,
his college duties. ~
Among these offers was the proffer
of position Mt the head of q proposed
commercial organization in New York to
finance Southern enterprises and develop
the South. e n
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CAPACITY for Business.

CHE author. then a student at the Unl-
versity OF Virginia. describes his fathers IS
consent for him to enter 'h he a1'
Artillery. 81 do not suppose" he says
ii ever occurred TO my father 70 slnln,k S
giving !; WINCH ,,cner e ocred
to me- On the day following the battle
OF Seven Pines General Lee assumed ne CON- n
mand of#thc Army OF Northern sxl rsini s.
severely wounded. The author tells OF
one amusing cncoupter with his father
1t was at the second battle OF Manas sas;
when. wder3grlmesa ana Il. rasgu' Gem; a
ton near his battery. Young Lee spoke
to staff officer and t9la MN, IN ~ Who , y,
and turned to his staff the officer said 20
q General. here is some one who wants
ITO speak 70 yon."ssThe general, not rec C.
o2nizng his son, said: We'll, my man.
what can do for you ?s's5l 81, 3,
Captain Lee says that one marked char.
actcr!stic OF his father was his habit OF
a Was lever Il idle, he says and What he
had to do he performed With care re ana
precision. '54 @ .zs
The Ions series Of letters e ,s his s wife
clapsing without one, evidence not only
General Lees capacity for business n
the direction OF his private affairs. his
mo- NOR hat here and there brightens the
generally sad and tender correspondence.
In the winter OF 1872 3d. when he was In
ter Agnes: General Hooker is obliged
to do something. do not know what 1t
will be He is playing fhe Chinese game.
out his guns. starts his wa CONS and stroors
up and down the. river and creates an
excitement generally. Our4men look on,
{ In wonder. GIVE a cheer. and all subsidies"
Lee describing the cold and discomforts
Of his army. he says: Il owe Mr.. FL u
Hooker no thanks, for keeping, me her rsi,
Tho wrote Mrs, Lee: ANY victory would
be dear at such price. know not
how to replace him. Gods VIII pc done,
\ I trust He will raise UP some one In his
place" In nearly all OF his private let.
Z ters during this period mention is made
OF tho hardships and sufferings Of his,
men. their lack of shoes. clothing and
blankets zone can see from these let
ters," says the author, chow deeply he
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bail. An invitation was sent General Lee.
who thus commented on 1t In a letter.
This is bad time for such things. We
have too grave subjects on hand to en-.
gage In suohFtrivial tamusements. I.would
rathcr his 5officers should entertain them.
selves Mn fattenng their horses, healing
theiramen and recruiting their regiments.
There are TOO many Lees OH the conf
ties. but can excuse them at balls
Those letters written In the. spring of
1854 reveal how clearly General Lee fore
saW the storm that was soon to burst
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A MONUMENT.
Princess Anne County to Honor
It's Soldier Dead.
lal 10 Tho Times Dispatch.

Special TO Tho rlmes-Di spatch) ss 8s
PRINCESS ANNE e. H.. VA October
S.-rhe Princess Anne county Confederate
Veterans and Daughters of the Confeed-
eracy have given out the contract for
tho erection OF a monun,ent at Princess
Anne Courthouse, to be OF Virginia gran
tie. twenty-one feet high. surnlounted by
tile figure Of a Confederate soldier seven
feet In height. . .i HI n.
Tha layinr OF The cornerstone will take
Mace October 10Th, when several promi-
nent speakers will DO present, and an
effort is being made to have Senator
Daniel deliver m address. The contract
was awarded to a Petersburg firm. The
cost will be $4,000.
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durcd II will be- In the same letter ho.
voices his forcbodlngs for his old hons.
to 'p,Irchasc Stratford ION the lower Poto-
nacJ. ut is a poor place" he adds;
but we could make enough corn brs az
and bacon for our support and the girls
toouia n, 20 W ia clothes - .ssE
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Richmonders in New York,

w (speclal 10 The Tlmes,D1spntcN,l7
NTIW YORK OCT. 3.--Fifth AVenue--E,
+ Warren, j, b, Wood, II. j. Myers. Jr.;
Victoria A. OSTRICH; Grand Union
H. IN, Tuttle; Marlboroug ll,-J. j Crutch-
tti.ld, park Ayenue--'p q, Tabh
EmpIre-.P. ". Hessberg and wife; Her
aid Suuare--N. p. Hill; York-W, g, Iiil,
nv Fl Jenkins
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Monument to Women.

(special ia The Times-Dlspatch.l M
= GLOUCESTEFs C, II, VA, Oct, a-,At
a meeting Of tho Monument Association
that the tablet to the Gloucester women
az the Confederacy would be unveiled on
Aha 4finst Aiaildau u, Nnyarnhac-
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Real Estate Changes Hands.

