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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-17

ii'-' pS7'' Il piSSCI telliC lIldl vi
Lao Yang.
Muk1en. Oct. 16.-Evening.-The fir
ing TO the southwest is less violent
The men are tired out and food has
been insufficient. Every available gun
and man is being used.
The troops have behaved most gal
lantly, hurting themselves repeatedly
against an impregnable position. The
heavy storm of Oct. a. added to the
misery II the troops. There is great
depressiol but stolid tenacity among
the men. There has been great Sacri-
fee of officers.
The plain occupied by the retiring
Russians is covered with bursting
shrapncl. The gurners shovelleSi
shells into the brooches OF the guns. as
,tokers chovel coal into furnaces.
Howitzers are used by the eastern
army. The Russian guns have super
I, ior' range and burst shrapnel at 5000
yards.
There is scarcity Of reliable maps.
Two divisional commanders have lost
, thewir chief staff officers, one Of them
beihs killed and many commanding Of
hcers having met death heroically
| leading their regiments.
Shrapnel fell near Gen. Kuropatkin.
He showed desperate energy and even
III the darkest hour remained hopeful.
The japanese must feel the strain.
There was cessation of hostilities.
Saturday. Neither side can stand many
Such contests, the ferocity OF which
was frightful. The Russians are now
FEnting IS matter of pride; Man
churia is forgotten. They feel that they
cannot stop-that they must win one
battle
This evening the Japanese seem no
nearer Fires are burning to the south.
bout II miles from here the eastern
dfmy is retiring without fighting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-17

Dolls are often displayed in the cot
tape windows of Servia. They are put
up as a sign to announce 70 "ay.alI,s
that a manageable daughter o"eh'
in the house.
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TOPSHAM FAIR
Favored With Good
Weather for Closing Day.
Racing Was Good and Football
Game Rough and Exciting.
Collision in 2.24 Race-AuJusta Driver
Somewhat Injured.

TopSham, Me. oct. 1.-THE semi
centennial exhibition, fair and celebra-
ton Of the Sagadahoc Agricultural and
Horticultural Society came to Il most
successful close. Saturday. In spite Of
Lad weather the fair has been fairly
successful financially. Its total re-
ceipts during the four days that tho
grounds were open were about 5000
which Will cover the expenses ana
leave about $3.50 toward the expenses
contracted in making permanent i'm
proNemcnts, this wear.
The features. Saturday, were Il foot
bah game in the morning. bet N'.'u
Brunswick and Lisbon Falls High
schools. in which neither side scored.
In the Afternoon there We're the gentle
mems driving race, the exhibition for
the gentltmcn's best single hitch. and
two races, the Ill class pacing and thc
pa class. trottins or pacing.
The gcntlcmens driving race had six
starters, Isaiah l.. Morrill, Henry +.
Dunning ana Georg, Il. Wrhh"r of
Brunswick. George l.. Quint Of Tops
ham, Seth Stewart of Bath, ana George
=. Low Of Richmond.
The Judges We're RI. II. Lee of Au
gusta. Ira Woodbury. Of Portland. ana
". :. Gilbert Of Lvcrmore Fails.
They awarded first prize - Isaiah i.
Morrill,, second to George l.. Quint and
third to George G.. Low.
In the exhibition for the Gcntlcm2n's
| best single hitch the same judges
awarded first Prize to Arthur ]. Dun
ton of Bath. second to Isaiah L. Nor
rilI Of Brunswick. ana tn" third to
Cit orGe l.. Weber of Brunswick. Two
other competitors for the prizes were
| Or MaxNtll Powers Of Bath, and Jo-
Scph GuInbcl If Brunswick.
| The races We're dcl idcd to lie the best
| seen in Maine this season, there hav-
! ing been nothing for years that couli
compare with the 2.17 class pacing.
which took six heats to decide The
race was a struggle for all six heats.
and no one was sure OF the race until
| the line was crossed.
In the first heat of the pa class
came the only accident of the day, Sc
Nat nnd N,lir Bly fouling just before
they went under the wire at the finish.
! W. +. Webb Of Augusta. driver of Mel
! III, lily. was thrown and his left arm
badly injured. During tn" remainder
81 the race Ralph BurrilI drove Nellie
Iiy.
e. II. Richards. driver of Sehat. sue
c''Gcd III driving up to Nellie BLY, and
! catching her by the bride. stopping
nrr after she had run an eighth Of a
nils. I'll. summary:
~ CLASS. TRpTFING OR PACING,
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7 he
Wise
Bird
(Havc

