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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
CLAMORlNG FOR GIVING EFFECT
TO ANGLO.JAP WAR AL
LANCE.
RUSSIAN FLEET ON THE MOVE
PORTION OF THE SQUADRON RE-
PORTED COALING AT
HANNAH

Hongkong, British China, April 23.-
Britain's powerful first-class armored
cruiser Hogue has been ordered to get
tice, with full steam up.
Thcre is noticeable activity among
all the vessels of the British feet on
the China station.
These facts are significant when
taken in connection with the knowl-
edge that Japan has energetically pro-
tested to France against allowing Ro-
jestvenskys fleet to remain in Indo-
Chinese waters and that the Japanese
press and public are clamoring for CIV
ing effect to the war alliance between
Great Britain and Japan contemplated
in such n case.
The British fleet on the China sta
ton, under command of Vice Admiral
Sir Gerard Noel, could easily turn the
scale Of naval war in favor of Japan.
Strength Is Overwhelming.
Togo and Rojcstvensky are nearly
matched in numbers Of ships and
guns. Noel has five battleships -four
tirst-class) and eight cruisers, carry
ing in the aggregate 100 guns, ranging
in caliber from 47-inch to Pinch, and
53S guns in their secondary batteries.
Besides these heavy fighting vessels,
he has five torpedo boat destroyers,
nine river gunboats and a lot Of less
formidable craft.
Rojestvensky on Move.
London, April 23-The Toxic cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
gives report emanating from Pekin
that a portion OF Of the Russian Sec
ond Pacific sgt adron is coaling at
IIainan, an island southeast of Tonq-
uin bay.
May Be En- Route.
St. Petersburg, April rs. - Reports
are current here that the Russian Sec
ond Pacific squadron has already left
Kamranh bay and is on the way to
Vladivostok, but the government will
proceed with action on the Japanese
protest as if the squadron had not
continued it's voyage.
Told of Danger.
Paris, April 20. A telegram re-
understood to be of official origin
says:
"The Russian admiralty has notified
Admiral Rojestvensky of the grave
danger to peace which will be entailed
if the stay of this squadron off the
coast of AMMAN is prolonged contrary
to the laws of neutrality. No doubt is
entertained that the admiral will carry
out the formal instruction sent to
him."
Thinks Fleet Has Gone.
st. Petersburg, April 23-No reply is
expected from Vice Admiral Rojest-
vensky for several days relative to the
instructions to him to respect the neu-
trality of French waters
Admiral Wirenius stated last night
that Rojestvensky's telegram announc-
ing his arrival at Kan:c ami bay took
four days in transmission. He added
that he believed ROjestrcnsky had left
Kamranh bay. In any case, he said,
at this season territor;r! waters offer
no great advantage, because the
weather is good and the sea calm.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
WOMAN SLAIN AND ROBBED.
Found by Son With Deep Wound in
Side.

Chicago, April 22-Mrs. Katherine
Gurka, fifty-fve years old, was found
dead in her home last night by her
son when he returned from his days
work. A deep wound in her left side
showed that she had been murdered
with knife Around her neck, sus-
pended by cord, was purse contain
ing $149 which had not been disturbed,
althougho small sums of money had
she was found. The police are looking
for Victor Klosowski, twenty-five years
old, a boarder at the Gurka home.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
LAYS ASSAULT TO BANKER.
Grand Jury Indicts Cashier on Charge
Hired Girl Brings.

Redwood Falls, Mimi, April 22-The
grand jury has returned an indictment
against Il. r. Freeman, cashier of the
Walnut Grove State bank. on the
charge Of making an assault upon
Miss Anna Mikioliason, domestic
employed by him. Bail was fixed at
$500, which he has furnished. The
trial will probably take place next
week. The guardian of the girl is an
officer of a rival banking institution at
Walnut Grove, end Freeman, the de-
PENDANT, asserts he is victim of spite
and factional fight between bank
erS.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

II is noted that Donald G. Mitchell,
better known as ELK Marvel" lives.
at the age of SO, ION quiet and
peaceful farm near New Haven" It's
a great thing to be able to live on a
quiet and peaceful farm.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
FLooDWooD MEN SHED NO GORE.
One Ecsiats, But When Assured of a
Fair Hearing, He Yields.

Fair Hearing, He Yields.
Duluth, MINI, April %. = Deputy
Sheriff Levy, with five men from Du-
luth, arrested Mike Anderson and
Erick Perkie, the two men who were
holding up the boom of logs on the
Floodwood river and placed them in
Jail at Floodwood. The prisoners will
have hearing Saturday afternoon.
Perkie resisted arrest, and only after
he was assured by the deputy that the
boom would not be started until he
had had chance to state his side of
the case in court, would he consent to
accompany the officers. Perkie has
engaged counsel from Duluth and will
fight the case to finish.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
JAP ADVANCE is HALTED.
Fresh Russian Troops Are Sent East.
ward Daily.