Messrs, j., D. Carncal sold at public
auction yesterday afternoon three resi-
Mr. Charles Schmidt purchased the.
dwelling at No, 14l6 Poplar Street, for
rho residence, No. 4ol COLLEGE leg Street ef
was sold to Mr.. Henry r. Wallensteln.
Mr. Luther Marth, was the highest
bidder on tho dwelling. No, 7ss North
Second Street. He paid 1919 for sle prop
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&

Roller Mills lat that place and seriously
q, n thet absence Of Mayor Thomas p.
Wallace, who Is still sick at tito home
Of his brother.iin Culpeper county, Major
w. S. EN- brey. recorder of this city, Is
filling the position of Mayor. 8
Mr. r. G.. Il. Moncure, Jrc, has purI-$
chased Of Mr.. Hugh ode the latter's
fine farm In Stafford county. known a $
Grape l1ill.' sE
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: p !
DIES IN INSANE ASYLUM.
ST. Paul Young Woman Victim Of
..Sunworshippinq Fast"


Chicago, May 81 Miss lsloise Rcus-
Sc of st, Paul, who became insane
here while undergoing the ordeal OF
the SO called .sunworshippins fast,
is dead in the state hospital forthe
insane at Elgin. Dr. Frank S. Whit
man, superintendent Of the hospital,
SAYS that death was due 70 acute
mania. induced by starving
During the fast, which is--said- TO
have lasted forty-one days. deceased
is said by the hospital an1Ms3tltts ~
have been subjected TO torture by
means Of needles and the. application
Of lotus Oil.
LOSS OVER $4,000 600
Fire Swept Mississippi Town Under
Martial Law.
Yazoo City, Miss, May q Yazoo
City IS under martial law as . result,
OF. Wednesdays sconflagration. Several
negroes who were caught in an at
tempt to steal salvage have been ar
rested. Two military companies patrol
the burned district. The loss is vari-
sously estimated at between ) sl.5dU.o0ile
and 81, 100000 and the insurance prob,
ably will approximate 50 per cent Of
the loss.
The residence Of Hon. John Sharp
Williams, the minority leader in The
house Of representatives, escaped the
flames.
CUMBERLAND FOR UNION.
General Assembly Votes for Merger Of
Church.
Dallas, Tex, May ~ Complete I'M
ion Of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church with the Presbyterian church
in the United States OF America was
favored by the general assembly Of the
first named church in il vote which
was closely contested and after a heat
ed debate Of two days and a night
The vote was le2 for and Is against
q majority Of only 5sosel the necessary
tWo-thirds.
HEAL TIL OF ARMY EXCELLENT
VERY LITTLE SICKNESS AMONG
SOLDIERS IN kuRoPAT-
kIN's COMMAND.
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THIRTEEN
MEN KILLED.
EXPLOSION Of Boilers Causes Des.
1ruction Of ToWbOat off
Louisville. Ky.
OF the Score or More People on
Board Only Two Escape
uninjureJ.

louisville May o77.rhirtecn per.
sons We're killed, three fatally injured
and FIVE badly hart by an explosion of
boilers which totally demolished the
towboat Fred Wilson Oft River View
Park. The dead are: Captain Joseph
Price of Pittsburg, an unknown man
travelling as his guest and eleven mem
bers of the crew.
The Wilson was the property of the
Monongahela Coal and Coke company
and left Pittsburg last Friday with six
barges, twelve coal boats and four
flats, bound for Louisville. She arriHed
here about midnight. had proceeded
down the river and was abou! 10 tie
up when the explosion occurred. The
cause OF the accident is not known.
The boat had Just put about 20 back 4
tow into landing place when the ac-
cidenJ happened Henry Sykes, first
mate, could give no explanation OF the
cause OF the accident. He and Chief
Engineer Walker Mere the only men
on the boat who escaped injury. Her
man Shively. second engineer. Was
blown through the side Of the boat and
Landed Twenty-Five Feet Away
on top OF a .shanty boat. Father Cun-
ninghaln was one OF the tirst-to arrive;
al the scene OF the explosion and gave
extreme JUNCTION to several men WHO
We're dying The police and hospital
ambulances and the automobiles Of
the morning newspapers Carried a
corps Of physicians and nurses to the
scene, whiehis four miles from the
heart Of the city. The injured We're
taken to the residence of Colonel John
H Whallen until they could be better
provided for at the city hospitals. MI.
Whallen's house, which is about l50
yards from the river, was badly dam
aged by the explosion, but none of the
family was injured.
The Wilson was literally blown to
pieces and her hull sank in eighteen
feet OF water. The heavy pieces Of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-05-27
RUSSIANS
DENY STORY
Do Not Believe That Japanese
Stormed and Captured
the City.
Capture of Kinchou Would In
volye Long and Difficult
Operations.

St. Petersburg, May 27.-Mhile no
news has been received from l.ieuten-=
ant General Stoessel, commander of
the Russian troops at Port Arthur, The
war Office is inclined believe=that5
severe lighting is in progress in the
southern part OF the IiaotuHg penin-
sula, above the narrowest5 point the
peninsula, but no credence is attashed
to the reports OF the Japanese having
entered the kWangtung peninsula
south OF and connected with the l4lao-
tung peninsula. This is couslderel
impossible before the capture otZfNl11=
chou, which it is-belleNed- hefe-MeaIaz
involve long and difficult siege opela-
tions.
The general staff denies the rumors
of the final evacuation of Newchwang
and says the heavy guns were not
taken back when the town was reoc-
cupied in force.
No changes Of Importance in the
positions OF General Kuroki OF General
kuropatkin are reported.
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FUMES KILL TEN MEN.
Peculiar Fatality in Pennsylvania Min
inu Tunnel.

