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the headquarters of the Japanese army in

the headquarters of the Japanese army in
Corea:
At dawn on July 2 400 of the enemy's
cavalry. with artillery, approached Moro
mok, on the Puryorg road, six miles north
OF Yusyong. Our force engaged and re-
pulsed them northward, iniicting heavy
made detour far northward for the pur-
pose of cutting off the enemys retreat
and engaged the enemy's infantry at noon.
tachment also struck and scattered the
enemy,s cavalry ,retreating from Noromok.
The following dispatch was received from
the Japanese army in Manchuria:
At o'clock in the morning of July /
600 of the enemys cavalry advanced to-
ward the Pinniu river, thirteen miles north
SundTed and fy Of tbd yhe eavs InS
and mounted infantry with eighteen guns
simultaneously attacked Shishiku, eight
engagement lasted until dawn July 2, when
the enemy was repulsed. The enemy's
casualties were over 400. Ours were
ninety.
Japanese BattIeship Launched.
LONDON, July 4-Princess Arisuwaga
Of Japan, who was accompanied by the
prince, her husband, launched the Japa-
nese battleship Katori at Barrow today
The Katori is one OF the most powerful
battleships launched in this country. It's
tonnage is 5000, it's coal capacity 2lOO
tons and its contract speed 1S1z knots. The
side armor of the Katori is nine inches
thick. Ten thousand spectators viewed the
launching ceremony. Pigeons were lib
I Grated from a balloon on the ships bows
as an emblem of peace and good will.
Prince Arisuwaga In a speech at the
luncheon which followed the launching re-
marked that while the Katori would not
be available during the present deplorable
war. it would help TO guarantee future
peace in far eastern waters and uphold
the national dignity OF japan.
LInevitch Chases Japanese.
ST PETERSBURG, July 4.-General
Linevitch. telegraphing TO Emperor Nicho-
las under date Of July 8, reports the an
Inhalation Of A japanese battalion. He
says:
on July l our force assumed the offensive
/ against the enemy, occupying a position
/ miles south OF Lao Choupen. Al in the
/ evening after the artillery had prepared
the way, the enemy's fortified positions
were stormed and we pursued him for
three miles. One japanese infantry bat
| TALON was destroyed.
Baron ROsen at New York.
NEW YORK, July 4-"Pleass deny for
me that l have given out any interview On
politics" were almost the first words OF
Baron Rosen, the new Russian ambassador
to America, to representative OF the As
ISOLATED Press as the Kaiser Wilhelm ii
was moored a it's dock In Hoboken today.
when l received the American newspa-
per reports" he said. Il observed that a
French news agency attributed to me an
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July Clearance
in Hardware
Wednesday Specials

Forty (A.0O Green Trading Stamps with
any Wash Boiler, prices up from. Dec
Double Green Trading Stamps on Rubber
Hose, in 5O-foot lengths $3.50, $500
ana ........... .R4.JO
Thirty $500 Green Trading Stamps with
Preserving Kettles, on bargain counter
sell regularly up to &c, sale. 44c
Twenty C2OO) Green Trading Stamps with
50-foot White Braided Clothes Line....2 4c
Ten G1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pair Hammock Hooks. .1Oc
Forty ($4OO Green Trading Stamps with
any Galvanized Wash Tub, nc, 64c
ana .OOC
Ten CS1.O0) Green Trading Stamps with any
Galvanized Pail, 24c, DC and. ........... .l9c
Forty (S40O) Green Trading Stamps with
set Mrs. Potts Nickel Plated Sad Irons,
regular CSC, sale ..:.....:...........,... .S6c
Forty ($4OO) Green Trading Stamps with
set Boston Earth" Sad lrons........l "a
Forty G4OO) Green Trading Stamps with
Mrs. Potts Solid Sad Irons, regular
$l.24, sale .0S
Double Green Trading Stamps on Gasoline
Stoves, $3.9S, sos and. ,.............,..H.9 SO
Forty ($4OO) Green Trading Stamps with
any Gasoline oven, $2.lS and. .........N 20
Double Green Trading Stamps on all
Paints and Varnishes, Ready Mixed Paint
and Pure OIL.
Al quart Tin Tomato Cans, per dozen ..40c
z FrHit GJar Tunnels -. .s!..,.....,..'...bc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-29
GERMANY is INDIGNANT
That Emperor William Is Accused OF
Trying TO Block Peace.

