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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

Spartanburg, Sept. Tom Cheek
and Will Brown, farmers OF the Enoree
section, had quarrel. yesterday after
neon returning from Laurens in a
wagon.
Later while Brown and his wife
were unloading the wagon i'll their
yard Cheek fired ON them with shot
gun. Brown escaped with slight
Wound but several shots hit Mrs.
Brown, one penetrating her right eye,
masking necessary its extraction. Her
condition is regarded as critical.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

New York, Sept 5.-There is every
indication today that the negotiations
between representatives of the Inter
borough Company with Transit COM
pany and leaders OF Union in compa-
ny's employ have reached a deadlock,
the result of which i: likely to be a
strike of all forces on the elevated
lines tomorrow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07
RUSSIANS STILL RETREATING
BEFORE JAPS.

Toxic, Sept. 3.-A telegram from
the front states that the Russian for
ces are gradually giving way before
field Marshall Oyama's assault Gen.
Kuroki has succeeded after desperate
fighting in capturing an eminence
the railway in the rear Of
Liao Yang and on the main line of the
Russian retreat to Mukden.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

We do not sympatbize with the as
saults on the Hon. David B. Hill be-
cause he has announced his retirement
from politics When man makes up
his mind that he has got enough ano
hauls into the side track it is mighty
mean to turn the switch SO freight
trains can run in and bring on a rear
end collision-Wilmingt Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 3.-A FIRE
which started at l O'Clock this morn
ing in the big Oliver Finney Grocery
building spread rapidly to neighborins
buildings, and at 3 O'Clock thirty
buildings had been DESTROYED. At 4
O'Clock the fire was still burning
tierc. ". nut was thought to be under
control at 10 O'Clock. Ihe less Will
reach million CT more dollars.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07
RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE LOST
HOPE.

Toxic, Sept. Ga newspaper dis
patch just received reports that the
Russian rear guard of the army in re-
treat from Liao Yang has lost spirit.
The japanese report seeing many men
shot by their officers for trying to run
away.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

The London papers publish ST.
Petersburg dispatch stating that by a
daringly conceived coup on the part OF
his friends, Sas>onef, the murderer
of NJ. Won Plehve, succeeded in escap-
ing from prison.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07
RUSSIANS CONCENTRATING
NEAR YENN TAI

Toxic, Sept. 6.-An official dispatch
received this evening announces that
the bulk of the Russian forces are
now assembled at Yen Tai while small
forces of Russians are still south of
that place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07
RUSSIANS EXPECT TO LOSE
LAO YANG.

St. Petersburg. Sept. 3.-The high
est military authorities here admit it
has been decided to abandon Lilac
Yang, unless Gen. Kuropatkin is i'm
mediately overwhelmingly successful,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

London, Sept. 6.-The Ha1bin cor
respondent of the Central News wires
that, Viceroy Alexieff and his staff
have arrived at Harbin, having trans
ferred their headquarters from Vladi-
vostok to that place in order to be in
close touch with Gen. Kuropatkin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07
JAPANESE TROOPS EXHAUSTED
BY FIGHTING.

Toxic, Sept. 6-The latest news of
Gen. Kuroki's movements are that
his troops are completely exhausted
by the continuous marching and
fighting of the past week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07
GEN. KUROKI HAS OCCUPIED
YEN TAI.

TOXIC, Sept Cit is reported that
the Russians'S have retired beyond
Yen Tai which Gen. Kuroki has now
occupied.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

St. Petersburg, Sept. 5.-A story
is being circulated here that two re-
puted high officials in full uniform,
and two bogus gendarmes with papers
alleged to be signed by Minister of JUS
tice Muravief directing the removal
of Sassonef, the murderer of Minister
Won Plehve, called at the prison Sat
urday last. The murderer was turned
over to them and they drove away
slowly. None of them have since
been seen. The officials scott at the
story, but it is widely credited.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

Kuropatkin has been completely
wiped out.
4 dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company from Rome states that
Gen. Kuropatkin had two horses shot
undershim during the retreat from Ii
40 Yang.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

.sLondon, Sept. 5.-The St. Peters
burg correspondent of Renters Tele-
gram Company wires that despite re-
peated denials by the war Office re-
portis persistently current that Gener-
al Ku-opatkin was obliged to abandon
two hundred guns at Liao Yang.
Some of these we're damaged in fight
ing and the rest were spiked by the
order of Gen. KCropatkip.
1t is also rumored>in St. Petersburg
that Gen. Linievitch with troops for
the relief of Gen. KuropatSin force
has arrived at point not far from Muk-
den.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