Hold onto Your money until
H. c. Barker Co. open their
n"w stores opp. tomy House
where everything will be new
and up-tO-d;tte.
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n,pire. MCGlaw OF Bowdoin. Referee
ThnmaS of Bowdo;r. Limo Sn,cn. Townsend
for brunswick. Smith Tor Lisbon Falls
Time a0m. ard I'm. periods
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A SLIGHT LULL
In HostiIities Will Allow
Kuropatkin to Escape.
His Losses Said to Be at Least
10000 Men.
Japs Again Demonstrate Superiority in
Al! Ways.
High Grade. Easiest Terms.
Lowest Prices.
AUGUSTA PIANO COMPANY,
oPp, Nohy House. Up Stairs.

Mukdcn. oct. 16.-There was IuII in
the battle. yesterday, but fighting was
continued. today. OH the right. The
army is southeast Of here. 10 miles.
1t IS now certain that the army will
be able to eYtricate itself.
The losses amount to about 10000. 1t
has bean a bigger battle tina: that of
Lao Yang.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04
REEDS AS BULWARKS
FOR SUEZ CANAL

PARIS, March Ain connection with
the preservation of the Suez canal sin
gular discovery was made recently that
will prove money saver to the company
owning the waterway. The fringe of reeds
growing here and there along the African
bank below Ismaila forms better pro-
lection for the banks than the expensive
sunburned brick or sandstone in use else
where. An attempt has been made to
grow them, but difficulty has been en-
countered in that the reeds, while they will
adapt themselves to and flourish in salt
water, must be originally grown in fresh
water. There is no fresh water on the
Asian shore of the canal from end to end.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04
WONDERFUL INVENTION
If 0NE-HAEF Is TRUE

Atlantic liners will run from Liverpool
to New York in three days, says Peter
Thornley,, of Burton-on-Trent England.
Thornley, is an inventor who believes ne
has motor, credited with 1900 revou-
tons per minute, giving Is horsepower un-
der boiler pressure of 200 pounds to
the square inch. He claims to have lie
vised valve which admits a given guam
tity of steam at the commencement of the
piston stroke; the valve is rotary and fit
ted to the top of twin cylinders. BY the
operation of this valve so much power is
obtained from the steam that oAly hot
vapor is left for the exhaust, which is
utilized for the purpose of keeping the
cylinder warm
The lever controlling the cutoff valve
can be used for regulating the speed and
reversing the engine 1t is claimed that
one ton of coal will produce as much
power as eight tonsg that the motor will
work with compressed air, and also drive
dynamos, so as to considerably reduce the
cost of electricity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04