Berlin. Aug. 2S-Chancellor Won
Buelow's exclusive telegram to Tho
Associated Press from Normandy. Aug.
PC. affirming that tho German Emperor
and the German governm, have new
or ceased to support peace whenever an
opportunity offered. was reproduced in
New York dispatches to Berlin news
papers. today.
The occasion was taken to compare
this news with tho anonymous utter
ances and assertions of the British and
French press that Emperor William
had covertly persuaded Emperor Mich
olas to continue the war. This Legend.
as Il is called. PrCpagated abroad
would dency to Emperor William those
higher motives OF craftsmanship shown
by President Roosevelt.
The newspapers aver that the general
POLITICAL and economic situation gives
Germany adequate and powerful
reasos for desiring peace. such as the
safety of German Investments in Rus
alta and the necessity Cor German in
dustryto sell In the Russian market.
with the stability of credits and the ad-
vantage of order on the ether side of
the frontier for the German admins
,ration of Poland, and also important
monarchial and dynas:ic reasons. which
themselves. would be sufficient reasons
for the German crown forwarding
IeaCn
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arbitration of mixed commission.
This statement was transmitted to the
Russian Emperor through the Amer
lean ambassador at St. Petersburg, An
Associated Press telegram announced
that the Cars reply was partially re-
spo1,siye." There is reason to believe
that this proposition on behalf Of Jap
az, was not clearly understood at Pc
terhof. but was supposed to be a re-
viyal of the effort of Japan to secure
an indemnity under the guise of pur-
chase money for the fraction of Sakha-
lin.
It is believed the conference which
was held Sunday evening between
Messrs. White and Takahira was for
tho purpose of clearing up the situation
end it is now not improbable that fol-
lowing the precedent of It's ally, Great
Britain, Japan will agree to settle the
whole question of the redemption price
Of Sakhalin as the Dogger bank trouble
were adjusted. The japanese conten-
ton is that Sakhalin island is de facto
Japanese territory and that Russia has
no means at her command for it's
present recovery. 1t is understood that
NJ. Witte has accepted this view in
principle and expressed the Judgement
that Russia should pay something in
the nature Of redemption money. 1t Is
believed that the Toxic council which
Is in session. Monday morning. is con-
siderirg this phase of the question.
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EVERYTHING QUIET.
elk Companies Of infantry Arrive In
Nashville To Quell Strikers.

Nashville. Tenn. Aug. GA dis
patch from Tracy City, says:
'Six companies Of the Sd Tennessee
Regiment arrived here, at 10 o'clock.
this morning. and though there was an
immense crowd present from the sur
rounding country. the reception of the
troops was not unfriendly. Everything
u quiet here
A Knoxville dispatch says:
-. :. McCraCen, secretary of Dis
trict 10. which included Tracy city. Is
back from the scene Of the reported
trouble and criticized Governor Cox for
calling out the troops. He said;
"Recently the Consolidated Coal Co.
leased Ia J. u. Rust and Dick Henley
who were killed. and John McGovern.
who was injured. an old mine and they
had q row with certain parties who al
20 wanted the mine. This brought
about the shooting and the union and
non union miners had nothing TO do
with It."
Governor Cox returned. tonight. from
Tracy City. where striking union miners
are threatening trouble. lie expressed
himself as hopeful that the worst Is over
No attempt was made. today. 10 reopen
the mine over which the bloodshed Of
Thursday occurred. and the day passed
quietly.
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THEY DIE TOGETHER.
Husband at Little Rock, Ark, and Wife
at Coney Island.

New York. Aug. 2S.-Separated by a
thousand miles, Mrs. Jane Johnson and
her husband, Allen Johnson, Little
Rock. Ark. banker. met death almost
simultaneously. today. AT the precise
hour when Mrs. Johnsons body was
a telegram came into this city to in
form her of the death of her husband
The wife was d magazine contributor
VINO wrote under the nom de plume OF
Helen Dixie Johnson. and the husband
was president of the National Ex-
change Bank of Little Rock.
The telegram bore the sending time
of l p. NJ. At this hour. a friend of Mrs
Johnson was giving an alarm because
of the writer's hardness at a luncheon
to which she had been invited. Mrs
Johnson had gone bathing during the
forenoon in spite of the cool weather
and as there were few other persons III
the water. no one noted her disappear
ance. Her body was found some dis
lance out to sea about o'clock, this
afternoon.
The body had just been placed in the
mogue at Coney Island, when a mes
senger boy rushed in with the dis
patch. He did not know that the Mrs
Jane Johnson for whom he was search
ing was there. but was following her
hostess, who had just heard Of tho
drowning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-29
GEN. 6LAckMAR's WILL.
Leaves Few 6equests-ineor,e OF Prop
cry Goes To His Widow for Life.

