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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-06
GIRL FIXES MOOSE.

Than Leads Horse from Under Lynch
ers' Dangling Victim.
Soaring Durham, a negro, wanted On
the charge of attacking the 14-year-old
daughter Of John Wilson. a white man.
two weeks ago., and also three young
women named Dunn, was hanged in the
public square at Eudora, Miss, by q
hob.
The moose was placed about the ne
ero's neck by the little Wilson girl, who
positively identified him as her assail.
ant. The negro was then placed upon
he back Of a horse and at q signal from
he leader of the mob the little Wilson
.siri led the horse from under him.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-06
PROGRESS OF THE MAR

After the battle OF Telissu it became
apparent to the Russians in Port
Arthur that they could not hope for
relief. When the place should fall the
ships then in the harbor must either
be surrendered or destroyed. Accord
ingly the Muscovite admiral deter
mined to make a run for it and either
Gle lighting or escape. Even if be died
lighting he probably would injure the
japanese ships.
Togo's patrol, which doesn't seem to
have let many of the Russian move
ments escape it, reported that on Tues
day last a large part of the Russian
fleet had moved into the other entrance
OF Port Arthur. Togo at once guessed
that a sortie would be attempted after
nightfall. Then the japanese com
mander moved more quickly than the
Russian. Darkness fell, but before the
Russian squadron was under way the
Japanese torpedo boats had rushed in,
sunk the Peresviet, and disabled the
Sevastopol.
The Peresviet was one of the finest
Russian modern warships, having a
displacement of 1864 tons, a speed of
Is knots, and an armament Of four
10 inch, eleven 6 inch, and sixteen
3 inch guns. The Sevastopol has a ton
mage Of 1880 tons, a speed of 1T.5
knots, and a battery of four - inch
and twelve 90 inch rifles.
Up to date Togo has lost one battle
ship, rhe Hatsase, and one cruis r, the
Yoshino. To Offset these losses he has
inflicted the following injuries upon
the Russians: Two days after the war
began his torpedo boats severely In
jured the battleships Czarevitch and
Retvisan and the cruiser Pallada. The
following day the Russian feet went
out to battle, but was compelled to re-
turn with water line holes in the bat
tleship Poltava and the cruisers Diana,
Askold and Novik.
The same day the gunboat Korietz
and the cruiser yariag were destroyed
ut Chemulpo by Admiral Uriu, one OF
Togo's chief ~lieutenants.
On April IL Togo sowed the waters
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-06
War News In Brief.

1t IL retvrted that Edward r. Knight,
the correspondent Of the London Morn
Ing Post with the Japanese army, was
killed at W~afangtien.
II. ]. Middleton, the Associated Press
correspondent with the Russian head
quarters near Liaoyang. in Manchuria,
died Sunday from enteric dysentery.
Later details OF the naval battle of
Port Arthur show that the Japanese tor
pedo boats defed the broadsides of the
Russian ieet, sailing boldly up TO the
battleships and launching their torpedoss
with deadly effect.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-06

The seating capacity of the ST Louis Coliseum for the Democratic Ma.
donal Convention has been fixed at 10s4o, which includes delegates, alter.
n"es eehtau OF the press, nv | guests officials of the convention
and the general public, who will be admitted by ticket
The arena floor will be so arranged that the delegates. in number $50
will be seated directly in front Of the platform. Behind them will be the
eO ternae more prominent guests and the party leaders will have
eats o. ID platform, where there will be places for 434 The boxes will
zeal 40 The general tickets of admission will be for the balcony and
the gallery
ach member o te National Committee will have at his disposal Que
pox and tel general admission tickets. Each delegate will have his own
ticket II admission and three general tickets in addition. Each alternate
Will have one ticket Provision will be made for $50 working newspaper
men, $50 additional newspaper men.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-06

cause he Is chair
man of the national
Democratic commit
tee. 1t will probably
be his last appear.
ance on the political
stage for a long
time.
Troubles in his
State in which he
was opposed by
Gov. jeff Davis and
ex-G Gov. j. p. Clark"
nlcoa him in
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-06
JOIN FOR BIG FIGHT.
Kuroki and Oku Ready to Spring at
Kurbpatkin's Throat.