Tt. Petersburg, April ga dispatch
from Gutziatzy states that the Japan
csc movement eastward has come to a
standstill on line extending through
Pachatzu, Tuasgu and Ufanlu, while
fresh Russian reinfsrcements are ar
irving daily.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
TO DiS.ARM RUSS CRUISER.
French Authorities Take Charge of
Diana's Repairs.

Saigon, French Cochin China, April
23.-Orders have been given for the
disarmament of the Russian cruiser
Diana, which took refuge under one
of the coast forts in August, 1901 She
mas undergone important repairs to es-
sential portions of her machinery,
which now will be handed over to the
french authorities here.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
WIDOW CANNON FLEES.
"Perfect He'll" Is Way Woman Puts
Her View of Town of Spooner.

Crookston, Mimi, April %. - Mrs.
Julia Cannon, widow of the murdered
mayor Of Spooner, yesterday &C.
copied 500 for her homestead rights
to the Spooner townsite which has
been the cause of so much bitterness
and was the primary cause of Gan
mons assassination. The Spooner
Townsite company is said to be be-
hind the deal for purchase of the Gan
non rights. Mrs. Cannon says life at
Spooner was perfect hell for her
and her little ones and that she is glad
it is all ended.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
WORKMAN SKINNED ALIVE.
Physicians Despair Of Saving Life by
Grating Process.

PHysIcIGHS Despair CT saving EIfe py
Grating Process.
Edwardsville, ILL.,. April 22.-Albert
Rrmoer: is slowly dying in a hospital
in Us c:,v. having suffered the pc
cuiiar ,.erience of being skinned
alive. While drilling through a sheet
of shale his Grill came in contact with
an old charge. His clothes were set
on fire. His skin was loosened and
was hanging in folds about his chest,
arms, sides. neck and back. Inc
physicians decided it was necessary
to remove the cuticle. The cuticle
peeled off smoothly, but the physicians
have little hope of grating ON enough
skin to save his life
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
ROBBERS GET PAPER "SWAG."
Dave Bovene, a Farmer, Comes Out of
Holdup With Money.

Montevideo, Mimi, April %. = Dave
Bovene, wealthy farmer. sixty years
old, was held up last night in the rail-
road yards while returning home and
was robbed of a deposit certificate @.
$1,000 and several notes. In their
haste the footpads overlooked a purse
containing more than $50.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Eugene Ware thinks that the songs
OF the common people are the bull
wark of the state" Excuse us-we
don't care 70 be bulwarked by any
such doubtful arrangement as Hia-
watha and Bedelia.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Following to its logical conclusion
the customs. officials great theory
that frogs legs are not turkey we ar
rive at the equally thrilling and pro-
found deduction that turkey is not
frogs legs.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Chicago woman recently swore
that she had worn the same hat fif-
teen years. The name of this treas
ure does not, unfortunately, accom-
pany the incredible statement in cues
ton.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Will It come to such a pass that
magnates will be compelled to slip
their gifts under the door and leave
no clue as to the identity Of the giver?
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Doubtless the woman who testified
in court that she had worn the same
hat fifteen years felt that if that did
not arouse judge and jury to compass.
sion nothing could.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Every poor little fish that is caught
has the satisfaction of knowing that
he will go down in local history as
the largest and gamest OF his species
ever landed.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Another evidence that the world is
rot yet as good as it ought to be is
that the advertisements of things lost
are very much more numerous than
those of things found.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27
ATTEMPT TO TEST SHERiFF'S
CONVICTIONS MADE BY
kOCH'S LAWYERS.
FOUR JURORS ARE CHOSEN
CORONER WILL SUMMON SPE-
CIAL VEN!RE OF THIRTY
TALESMEN.