WtlliamstoWn, Pa, May 2277.--lfen-
men were sutfocatcd by gas and sul-
phur fumes from a small locomotive
in the workings OF the Summit Branch
Coal company here, The victims in
cluded Michael Golden. general inside
foreman OF the company, and nine
miners and laborers.
The tunnel in which the disaster
occurred is one mile in length and is
used by the coal company 10 convey
the coal mined in the workings in the
Bear valley to the breakcrin the Mill
Jams valley. General Inside Foreman
Golden and about fifty miners board
ed loaded train which was about TO
be hauled from Bear valley "a Mill
When half the Journey
had been made some of tue men al
tracted the attention of the ensineer,
who stopped. and it was found hat
nearly ever man in the party on the
cars had been overcome by gas and
sulphur from the stack OF the locomo
tive The engineer crowded on all
steam and the unconscious men Mefe.
hurried to the WilliamstoWn end OF
the tunnel. Eforts TO rcsuscitaie them
failed
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JAPANESE IN a TRAF..
Detachment Is Reported Annihilated

f. st. Petersburg, May 27-The Rus
sian troops under General Focl dealt
the Japs a hard blow at kinchou,
where they lured a detachment into a
narrow detile commanded BY artillery
as. well as infantry. The Russian fire
decilnated the Japanese force in d
short time.
The Russians lost a captain and l40
men The Japanese loss is reported
to have been much heavier.
Russian officer who has arrived at
Liaoyang from Yinchow says five bat
talions of Japanese fell into the am
bush laid by General Fock and We're
utterly destroyed.
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FEARS LEAK OF INFORMATION.
Reason Why kuropatkin Is Holding
Back Correspondents,

st. Petersburg, May 27.-Viceroy Al
exieff mas decided not TO allow any
more foreign newspaper correspond
ents to join the Manchulian army, at
least for the present ntNone-ol5% those
=Nukden have vet been allowed 10
goeto Liaoyang, much less to the front.
probable that some sort of pledge Will
be exacted which will require them
to remain there until the end, Of this
years campaign, on the ground that
if they depart al will they would take
away information concerning the Rus
sian dispositions, equipment. guns and
transportation facilities. Which-wonld
he published beyond the jurisdiction.
of the Russian military eensofs and
might prove of value to the enemy.
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NO TRIP TO POLAND.
Russian Emperor Will Remain at Pc
terhof for the Summer.

St. Petersburg, May 21.-The impe-
rial family from Isarslsoe is going 10
Pet afhof June s, wn"Te Emperor Nlcii-
olas will remain for til" rest OF the
summer. ss,.r,B.
He will not occupy The grand pal
ace. but the smaller Alexander palace.
in the imperial PARK. On account Of
the war the emperor VIII not go to
Skiernewice. Russian Poland, as usual
this summer. r-z- -
Four hundred additional passenger
cars in European Russia Will be used
for war purposes and the work OF the
Red Cross society.
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.GORMAN is
THE CHOICE
MARYLAND Democrats Send Unin.
strueted Delegation TO
st. L0uis.
Platform eriticises tie Imperial
Policy Of Republican
= Party.

Baltimore NIay - l'he Democratic
etate convention of Maryland mot III
this city during .thc day and selected
delegates % the ST. louis COM Nention
The delegates at large arc United
States Senator a Gnrman, state
Treasurer Murray Nantliyer General
l.. Victor Ranshman ana lohn p Poe
No Instructions Mere given hnl che
delegation Is soidly in iaraf ri the
pres hienc1.
Ehe-p -platfesm- -dennnHe Hees--tlie ltrHlh.1
lican party FOR its dangetuns tlcparnlfe
from the cardinal principles ingpl
Gated by the fathers OF the reptt,.
lie, advocates tariff revision rlitts.
cises the imperial policy OF the 4se5
publicanS and demands independence
for i'iliplmos. denounces departmental
freud and corruption AT Washmston
calls for national retrcnrhmef1t cl!Ll-
eises President -lippsepeltas methods 81 !
Panama negotiations and his deIad
toEial course towards congress.
Though the delegation MAS not in
structel for Senator Gormali the com
vcntion adopted IA resolution strongly
commencing his course in congress
Mcpherson S=,Iig May y tor,
nado formed north Of here, striking
Lindsborg fhe lnieii Paciiir ftatpu'
&was completely demolished a number
Of small buildings We're unrpolel aud
the local armory was aesILo@eIls
-ffottst-s II ttaruurtr0 We're lilropfed
AT Ealnn a Waterspout occurred with
great damage 70 crops. No falalities
are reported.
santo Dorinoo Elections.
Washington May e United State
Consul General Maxwell has reportea
to the state department by cable ffoila
San Domingo that the ] elections III that
country have passed OFF u, an orderly
manner and that all The eandidafe.s y.
tho government were eseetod.