One OF the greatest achievements in
city construction the world has ever wit
messed is going on in the heart of Man
churia.
In the building OF such cities as Vladi-
vostok, Dalny and Port Arthur, Russia
has demonstrated her power and purpose in
line with the worlds conception of her
character; but in the construction of the
city of Hardin she is displaying a different
type of activity from what we are prone
to attribute to her.
1t is in this city more than in all the
. Others combined that Russia is asserting
her intentions Of becoming an active in
dnstral force in the affairs Of the Orient,
and her people are already giving the place
the title Of the Moscow of Asia
.a The city is located on the Sungari river,
at the point where the Manchurion branch
OF the Siberian railway crosses the stream
and where the Chinese Eastern branch
starts south to Dalny and Port Arthur It
is $50 miles west Of Vladivostok and 600
miles north of Port Arthur. II is the
geographical center of Manchuria, and may
become the commercial center as well. The
city IS surrounded for hundreds of miles
withsU rich agricultural country, producing
corn, wheat oats, barley, beans, millet,
hemp tobacco, vegetables and some fruits.
Minerals and timber and great areas OF
grazing lands also surround il.
At present the place consists of the old
town, three miles from the central depot;
prestin, or the river town, the present
commercial center; and the administration
town, in close proximity to the railway sta
ton, Before the railway engineers estab-
lished this rs their headquarters there was
no native town in this vicinity. and the
entire place is therefore Russian product.
II is distmctNely Russian city and
none but Russians and Chinese are per-
mitted to own land, construct buildings or
engage in any permanent enterprise. The
land for miles has been secured so as to
make it impossible for foreign influence
TO secure foothold close to the city. and
foreigners are not recognized as having
any rights. The chief railway engineer
Is administrator, and up to the present
has had complete control of everything
but in the new scheme for the government
Of Manehuria some form of municipal or
Fanization will be permanently established
In October, 1908, a census showed a
population of 10000. exclusive of soldiers
OF these. 400 are Japanese, and 800 of
other nationalities, including Germans,
Austrians Greeks and Turks. All the rest
are Russians. There are no Americans.
The railway and administration employ
e., including families. constitute 1900 of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04
HAREMS ARE FURNISHED
BY ARAB SLAVERS

The horrors of the slave trade carried
on upon the Congo river are vividly de-
scribed by a French writer, who saw an
Arab expedition returning from slave
raid. There were thousand people. so
of whom were slaves. They had travelled
"a thousand miles, and looked like skele-
tons. Deaths from smallpox and hunger
had numbered over 90 day.
The writer knew Frenchman who had
bought a woman for SO sous, and was
proud of his bargain. Another had added
to his harem a new wife, for whom he had
given an old muzzleloading gun.
When slaves are bought with beads a
few handfuls are given; possibly or 6
francs worth. A gun will buy FIVE slaves
in the Banda region, and, if they are small
more. When slaves are plentiful good
article can be bought for 200 gun caps,
and can in turn be traded off for ivory.
Gone caravan of Arabs" the writer con-
tinues, chad a number of native women
whom they had bought at the rate of one
tusk for two young grls of manageable
age. As one gun of the old muzzle-load-
ing order sells for three or four tusks OF
ivory, this works out some six or eight
women for 10 francs-a cheap enough bar
gain surely"
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the river town, or Prestin. and double
loop, OF figure s, line through the admin
istration town.
The leading industry of Hardin is the
manufacture OF -four Eight mills are in
operation, all with European machinery
with one exception, and there is a small
one constructed with American machinery.
Applications have been made and granted
for the construction of two more, and by
the middle Of 1904, 10 mills will be in op-
GRAFTON, producing 9O2, 800 pounds of -four
per day. They pay from 30 to IS cents
gold per bushel for their wheat delivered
at the mills, and the wheat producing area
can be increased enormously.
Brick Manufacturing.-In the immediate
vicinity OF Hardin there are 200 brick
making plants Most Of the work is done
by Chinese, who are paid Is cents per day.
Vodka.-The next industry of import
ance is the production of the Russian
liquor, vodka. There are eight manufac-
tories. The consumption of vodka in Har-
bin alone is 2,707 gallons per day, and the
consumption throughout Manchuria is
enormous
Breweries.-Three breweries are in
course of construction in Hardin. The
Russians are beer drinkers and produce
good beer, but it is not of the quality that
bears stripping long. distances, hence little
Russian beer is to be seen on the Pacific
coast or anywhere in Manchuria. At the
present time American beer has the best
of the Manchurian market, as 10000
dozen bottles are imported through one
firm at Fort Arthur every year.
Meat-packing Establishmentsz-The are
several companies engaged in meat packing.
They cure hams, bacon and smoked meats.
The hogs and cattle are grain fed and
make splendid meats, and the Russians
are experts in preparing it for market.
There is a plant for the preparation of
bean oil for use in painting.
Russians are fond of candies and sweets,
and few people know how to produce a
quality equal to the Russian product.
There are three small sawmills between
Hardin and Vladivostok.
Russian Investment in Manchuria. The
chief engineer who was in charge of the
construction of the Russian railways in
Manchuria says that Russia has expended
in railways in Manchuria $3.50 050, 900. Add
to this her investments in Notifications
and in the construction of the cities of
Port Arthur, Dalny, Hardin and other
places, and it is a moderate estimate to
place her investments in permanent prop
critics in Manchuria at a total of $257,-
800, 900.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04