Lieut.. Gen. Sakharoff's dispatch con-
firms the belief that the great decisive
battle of the campaign between Gen. Ku-
ropatkin's main army and the armies OF
Gems. Kuroki and 0ku is imminent. The
three armies probably aggregate 100000
men and their outposts are in touch all
along the line. The japanese evidently
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-06
CALL CONVENTION TO ORDER.

Ex-senator james X. Jones Will Open
Great st. Louis Gathering.
Former Senator James X. Jones will
call the st. Louis convention to order.
The duty and honor comes to him be-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
POINT OF ORDER
Continued from page one.)

"there would not be many tears shed
II some OF the great financial lights
who find their habitation In the Unit
ed States should seek the same end
ing and fro IN the same cause"
Recurring to the silver issue. Pat
terson said that even II the people OF
Colorado realized that the issue OF
ls to had been decided against them.
It did not. he said. follow that they
would throw themselves into the arms
Of the trusts. He referred to Bryan.
saying:
Il am glad that there is one man
in the party with power and influence
enough to make himself felt who en-
ters his protest against surrendering
the party to those who go from one
end OF the political teeter to the other
as their interests may seem to re-
quire."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
CHURCH SERVICES.

Methodist Episcopal--The pastor
Rev. w. S. Grim. viii preach at II a
m. and 1880 p. m, The subject for the
morning win be. BLESSINGS in Dis
guise:" evening. THE Supernatural ir
Religion" Sunday school at 1915;
Epworth League at $3.50. led by Pro-
fessor A. L. Clark. The subject fos
the league service win be. 'The Uni
versal and personal Christ"
congregational-Rev. C. F, Ciapp
will occupy the pulpit both morning
and evening. Regular annual business
will be held Monday evening,
at which a full attendance Is desired
Bantist-"The Scarlet Taread" win
be the subject for both morning and
evening services.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
Total value of system ..3311,061 So
Big Gain Of Past Year.

The report shows that the gain for
the year 1903 was more than $4,000.
This featdre Of the report is as fol-
lows:
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
SHEPPARD SEEKS REFORM.
Item Of Seeds in Agricultural Appro'
priation Holly Debated.

Washington. Feb. 5. - Sheppard
(democraD, Of Texas, one of the
youngest members in the house, made
a determined and persistent effort to-
day to bring about reform in the mat
ter Of the distribution of seeds by the
government, but the bill was left just
as the committee brought It In. 80 far
as seeds for free distribution were
concerned .....
This was the only item in the agri-
cultural appropriation bill that aroused
serious discussion, and with few
minor amendments the bill was passed
by the house without division. The
house adjourned until Monday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
Weir1hard's r"fss Beer:

the liver and clarity the blood. Run
down systems benefit particularly and
all the usual attending aches vanish
under its searching and thorough eff
fectiveness. Electric Bitters is only so
cents, and that is returned II It don't
give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed
by chas. Rogers. druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
Better lnan Gold.

II was troubled for several years with
chronic indigestion and nervous debit
ity," writes r, a. Green. OF Lancaster
N. II. "No remedy helped me until
used Electric Bitters which did me
ever used, They have also kept my
wife In excellent health for years. She
saws Electric bltters are lust splendid
for female troubles, that they are q
grand tonic and invigorator for weak
run down women. No other mediein
can take It's place in our family" Try
them, Only so cents. Satisfaction
guaranteed, by, Charles Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
Revolution Imminent.

A sure sign Of approaching revolt and
serious trouble in your system is ner-
vousness. sleeplessness. or stomach up
sets. Electric Bitters will quickly dis
member the troublesome causes. It
never fails to tone the stomach, regu-
late the kidneys and bowels, stimulate
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06

Net gain for 1903 .....".$ 9,O57 Sc
The interest paid out during the year
was t14,B43.2s,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06

tor Scott. chairman. proclaimed the
candidacy OF senators q, d, Ellins for
vice. president, II. $. New, of Indiana,
and that of Senator Fairbanks while
r. Il. Schneider declared John !. Web
ster, Of Nebraska, out for the place,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06

Value Of Water System.
The present estimated value Of the
water system is shown to be as fol-
lows: .t
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
The Quarterly Statement.