Brocktou. Mass. Aug. 2s-rhe will
81 Gen. Wilson w. Blackmar Of Hing
ham. late commandments Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic. was pro-
bated, today. by Judge Freeman w.
Lothrop. presiding at the session Of
the Plymouth county probate court.
Gen. Blackmar leaves $4,000 to Nancy
r. Creel OF Louisville. Ky. whose
mother nursed him back to life when
he was wounded Yankee soldier in
the civil war. He leaves TO the United
States government the chair In which
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sat when ar
ranging the surrender of Gen. Robert
Z lee Of the Confederate army at Ap-
pomatox.
The will provides that his property.
after public requests are made. shall
be placed In trust. the income to be
paid quarterly to his widow and on her
death half the income TO go To certain
relatives and half to the American
Unitarian Association which shall act
rs trustee and which on the death Of
the above mentioned relatives shall re-
ceive the full income.
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JAPAN's DEMANDS ARE MODIFIED
CONTINUED from Page One.)

such hope or expectation exists here.
Everybody here now expects the war
to go on.
The possibilities Of the usefulness of
the Portsmouth conference are regarded
az 50 completely exhausted that express
sions OF impatients are beginning to be
heard for its definite closure. These
come chiefly from influential quarters
which We're most active in framing the
terms of the national assembly manifesto
and which have for Il policy the rallying
Of the orthodox peasantry to the throne.
Their task may seem TO be herculean
one under existing conditions. but what
ever course they adopt 1t has this sig
nihCant. hat 1t represents the minds of
those who guide the Gar. They declare
uIuntly that the maximum that could be
achieved by a last attempt to hold the
conference together could only be that
temporary patched mp peace which both
sides desire 10 avoid
II is notable that the only circum-
stances In which they will consent TO the
loss of Sakhalin are If 1t Is accompanied
by a Russo-Japanese alliance. To buy
It back would be a mere deception. One
party writes as follows:
Either after the war Russia and ia
pan will be allies or the present war will
only he a prelude to an incomparably
greater struggle If an alliance is Sc
cured then the japanese cannon at SAX
halin facing the mouth of the Amur
would be dangerous to us. but If these
cannon are hostile then We must fight
on 70 final settlement. The COM
promise low offered of buying back
Sakhuln Is nothing but a plaster cover
ing a sore which would grow deeper
and deeper under It. The Russian ma
ton not having sought the Manchurian
adventure will not accept Il rotten
peace"
The Empcror's rescript issued, Satur-
day. thanking Grand Duke Vladimir for
tho condition of the troops at krasnoe-
S"lo, which he recently reviewed. Is n
return to the Cars habit during the
first stages of tho war Of periodically is
suing thanks and encouragement 10
commanding officers for their zeal in
efecting mobilization Of the troops.
The Russ declares that the payment
of an indemnity by Russia would be a
confession that she had lost all conf
dence In the Russian forces and would
signify abandonment of the hope of vic
tory The Russ adds: Russia has
not yet fallen to the level of Byzantium.
that she is forced to pay ransom
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KENNEBEC.

The schools in town will begin
Tuesday, september 3.
About 20 couples attended the Sat
urday evening dance at the Grange
hall.
Hollis Shaw Of Portland has been
calling OH old friends here for the first
time In several years.
Miss Lila Penney, now at the w. II.
Gannett publishing house. Augusta,
passed Sunday with her parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Gerald and chill
dren. who have been visiting Mr.. Ger
AID $ parents here. will leave, this week
Tor their home at Lancaster. Mass.
j. {. Minot Of Augusta. is passing a
lew days vacation. at the old home
stead, i'll this town.
Miss Caroline Yeaton Of New York,
arrived, Saturday, for a visit with her
parents here. She will be here about a
month.
James +. Cox, the famous Rovdoin
college pitcher, now with the Winthrop
team Ill the Trolley League, passed
sunday with friends in town.
clifton Day and family of Melrose,
Mass VINO have been camping for sew
eral weeks on the shore of Messalon-
Fkee lake returned home, last week.
Miss Lizzie Harling of Norwood
Mass. is visiting her sister Mrs
James Tibbettg.
MISS Fannie Taylor. Il teacher in The
0''''" business college Portland, is
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STATE NEWS.
HANCOCK.
DEDHAM.