DOVER, March 4.-Stunned by one
of the most brutal murders in the his
tory of the state, the people of this city
are further shocked now by the arrest Of
the foster mother of the victim on the
charge of murder.
Mrs. Mary Ann Powell, the prisoner,
protests her innocence, and has retained
former United States Senator Richard
Kenny to defend her.
1t was Just a week ago that pretty Es-
telle Allaband, adopted daughter of Alfred
Powell, was found dead in her foster faith
er's yard. Her skull had been fractured
with an AK hsndle and she had been
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04
PHOTOGRAPHED RUSSIAN WAR SHIPS

Fourth Engineer Hansen of the steam.
ship Hyades belongs to the army of camera
fiends. While the ship was at Port Ar
thur, just before the last trip across, Mr.
Hansen occupied some of his spare time
taking snapshots af the Notifications and
the Russian waRships in the harbor 1t
was we'll that photographed the Russian
vessels when he did, for since then some of
them have joined the submarine feet and
others would not look good in a picture
now. One of the photographs shows the
cruiser Variag, of the late lamented Rus
sian fleet, steaming majestically back and
forth outside the harbor entrance. An
other good photograph is group of yes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04
EUROPEAN WAR CHESTS
CONTAIN GREAT SUMS

LONDON, March 4.-0f all the Euro
pean powers, England is practically the
only nation that does not keep war chest.
On the continent, stored in vaults and
cellars, it is estimated that 81 500 10000
in gold and silver is kept, ready to be
drawn on for war.
Germany keeps her war hoard in the i'm
pregnable vaults in the Julius Tower in
the grim old fortress of Spandau, about
Is miles outside of Berlin. The size of
this sum is unknown, but out of the
French indemnity, Germany placed $e0-
OO0 600 in her war chest
france is even better prepared for war,
from financial standpoint. 1t is sus
pected that she has S600, 100000 in gold
and silver.
In the custody of the Austro- Hungary
bank is a fund Of Sl5O,O00, geo for purposes
OF war.
Russia, it is said, has something like
$500 000,000 stored away, although, it was
said that she had borrowed a great sum
in France before declaring war on Japan.
In years gone by England had an enor-
nous war chest. but it was dissolved in
Pitts consolidation fund, which now repre-
sents the hnau, ~ British government
can call on for war purposes.
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strangled with rope. Her clothing was
covered with blood and there were many
cuts on her head, breast and arms.
Blood-stained aprons found in the fam
ily washing led to Mrs. Powelfs arrest
She appeared grief-stricken at the funeral
but when arrested, her demeanor changed
and she became defiant and insolent. The
police believe two others were implicated.
When Powell was told of his wife's ar
rest, he said:
eff my wife did this thing, then let her
hang for it. | do not know whether she
did or not. l do not intend to do any
thing except tell the truth"
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sells inside the harbor with their "war
paint" on, decks cleared for action and the
wireless telegraph instruments in place at
the masthead. He also has a photograph
of one of the largest Russian transports,
with accommodations for half dozen regi-
ments.
One day, when Mr. Hansen had his
camera set up on the deck of the Hyades
and was just getting focus on a par
ticularly desirable scene, he was informed
by party on the wharf that he had
better cut out the photograph business or
he would experience some of the pleasures
of Russian prison, After that the en-
gineer stayed below and took snapshots
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04
JAPANESE ANTHEM
OF ANCIENT ORIGIN