At last nights meeting of the com.
mission the quarterly statement OF
Clerk Mansell was presented. 1t makes
the following showing:
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
ost of system to January /,

NU5I OE u DNCII 70 VtIIIUt71g II
lsQS ...'.. 'S1oo's4V 20
since made :. 5,174 2t
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
Nelson ests Decision.

Milwaukee. Wis. Feb. 5.--Battling
Nelson, OF Chicago, got the decision
over Jack o'NeIll of Philadelphia. in
the sixth round tonight,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo oulnine Tab
lets. Ali druggists refund the money
II 1t fails to cure. e. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c. tt
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06

Only one remedy In the world that
will stop ltchiness OF the skin In any
part OF the body: Doan's Ointment. AT
any drug store. so cents.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
TEN BONDS
BOUGHT UP
Water Commission Is Now Saving
5000 Yearly in Its Inter.
est Account.
ANNUAL STATEMENT IS MADE
Report of Clerk Mansell Shows
That Department Gained
's More Than 10000
During 1908.

The Astoria water commission has
just purchased 10 $1,000 bonds from q
New York speculator who. fortunately
for the city OF Astoria. needed the
money. The bonds were bought jan
uary 10. They were issued In 1895
for period Of 80 years and bore In
terest at the rate Of per cent The
commission paid a big premium fol
them. but was very glad to buy up
the bonds even at the rate OF 100.
The recent furry In stocks in New
York made the bonds available. Some
broker who had invested in Astoria
water bonds probably got into a pit
full of clawing bears or goring bulls
As other brokers have been compelled
to do, he was forced to sacrifice some
Of his securities. and the water bonds
became available Their face value
was $4,000. but each bond sold at 500
premium. The commission also paid
accrued interest from January tc
January Is. and the total cost Of the
bonds was s1o,slSOs
The original issue Of water bonds
was $500, 900, OF which 100000 was de-
rived from per cent bonds and $780,
600 from per cent bonds. Because
OF the excellent condition Of the water
department, bonds reached premium.
and 1t is seldom that a broker offers
any for SALE However. the commits
sion has managed to get hold Of S6
$1,000 bonds. Of which 10 are skies and
rs fives. The bonds drawn down $1,000
in interest every year and this sum Is
being saved and placed in the sinking
fund.
Practically every dollar Of water
money is drawing interest, for as soor
as there Is any surplus cash in the
sinking fund It is invested In county
warrants. The total amount Of the
sinking fund at present is $4,000, OF
which all but $500 is invested The
commission owns county warrants te
the value Of $4,000. Every bond bought
up by the commission shuts off inter-
est, and the money thus saved is In
vested in other securities. so the saw.
ing is double one.
The Quarterly Statement. /
At last nights meeting of the com.
mission the quarterly statement OF
Clerk Mansell was presented. 1t makes
the following showing: +.
Receipts for October ....."S 2,50S 0e
Receipts for November -. 2,455 sc
Receipts for December ...... 2,5SS &c
Total .... ...............S 1885 9s
Balance in general fund as
per October report ........ 1889 1S
Total 49,. ...............$26,196 Of
Disbursements for quarter. 1928 q
Balance on hand .$1S,067 81
Value Of Water System.
The present estimated value of the
water system is shown to be as fol-
lows:
Cost of system to January 1,
1903 ...... .,...........S .S2S3,s4g ~
since made :. STA 81
Total cost to date ..... .s2S9,114 90
stock Of supplies .......... 1879 &C
Loose property ...h..... 2,516 IL
Office furniture ...........' llS2 VI
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-06
candIdates for We PrssIdsnl.

Chicago, Feb. Sat meeting Of the
sub-committee on arrangements for the
republican national convention, 'sena-
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-02
IT WAS NOT APPRECIATED
Ministers Wife Had Flowsr ua4 and Put It in the Wrong
 Place