PORT ARTHUR FALLEN AGAIN.
London, Sept. Ga dispatch from
st. Petersburg states that report is
current there that Port Arthur has at
last fallen. The report seems to be
given little credence.
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Chefoo, Sept. 5.-The fighting at Port
Arthur on August 9th and 31st was
of the fercest character. Bullets from
japanese rifles often fell withinl the
town. Fighting ended with Japanese
retiring everywhere, except at Pal
unscbau, which they retained. Itsz-
pan, was several times assaulted but
finally abandoned. On Sept. 2, the
Japanese attacked the Russian left
flank but the assault was without
result.
The japanese officers now fear that
another two months may be needed to
take the town. Losses in the recent
engagements are said to have been
japanese eight thousand. Russians
three thousand.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

London, Sept "a dispatch to the
Central News from Rome states that
General Stakelburg's army, NAM
bering twenty-five Thousand men,
which was reported to have been cut
of by the japanese while attempting
a iuncture with the force OF Cen
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-09-07

London, Sept. 5.-The Exchange
Telegraph Company's Rome CORES
pondent wires that telegram has
been received from Toxic reporting
japanese success at Port Arthur. The
japanese, according to this dispatch,
made desperate attack on the line
of forts from Antseshan to Keeketivan.
After bloody bayonet charge they
occupied the heights at Tugschaitu.
From this point Of vantage the Mi
kado's soldiers began terrible bonn
bardment OF the town. The japanese
shells also damaged the Russian ships
i'll the the inner harbor, one of which
was competey disabled.
Yen Tae, Manchuria. Sept. 6.-Very
heavy firing is proceeding continuous
ly portheast of here today. The Jap
anese are pressing northward along
the Ridges lying to the east of the
railway. Several skirmishes between
considerable bodies Of troops have oc-
Cured within twenty miles southeast
of Mukden. The Russians are holding
General Kuroki in check, while the
Russian Liao Yang army is proceeding
northward. under forced marches in
the effort to escape to Mukden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-24
NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Is Voted for by a Committee of the
Finnish Diet.

Helingsfor. Finland. Dec. 24.-The
majority of the special committee, of
the Finnish diet appointed to report
on the petition that steps be taken to
re-esta blish the Finnish constitution
has reported in its favor, the diet leav-
ing it to Emperor Nicholas to initiate
the measures necessary to the re-
esta bIiShment of the constitutional
amendment and legal order of things
in Finland"
The minority recommends that the
emperor submit to the diet as soon
as possible a new form of government
based on lines that have hitherto
proved satisfactory, and that the de-
cree of April 81, 1908, be irnme ediately
repealed as we'll as the coercive meas
ures taken against communes and in
diVidualS.
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BIDS OPENED TODAY.
Union Pacific VIII Let Contract for
Grading for Double Track.

Bids were opened at the general Of
fees of the Union Pacific railway in
Omaha at noon today for the construc-
ton of another track between Kansas
City and Topeka, a distance of 81 miles.
The company requires the work to be
finished by August 81, 1905, and exacts
a penalty for failure to do it within that
time.
The plans the Union Pacific submit
ted and asked for bids upon, call for
practically a parallel track with the
present one. Only the grading contract
is to be let today, provided any one of
the bids is acceptable. The new track
will diverge from the old one at differ
ent points to reduce curves and the
grade. In no place will diversion be
more than a mile from the old line.
j. o. Brinkerhoff, superintendent of
the Union Pacific of Kansas City, says
that work will also be done on the old
line, Strengthening out curves and
changing it slightly. None of the
bridges between Kansas City and To-
peka is wide enough for double track"
he said, land I presume we will have
two bridges across all the streams be-
tween Kansas City and Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-24
TRUNK Is FOUND
One Supposed to Belong to Mrs.
Chadwick Is Discovered.

Cleveland. o., Dec. PA trunk sup
posed to belong to Mrs. Chadwick has
been given into the keeping of Receiver
Loeser. The trunk is believed to be the
one that disappeared in New York 1t
reached Cleveland today from New
ves.
MIR. Loeser stated that he was obtain
ing trace of much valuable property of
Mrs. Chadwicks. There is jewelry.
Whch was pledged in New York, which
mas been discovered, together with furs
that have been found in Cleveland and
which already have been turned over
to the receiver.
Mr.. Loeser also stated that there were
many valuable furs in the Euclid ave-
nue. home of Mrs. Chadwick. There are
many other valuable articles in the Eu-
cid house, among which are about 100
hats, of all shapes and styles, many of
them with fur trimmings
Attorney Jay p. Daley stated today
that he had possession of the mysteri-
Gus portmanteau which was found to
be missing few days ago. He said it
contained nothing of value
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-24
TOTAL REACHES 80.
That Number Sentenced for Election
Frauds in Denver.