TOXIC, March 4.-The japanese ma
tional anthem is the oldest in existence
and probably the shortest. 1t is known as
"Kimigayo," and translated into English
is as follows
May the reign of our sovereign endure
for thousand years, and for eight thou
sand beyond that, until stones are not
rocks any more, nor moss any longer
grows thiekly."
Although the song is of great antiquity
it has been the national anthem of Japan
only since that country began to west
ernie itself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04

'Henry Seton Merriman,'' the novelist,
in private life Hugh Stowell Scott, of
Long Spring, Melton Suffolk, England
has left an estate valued at $266,Ol0
He bequeathed $4,000 to Evelyn Beat.
rice Hall, in token of his gratitude for
her assistance and advice, without
which," he wrote in a codicil. 1T should
have never been able to have made a
living by my pen"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04
THE MARKETS

The following prices were quoted by
wholesalers this morning.
MEAT AND PROVISIONS.
Fresh Meat-Cow beef, TIC; steer beef,
&c; veal, S34l0c; pork, size; mutton,
S@81ac.
Provisions-Hams. 131a@l4c lb; break.
fast bacon, Ice; bellies, fresh, l21hc.
VEGETABLES.
White River burbanEs, $500 a ton;
Yakima potatoes, $24(Q25; sweet potatoes,
1925; carrots, 81 sack; rutabagas, 75c
sack; California cabbage. 214c h.; Califor-
MIA tomatoes, $500 box; celery, 60(975c
doz.; radishes, l0c dozen punches; lettuce,
81 6O@l.75 box; Oregon onions, $2.5O@3OO
cwt.; green onions, Zoe dozen punches;
Hubbard squash, &c lib; rhubarb, l0c h.;
dollhouse radishes, 35c doz; dry Chill pep
ers, 25c ID.
GREEN FRUIT. ETC.
Apples, cooking, $75c@$l box; Spleen
bergs, $l.25@l50; Baldwins. 'Wagners,
Northern Spies. etc. 81 .OoG0l25 box. east
of the mountains fancy Greetings. 90cCQ
81 box; Winesaps, sl.56@l.75; Ben Davis,
Sl.l5@l.25; Red Cheek fIppins, $l50@
Sl75; pineapples, $3.50 doz.; Redlands or
anges, 81 .40@24O box; lemons, Sc. 5O03 90
box; cranberries, 5000; Persian dates, &c
ID; bananas, $2.5O@3.OO bunch.
NUTS.
English walnuts, No. l, 141ac lb.; Chill
WaInuts, l3e ID. Ganoble, BE h.; al
monds. l2c lb; peOans, l2@l3c lb; Brazils,
l2c Id; filbers, BE ID; peanuts. fresh roast.
ed. Sc ID; chestnutS, l2@l3c lb; cocoanuts,
$4,000 doz.
Chickens. hens and springs, l21hG0l4c
Id; dressed turkeys, 20G23c ID; ducks, live,
l4c; dressed. ll@l4c Ii; geese, l0@lic ID;
squads, scarce, $2.50@3.00 doz.
FISH, ETC.
Halibut, Size; salmon, S1hc; black cod.
&c; shrimp, Sc; clans, $40 sack; crabs.
Sl00@l.5j doz; rock cod, &c; herring, 4c.
HAY. GRAIN AND FEED.
Oats, S25.5O@26 ton; barley, $24.O0 ton;
wheat $28 ton; chop $22 50@23 ton; shorts
$40 ton; bran, $40 ton; oil meal 500 ton;
L. w. timothy, new, $50 ton; E. w. com
pressed timothy, new. $27 ton; new wheat
hay Sl60E ton; new alfalfa. Sl3506l4
ton; new Puget Sound hay, $l5@l6 ton;
middlings, S2650 ton.
BUTTER, EGGS AND CHEESE.
Butter. - Washington creamery. Use;
ranch, l4@lsc; Eeetern tub, 23@1jc.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 10000 a dozen.
Cheese Washington, l312c; New York.
Sapho, full cream, l7@l8c; Edam, 50 so;
brick, Tic; Swi-5, imported 800 Soc
Roquefort, Acc; Limburger, l6@2Oci brick,
l5e; Swiss brick, I7c.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
MONEY to loan on easy payments. no
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\ RIVER, HARDIN.
The Chinese population