MIR. and Mrs. Hurd Brown and son.
Ralph. with Mr.. Browns mother and
sister of Dorchester, Mass. have re-
turned home from a visit at II. p.
Burrill's.
Harold and Leslie Burrill attended
the Horse fair at Bar Harbor, last
week.
tied their aunt. Mrs. E. W. Burr1ll, at
Glenbrook Farm. recently.
Miss Lizzie Aiken has returned to
Salem. Mass, after a visit here
Roy Maddox met with q bad acct
dcrt, lately, while playing ball. TIL.
ball struck him IN the jaw, fracturing
it and knocking out several teeth.
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LOOK TOWARD JAPAN.
No Change In Russia's Attitude and
Peace Looks Far Distant.

st. Petersburg, Aug 2S.-T p. NJ
The scene having changed from st.
Petersburg to Toxic the eyes of the
officials and people are now turned to
Japan with keen interest which last
week was lacking. The long drawn out
conference at Portsmouth. n. IL, is be-
ginning to wear on the people. news
paper comment Is dwindling and the
realization that no news of the Ports
mouth result will be obtainable here,
before Wednesday morning, acts re-
laXingly on the officials and others who
ere turning to less important matters
of daily routine. There was no change,
today, in Russias attitude, the govern
ment standing firm basis already ex-
pressed. Today is a holiday and the
governmental departments are closed.
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Priv. Durward Of Mass,
Wins individual Shoot.
Sayre Of New York, Makes
Total Of 237 In Pistol Match.
ueuL Shtge, U. s. C., 0aIJ Point Behind
---Seoles Incomplete.

Sea Girt. y. j.. Aug. 2s.-The nation
al team match. the most important
military rifle competition held In this
country. win open at o'clock. tomor-
row morning. The national pistol
match run off and the national individ-
ual match were concluded. today, but
In order 70 finish the latter. only about
40 of the competitors were allowed to
make the final Nkirrnish run. The first
skirrnish run was participated In by
the full list Of more than 500 competi-
tors. The second skIrmish run was not
ended until nearly dark.
The national individual match in
which originally there were 657 entries.
was one by Private James Durward
Jr.. Co. @. 5th Regiment. Massachu-
sets Volunteer Militia. with total OF
$50 out Of possible 600.
The national pistol match was eN-
ceedingiy close. Lieutenant X. II.
sayre, Squadron A. National Guard
gtate Of New York. finished in the lead
with a total of 237 out Of possible
$50, winning the first prize consisting
Of a gold medal and $50.
The second prize. n gold medal and
f26, was ca ptured by Lieutenant Jensc
gtedge. u. 8. Cavalry. whose score was
:3s. Captain George f. Cook, Of Mary
land. and Thomas Anderton. OF New
York. each scored 234 taking the third
and fourth prizes. each consisting OF
q gold medal and 120.
BY reason OF the vast number OF
competitors and the fact that an acct
dent to the electric lighting plant
plunged the range and the officers in
darkness, the statistical officers were
unable 10 figure out the scores or to
determine the names OF any of the
other prtzs winners. tonight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-29
MORGAN CALLS ON PRESIDENT
Conferences Relates To the Canton
Hankow Railway In China.

Oyster Bay L. l.. Aug cS.-President
Roosevelt had notably quiet day In
the morning he and Mrs Roosevelt went
for long horseback ride from which
they did not return until noon.
j. Pierpont Morgan arrived here on his
steam yacht Corsalr. shortly after noon.
and took lunch with the President AZ
forwards the President was In conference
with Mr.. Morgan and a man vino accom-
panied him. but whose name cannot be
obtained. The conference reintcd to the
Canton Hankov Railway in China which
y practically controlled by the firm of
J. r. Morgan & Co
Mr.. Morgan visited the President two
o. three weeks On mission similar to
that 81 today. Subsequently, sir Chenx
Tunr- LANG Cheng. the Chinese minister.
had conference with the President on
the same subject. No definite disclosures
were made regarding either of the con-
fercuces.
Jesse r. Wilson of Indiana, was an
pointed BY President Roosevelt. today, TO
be second assistant secretary OF the in
terror. Mr. Wilson will succeed In that
position Melville W. Miller. also an In
diana man. whose resignation the Presi-
dent accepted to take effect August last.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-29