Denver, Col, Dec. 24.-Three more
election officials were sent to Jail by
the supreme court today for contempt,
making total of 80 who have been
sentenced for violation of the courts
injunction issued prior to the Novem-
ber election.
Isaac Goldman and Edward Sweeney,
judges in the second precinct of the
Fourth ward, Denver, were sentenced
to serve four months in Jail and pay
fines of 800 and cost each. The court
declared that they had knowingly and
wilfully permitted repeating. Clarence
P. Dixon, clerk in the thirteenth pre-
cinct of the Third ward, was SEN
fenced to Jail for four months and
fined $3.50 and costs. The court said
the evidence showed there had been
repeating and a wilfuI miscount of
votes in this precinct in which Dixon
had acquired a fictitious residence just
before election and that Dixon had
interfered with the appointment of a
republican clerk and with the supreme
court watchers in the performance of
their duties.
There remain on the docket con-
tempt cases from eight other precincts
but they will not be tried until after
the holidays.
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Arthur have galIantly and success
fully accomplished the duties required
of them, and in so doing had to brave
the dangers of storms and shells by
day and night.
'Despite all the difficulties con-
fronting them they have succeeded in
performing their duties without the
least confusion, rendering one another
lnutual assistance.
1--WE especially note their brave and
loyal performance of the duties re-
qui1Sd of them, and express our ap-
probation of their gallant behavior.
Russian Bombardment.
Toxic, Dec. PA dispatch from
the headquarters of the Japanese army
in Manchuria says:
ION December % the enemy's ar
tillery bombarded San Chutzu, Main
gluntun, and their vicinities and at
about midnight his infantry attacked
our positions south of Pinniulupao
and on the northeastern heights of
.HSia pontaitzu, but We're repulSed.
"At 1 o'clock in the afternoon of
December %, the enemys heavy guns
in the neighborhood of Takuchiatzu
occasionally bombarded our posi-
tionS''
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TO SEAT PEABODY.
Colorado Republicans Determine to
Contest Adams Election.

Denver, Dec. 24.-It has been def
niteIy decided by the Republican lead
ers to contest the election of Alva
Adams as governor before the legisla-
ture by which the vote is canvassed.
/ Their purpose, it is said, is to submit
evidence of frauds committed in nine
ty-nine Denver Democratic precincts
over which the supreme court took
jurisdiction, and ask to have the entire
vote of all these precincts rejected in
accordance with the example of the
court, which threw out the votes of
five precincts where it was shown by
the evidence in contempt cases that its
injunction had been violated.
The state board of canvassers spent
the entire day in hearing arguments
in regard to its authority to go behind
canvassing boards. The board, which
is composed of five state officers, all of
whom are Republicans, has been ask
ed to throw out the vote of certain
precincts in Boulder and Las Animas
counties on the ground of alleged
frauds and award the certificates of
election to two Republican candidates
for the state senate. On the face of
the returns Democrats were elected
and the senate is tie, its member
ship consisting of seventeen Democrats
and seventeen Republicans.
In defending Clarence P Dixon. an
election clerk charged with contempt
in having permitted illegal voting at
the November election in violation of
the supreme courts injunction, Attor-
ney Philip Hornbein declared in open
court that the ballot box must have
been tampered with since the election.
The experts report had shown that
there were eighty-one ballots in the
box which were folded in such a man
ner that they were not deposited sing
ly in the usual manner through the
opening in the box
''It is impossible" said Mr. Horn
bein, that any election officer put the
eighty-one folded ballots in that box.
The supreme court watchers were
there the entire day; they stayed until
the morning after the election, when
the box was taken to the court house;
they did not allege that any stuffing
of the box had been done, and the
only theory 1 have for the presence of
those eighty-one ballots in the box is
that they were put there by some per-
sons not connected with the Demo-
cratic organization"
Attorney Hornbein asked the court
to order an investigation of the men
who have been acting as guardians of
the ballot boxes at the court house
and at the state house when they were
opened for Investigation. He intimated
that the watchers had been bribed and
had permitted the extraction of good
ballots and the insertion of fraudulent
ballots. No action was taken by the
court on the attorneys charge. The
court took the case under adViSem ent.
When the case of w. H. Hunter,
who is accused of contempt in precinct
10, Third ward, was called, he failed to
respond. His bondsmen were given
until January to produce him.
No more contempt cases will be
tried until after the holidays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-24
SENTIMENTAL COSSACKS.
Whole Division Pays Respect to Four
Dead Comrades.