the population. The Chinese population
is about 10000
Herbn is the headquarters of the civil
courts, the chief military post, and the
main center Of control of the army of
railway guards. The administration of the
city therefore, consists of all the public
and private buildings and shops necessary
for these departments. Residences for the
employees cover the largest area of this
division OF this marvellous city.
The following are some of the principal
buildings of the administration city:
Building. Cost of Building.
Administration buildings, three
stories.in height; having total
floor space OF $500 square sa-
gene (76,4O0 square feet), to
cost, when finished ............$ 6lS,000
Railways shops ................ 1881, 500
HOSPITALS ............ ........ 800 800
Commercial school and girls
school .,.,,.s.,... -...,........ 20l 900
Technical school ................ 12S,750
Eight schools for teaching Rus
SLAMS Chinese and for teaching
Chinese Russian .....,......... 49,440
Club and store for employees. 1904
Hotel ....- ............ S3,945
Russo-I hiuese bank .............. 100000
The administration expenditure Of the
city has been SIS, 100000.
Steamers The Sungari river is naviga-
BILE with light-draft steamers and native
craft for 200 miles above the city, up both
branches of the river, and much traffic has
already developed on these streams, espe.
cially in wheat.
From Hardin to the Amur river good.
sized river steamers run daily. These
steamers are fitted with comfortable cab
ms for first, second and third-clsss passen.
gers. They carry cargoes and usually tow
barges.
The steamers are mostly of the stern
wheel type, burning wood, such as are in
operation on the western rivers in the
United States. The time required TO 20
from Hardin to Harborofsk, at the mouth
of the Usunri river on the Amur, is five
days. At this place these steamers con
meet with trains for Vladivostok
Carriage and Automobile Service
There are also about 400 neoshticks. or
Russian carriages, for public use, and the
average earnings of these vehicles is $2.5S
per day.
There is also an automobile line ready
to start four machines to operate between
the old town and the administration city;
each vehicle will carry 10 persons These
machines are now on the ground and will
carry passengers for 10 cents each way.
This line is in connection with an electric
tramway that is to run loop line through
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-04
MARINE GI;L.IIMPSE:S

The freight steamer Neptune brought in
$50 tons of merchandise this morning that
should have come on the Queen. The T.
c. Reed will bring so tons more of the
cargo and the Mainlander will bring the
balance. -.
The dredger was shifted back abreast of
the Government dock last night and start
ed a new cut on the core in the channel.
The dredger was laid up two days on ac-
count of burned boilers, and this delayed
operations somewhat.
The barkentine Amaranth came over
from Winslow this morning. She loads
lumber at the st. Paul mill.
The Norwegian bark Sorata goes to sea
from the Tacoma mill tonight.
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through the portfolios.

through the portholes.
The Hyades left the Orient Just two days
before the fighting commenced, and the
officers were astonished to learn, on arrly-
ing here, that the big Russian ships at
Port Arthur had been disabled by the
Japs. They say the Russian feet appeared
formidable enough to withstand any attack
the Japs might make.