o A story is told by the Chicago Inter Ocean of woman III that town. the wife oi young minister. who has always had liking for hats of the fiower-bed yariet,1 although she condemned others for vast. ing money that should go to the heathen.
 At present she owns d dream" of Il ,ts'ky piece, that Is covered with violets. he young Wife wore this hat to q funeral recently, at winch her husband ofhciated Golng into the room which contained the conn she removed the hat and placed t on stand
 The sadfaced sleek haired undertaken came m few minutes later 10 arrange the floral tokens on the coffin. After putting the bouquets. wreaths. pillows. broken wheels, anchors and the usual l1I9 9f 9f flowers in place, he picked up the vIo- f,,coFered ,,,,, i hat and tendery placed 1t on :, several ot. the. "mourners9 giggled. and the minister's wife wanted to grab her hat and run. She had 10 let 1t alone. however. until the close of the ceremony.
 ,,,Nn hen she marched past the bier she her escape
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-02
PLkCGES 0F EGYPT
FRUITFUL VALLEY OF THE NILE
 THREATENED BY LoCUsTs.
What That Country Has Suffered from the Insects in the Past-Locust Ravages in Other
 Countries.

Tho agricuita7ists of Egypt face disas- ter through a visitation of locusts, and the rayages Of the insects is fast running or rather consuming the young cotton and other crops This experience is nothing new for the land of the pharaohs and the pyramide. for sacred history tells us of the plague of locusts which descended upon the country in 1491 B C.. and since that day there have been other similar plaques. One in 12S B. C. is said to have resulted in the death of 800 600 people in Egypt and Libya through fam- inc and disease caused by the purifying masses of the insects that died upon the land. Palestine suffered from a locust plague in 406 A. D.. France in S73, the
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-02
USE WORKOUT STOCKINGS.
Turn Them to Good Account as Fur niture Polishers, Holders
 and Scrub Cloths.

The busy housewife. bewildered by the extra duties of housecleanins time, is apt to make short shrift of odds and ends, particularly half-worn winter clothing, which she bauishes to the ash heap or the furnace room-and afterwards re- grets. says a household authority.
 This is particularly true of stockings worn beyond hope of mending. The most natural thing for wife and mother to do in this day of cheap hosiery is to toss them aside. and thus miss the op- portunity of utilizing them later for housekeeping devices. If there is girl in the family who is deft with fingers and needles, she can contribute largely to the household convenienees if given a few simple directions about making use of old stockings.
 The first thing is to cut the foot off, just above the heel. or if the seam is parting above this point, cut the leg of until the seam ceases to break. Then split the leg at the seam, sew two legs of the same size together in the form of bag, turn them inside out and then turn in. whip the end so that there will be no raw edges. and you have the best of piano and furniture polishers.
 One pair. split and folded into neat square the size of the hand can be quilted and bound for an iron holder. A piece of asbestos cloth laid between the folds of the stocking will add to the value of the holder.
 Three or four lisle or thin cotton stocking legs sewed together will make the best of mirror or window polishers, because they shed no lint Four or five pairs sewed into long strips and slipped through the mop will make scrub cloths.
 Wool stockings should be cut length- wise, rolled up and saved for polishing shoes, for which they have no equal.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-02

country about London in 174S, and Ger many, Poland, Russia, Algeria, Sardinia, the United States and South American countries have also suffered like catas- trophes.
 The locust is mysterious sort of in sect and there seems to be little reliable knowledge of his home, his movements and his habits Dr. Munro, an English scientist who has made careful study of locust plaques and methods of com batting them, is of the opinion that the permanent homes of the locusts is found in those parts which border on the Med iterraneon sea, limited parts of India, Central Asia. China. Central and North Africa, sections Of the United States near the Rocky mountains, some parts of South America, and certain parts ot Australasia.
 The temporary home or the locusts are those parts to which they go in their flights They fly in immense clouds, the density of which are sometimes suffi- eient to obscure the sun. It is estimated that billions of the pest migrate from place to place stripping the ground bare of vegetation and leaving the trees bare of leaf and green tWig Unlike the bee there are no leaders among the locusts to direct their flight. but, moved by one common instinct. they push relentlessly forward in one definite direction.
 But the devastation of the winged To- custs is not feared as much as that of the advancing army of the young The present scourge in Egypt is caused by the latter The winged locusts are the adults. The females deposit their eggs about so in number1 in hole which
 she bores in the hard ground two to three inches deep and in about 40 days de. i pending upon the amount of dry. warn
 weather. the eggs hatch The larYa oI
 wingless insect immediately begins te raove forward foraging for food. From l the breeding ground there will probably 1 issue millions upon millions of these in. i sects Dr Munros investigations i showed him that in one square yard O l ground there were probably G4 GOO larva locusts matched They are about one eighth of an inch in length at birth, anc i undergo various moults or shedding oI
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-02