| Correspondence of Associated Press.
Mukden, Nov. 25.-WiId and rough
as are the Cossac cks, they are peculiarly
sentimental and as susceptible as
whether it be anger or sympathy. One
of the most striking sights have ever
witnessed was the whole of Mist
chenko'S division paying its respects
who were killed and mutilated below
Sindee. 1t was some time back, just
toward the end of the summer. The
burial was fixed for a. M. Mist
chenko and all his staff were there
and the Fourth Chita regiment to
which the men belonged was accorded
the place of prominence in the cere-
monies. There were no coffins available
and the bodies were wrapped in
plated straw but SO Smothered with
wild flowers and native grasses that it
was impossible to see the CHASTITY
bloodstains soaking through the COW
erlng till the corpses were lifted from
the stretchers to be placed in the
grave. The churchly accessories were
scanty. An old table had been
brought from deserted Chinese hut
and on it was placed an old regimental
1kon and before it single bit of wax
candle, the nearest approach to a
taper that could be had. The priest of
the Barnaulski regiment officiated,
and ne took his place before the table,
the order Hats off; pray was passed
down the line and Mistchenko, setting
the example, uncovered and bowed
his head while the men knelt, bare
headed, but each with his carbfne be-
tween his knees. The church acces-
sories may have been poor and simple,
but the temple was magnificent. 1t
was GODS own house, "a Walled-in val
ley with green hills rising on every
side and over all rising a single peak
that might have been the spire of this
mighty cathedral.
The service, simple but affecting.
was soon over. The priest blessed the
bodies and the stretchers- were raised
shoulder high and borne up the hill
past the massed regiments and the
band playing a dead march. Mist
chenko and his staff followed on foot
like the rest, and after the Cossa cks
had placed the bodies in the open
grave he threw in a handful of earth
and each officer and man of the regi-
ment did likewise. Then the general
shook hands with the priest, thanking
MIN for his attendance on the dead
and also shook hands with and
thanked the four Cossacks who had
stood in the grave to receive the
bodies. Before the assembly was dis
missed, Mistchenko briefly addressed
the men, warning them under no cir
cumstance to commit any reprisaI on
the dead or wounded Japanese who
should fall into their hands And so
far as I have ever heard this man
date has been obeyed. But before the
day was out we had another skirnish
with the Japanese and L heard thar
every man cut a cross on his Cartridge
before firing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-24
HIS CAR UPSET.
King Alfonso Has a Narrow Escape
from Injury.

Madrid, Dec. 24.-King Alfonso had
Il narrow escape while riding in a mo-
tor car on the Prado yesterday. A
wheel of the car which he was driving
personally suddenly broke and the car
overturned, but the king escaped un-
injured. King Alfonso is an excep-
tionally daring driver, and his motor
ing exploits are constant source of
anxiety to the queen mother and the
ministers. He has a prediction for
long trips, generally acting as his own
chauffeur. Recently he announced his
intention of making unattended a mo-
tor car tour throughout his dominions,
but the plan was dropped because
Senor Maura, who was then premier,
threatened to resign, as he feared an
anarchist outrage. The king has had
several narrow eScaDeS
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grip. We would like to fnd it and will

grip. We would like to find it and will
make every effort to find it.
THE valise Cunningham took to Lima
with him, which We have not secured, Will
be here soon. The police of Lima, who
are aiding in every way they can,
traced the valise to a barber shop, where
it was left to be sent, with its contents,
check for the vaiise and the police at Ii
ma secured the valise and the clothing
when it was returned from the laundry
and they have forwarded 1t ana its con-
tents to Topeka by express.
when Cunningham reached st. Louis
he went to the Franklin automobile agen-
cy there and bought some supplies. The
first day he went there he bought about
SS worth Of stuff When he paid for it
he drew a large RON Of bills from his Dock-
ct. The cashier, to whom he paid the BILL
said there must have been 500 IN the roll,
a. he hunted through the tens and tWen-
ties for a small bill and he had trouble
in finding a five. When Cunningham left
the two ponies for $50, he had only about
SIS and We would like to know where he
got the rest of that big roll of money
He formerly had money on deposit IN a
bank in Independence, but he overdrew
that account long ago and got no money
there when lie went through lndepen-
dence.
Last night we investigated the report
that Cunningham had roomed at the
Nickum house, but so far we have not
found any one who ever knew of his stay
ing there.
:sThe suspicion of Cunningham in the
Nickum murder case comes down to this;
that he left Topeka the same night the
murder was committed; nothing is known
of his whereabouts between O'clock Sat
urddy night and O'Clock Sunday morn
ing twelve hours He tells a story about
stopping at a farm house at 10 o'clock
Saturday night, which is not true. He
tells one story about the farm house and
his wife tells another. He tells story
that differs from the story told by his
wife in many points. The two evidently
made up the story to tell about what they
did that night, but their story is not good;
Cunningham is a desperate criminal and
the police of Cleveland, who know him
well, give him mighty bad record. What
will develop in the case is hard to tell.
to be groundless and not to connect him
in any way with the murder There are
more clues to be followed and we will not
stop until we see the bottom of the case