Il was walking across a field with my
dog at my side when a young rabbit
emerged from a wood close by" says a
writer. Suddenly it fell to the ground
and was to all intents dead. The dog
shifted 1t and I watched it for about
ten minutes. thinking it absolutely
Gead. l walked away about fifty yards,
when l looked back and saw the rabbit
rise and run rapidly into the wood
whence it came. 1t is evident that 1t
saw the dog and dropped down out OF
fright"
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RUSSIA CALLING TROOPS
To Reinforce the Army in Far East
The Ukase Dated Aug. 10.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 2S.-An imperial
ukase dated Aug. 10, orders the mobil-
ization of troops for the reinforcement
of the army in the Far East. The or
der applies to certain districts in the
governments of wilma. Grodno, Kovno,
Courland. Livonia, Perm, Viatka, Sim
brisk, Saratov, Orenburg. Astrakhar
and Ufa and to the Don Cossacks.
horses have been requisitioned in var
icus districts of eighteen governments
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SOMERSET.
HINCkLEY.

Mr.. and Mrs. O. A. Parkman of ~.
Adams, visited at Mrs. p. \. Tracy's.
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. a. Kicker and AIR. ami
Mrs. L. p. Kicker returned from Nortl-
port, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Holt and children
are on an outing at Northport; also Mir.
and Mrs. Arthur Totman.
Mrs. Eugene Steward and daughter Wis
tied at Mrs Anna Boyden's recently.
True Blue Company; Order of the Amer
lean Boy, held an interesting meeting.
Saturday evening.
Samuel Eccles is to work for the Crosby
Merchantilc Company I'm their store here.
l.. p. Kicker Is to start in trade here at
once.
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FIRE AT YOUNGSTOWN, PA.
Loss Of $500, oo0-Nesriy Insured-En
tire Department Called.

Jamestown. Pa, Aug. 29.-The build
ing and stock of the Pennsylvania
Traffic Co.. which operates the largest
department store i'll the city. are total
loss as the result of fire that started
about II O'Clock, last night. among re-
fuse near an elevator shaft. The es-
timated loss is 10000, which is almost
covered by insurance. The entire firs
department Of the city was called out
For time, the Crystal hotel and
other buildings across the street from
the Pennsylvania Traffic store werc
threatened. but the fire department
succeeded in combining, the blaze to this
building in which it originated.
There is a department store In Ber-
lin which uses $4,000 gallons Of alcohol
in year as motive power for Its de-
livery wagons.
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WILL WAIVE INDEMNITY.
Japan Said to Have Made Concessions
in Her Demands.

Portsmouth, n. H., Aug. 2S.-The
Associated Press has definite knowl-
edge that several days ago President
Roosevelt was authorized on behalf of
Japan to waive oil, claim for indemni-
" n reimbursement for the cost of
the var and to cede back to Russia the
north half Of Sakhaiin island. leaving
tie redemption price Of the same to
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LINCOLN.
JOICE.

Miss Florence Flynn of Lawrence,
Mass, and Miss katheyne Trainor of
Bath, were visitors at r. j. Trainor's,
last week.
r. ]. Trainor and son, Joseph, went to
Bath, Saturday. to pass Sunday with
Mr.. Trainor's parents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-29

rrhad been a great sufferer from indigestion
G., the last nine years" writes Mrs. Margaret
single of Owiugs Mills, Baltimore Co., Md.
~ -, s,,ch A wreck it seemed death was near,
but today can say feel like another woman.
7 have received much aud lasting good from DR..
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite
p.Srrintiou have taken twenty-five bottles in
ali ana followed the advice of Dr.. r. v. Pierce,
and am happy to say that life is worth living
now A thousand thanks for your treatment"
Do not be cajoled into trading a sub
stance for a shadow. Any substitute
offered as rjust as good" as "Golden
Medical Discovery" is shadow of that
medicine. There are cures behind every
claim made for the Discovery"
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1908 large pages, in paper covers, is sent
free on receipt OF twenty-one one-cent
stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Address DIR. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-29

In fifteen years London has more
than trebled its debt and doubled its
taxation. During the five years ending
in 1891 the lowest rated parish only
raid IS 100 in the pound, and tie most
highly rated paid SIS 81. To-day the
lowest rated parish pays SIS Cd. While
in Poplar the rates have reached l2s in
the pound.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-29
kuropatkin's Resignation Runored.

London. Aug 29.-The Japanese cor
respondent of the Daily Telegra phi, at
Moji. Japan. sends report that Gem
cral Kuropatkin has resigned his COM
lnand and that his health has collapsed.
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JACKMAN.

Miss Julia Grafftc returned to her home
from Texas this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Halter Mr.. and
Mira. Orrin Moore have returned from
Holet Falls where they have been blue
berrying.