the outer skin (about threel before the winged stage is reached This takes a period of seven to eight weeks. and il Is during this period that the locusts are the most de.tfIctiye.
 They move forward en mass, like an advancing army, and nothing green is left behind them No obstacle neither fire, flood or ditch, can turn them from the general direction in which they start. They spread putin aline over two or three miles in extent. sometimes, and two or three feet deep. This pecuiarity of the loeusts suggests the method of combat ing the plague which has been tried in Egypt il is said with success In 1890 when a similar scourge was felt. deep U anches were dug, sometimes miles in length. between which and the advancing swarm huge heaps of straw were laiG and fired. and the loeusts which sue. ceeded in escaping the flames fefl into the trenches and were destroyed by ma. tives under the supervision of English instructors. This plan is again to be put into operation
 h'iS ait iioun otiei HethpuH uS'e in combating the Locust plague. One is known as the screen and trap system [ mechanical device for capturing the in, sects and then destroying them. Tramp ing with cattle is a method used in somt parts of Africa outside of Egypt. An other is the collecting and destroying O the eggs and the fayorite method recom mended by Dr. Munro, is the roller sys tenn whereby the insects are crushed a! the huge roller, seven or eight feet wide | passes over the ground.
 DANIEL CLEVERTON.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-02
That Was the Opinion of a Welsh Farmer About His Daugh-
 ter's Ability.

Nowhere does Mme. Adelina Patti en. joy greater popularity than among the warm-hearted Welsh people in the neighborhood of Craig-y-Nos, her nag nifcent mansion in Breconshire. II is not, however, as prima donna of world. wide fame that they honor and esteem her, but rather as personal friend and benefactor, one who is ever ready to dc a kind act. and whose sympathy anc help may be relied upon in time oI need, says the London Hour Glass. We may gather, indeed from the following amusing incident that the marvellous gift of song which has won for La Diva such rapturous applause in every quar- ter of the globe is held by the simple peasant folk around her country home to be of comparatively small account.
 An old Welsh farmer who went one day to Craigy-Nos to pay his rent was interviewed, as it happened, by Mme. Patti herself. The business concluded she chatted with him pleasantly for awhile about his family, his farm and other matters Finally, when the old man rose to take leave, she asked him if he would like to hear her sing a na- tional song in Welsh The honest farm- CT showed no undue elation at the honor done him; on the contrary, there was slight hesitation in his manner He pulled out a huge silver watch. consult ed it. and al last remarked aconieaIIy he was not that pressed for time. and he could hide a few minutes longer
 Patti seated herself at the piano played few soft chords of prelude, and then her glorious voice rang through the room. and the plaintive Welsh mel ody was sung as she alone could sing it, with exquisite pathos and express sion. As the last sweet notes died away the singer turned from her seat to find her visitor. not lost in ecstasy, but stopping over a glass case at the far end of the apartment, apparently ab sorbed in examining the curiosities it contained. He strengthened himself at once, however. picked up his hat and was evidently about to depart without further comment Considerably amused and perhaps, shall we say. tritie piqued Mime Patti stopped him.
 But how did you like my song?' she laughingly inquired Did I not sing it right?'
 "Oh, yes. inteet. am, and it was ferry goot; but our Polly at home, she does sing it just so well as that, was the astonishing reply.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-02
Doubtful Compliment.

Poultney Bigelow, who has accepted the chair of foreign relations at Boston university, had completed an address b, fore the Twentieth Century club of Chi. cago. \ young man congratulated Mr. Bigelow rather awkwardly on this address, and the learned traveller replied
 nat Is a doubtful compliment. 1t re- minds me of remark that d friend of the grooms made at a New Hampshire we'd ding.
 This friend. an obseryant chap, watched the groom closely during the ceremony, and at the end bore down on the happy man. shook hlm warmly by the hand, and sad:
 Bill, ye done good had an idee ye would be skittsh while ye wuz bein' tied up but. hegosh. ye looked as bold as a sheep W ashngton Post