Mankato, Mimi, April 22.-The Sec
ond day of the trial of DR.. Koch for
the murder of DR.. L. A. Gebhacdt at
New Ulm on the night of Nov. closed
with four jurors in the box.
The routine of the selecting of jur-
ors was relieved by sensation pro-
duced through the disqualification OF
Sheriff B. Williams from further con-
nection with the summoning of tales
men to the murder trial. The Blue
Earth county official was disqualified
through the filing of an affidavit by
Attorney Somervi;le. who represented
the defense. Attorney Somerville, in
his affidavit, charges that the sheriff
is prejudiced and partial in the selec-
ton of jurors
Causes Bitter Feeling.
The affair evidently has caused bit
ter feeling on the part of the friends
of the sheriff. but Williams himself is
reticent regarding the action. 1t is
common rumor that the attorneys for
the defense have attempted to have
tested the sheriff's convictions rclat-
ing to the guilt or innocence of DR..
Koch
Wednesday night. shortly after the
adjournment of court and before the
sheriff set out upon his rounds to sum-
mon the talesmen. so the story goes.
friend of DR.. Koch presented to the
sheriff a list of fifty residents of the
county, and expressed the desire that
at least few of the persons named in
the list appear in court the following
morning.
None Of These Names
appeared on the venire roll the next
morning, according to the account,
and the attorneys for the young de-
PENDANT. drawing the conclusion that
the sheriff was prejudiced or biased
against the defendant. asked for his
disqualification.
Sheriff Williams, in speaking of the
incident, only would say that he has
performed his duties to the best of his
ability, and that if anything existed
NulSlA Woulu ISou lliS uCIClubii'S W
believe he was acting against their in
terests, he was glad to be in position
to relieve them from any apprehen-
sion on that score. The attorneys for
the defense stated positively that in
their opinion the sheriff's actions led
them to believe he was prejudiccd.
Coroner to Summon Venire.
Coroner E. r. Kennedy will summon
a special venire of thirty talesmen
who will appear in court to-day.
The four jurors now sworn are
Charles Waddell, w. II. Wilcox, w. l..
Rappley and o. T. Severson, the latter
three being chosen yesterday.
When Judge Cray opened court yes
terday all the fifty talesmen sum-
moned Wednesday night were on
hand.
DR.. George Koch yesterday was seat
ed part of the time by his fathers
side. No other relatives at present
are attending the trial, but they are
evidently in touch with its progress
through their friends in this city The
young dentist displayed the same calm
demeanor yesterday, and the throngs
which filled the court room watched
him with the same eagerness and in
terest.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

A Pennsylvania genius has just dis
covered that the world will last but
three years longer. Well, "our"
health is poor. anyhow.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

New York has made the alarming
discovery that when school boys and
girls are packed together in a bus
they hug each other Where in the
world did they learn how?
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

1t might help some if President Cas-
ITO would pay a visit to this country
and see the gravity of the physical
proposition he proposes to bump up
against.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

October Is is the date now fixed
for the reassembling of congress.
Well, the base ball championship will
be settled then.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Down in Maine the lobster fisher.
men have formed union to fight the
lobster trust. 1t may yet become nee
essary to demand public ownership
and operation of the lobster.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

That fashion authority who an
nounces that the hustle sis coming
back" is respectfully reminded that it
always did go pretty well back any
how.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Green is now the fashionable color
reason to modify the standing warn
ing against the purchase of green
goods.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Get-richquick concerns Offering an
annual profit of As per cent have clos
ed down in Philadelphia. The invest
ors were SO unreasonable as to want
results.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

DR.. Patton says that Language is
thoughts pottery" 1t is used very
largely in the manufacture of family
jars.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Lightning, it seems, struck one of
the Egyptian pyramids few days
ago. The achievements of electricity
in this age of the world. however,
have ceased to excite surprise.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Some men are born great, others
achieve greatness. and others never
amount to anything, anyhow.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

But this practice of restoring dead
cats to life must not be INDUCED in
to excess, even in the sacred name Of
science.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

A Boston authoress declares that
men are far more beautiful than WON
en-. We knew that if we kept still long
enough some one would say it for
u.s.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

A Pennsylvania humorist was killed
the other day for getting off" joke.
Astonishing how fellows like Eli Per-
kins succeed in getting off.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

If the book Mrs. Chadwick is going
to sell is as negotiable as some Of
her Ohio writings, she ought to do
we'll as an author.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

We cannot all, like Mile. de Tiers,
make the dip of death, but the season
is at hand when anybody can rock
the boat.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-27

Wen bet the inventor of the seed.
less apple can't solve the homeless
shad problem.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-01
CIoN. IND HNUseMeNC for YouNG HNeRIc8

yields an abundant supply of milk. It
grows in hiIly districts. usually where
very little moisture is to be had for
several months of the year This
makes it more singular that a plenti-
full flow of milky fluid viii come from
the trunk on boring into it deeply,
though the branches look dried. It is
believed that most milk is got when the
tree is tapped about sunrise, or when
the moon is nearly full. If the milk is
put aside for time a thick cake forms
upon it, under which is a clear liquid.
Some of it kept in a bottle, well corked
up. was once preserved for several
months. The cork, on being extracted.
came out with loud report, followed by
blush smoke. The milk was a little
acid but not disagreeable to taste.
A grove of COW trees is a fine sight.
for the species grows to a great height
and the trunk may be fifty or more feet
without a branch. Near the top the
branches cluster together, displaying
tough and ribbed leaves. Many Of these
leaves are ten or twelve inches long.
The tree bears fruits of moderate size,
each containing one or two nuts, which
are said to have the flavor of straw
berries and cream. From the bark of
the tree, soaked in water. a bread has
been made. which proved very nourish-
ing.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-01

seen by pioneer settlers pasturing to-
gether in one herd OF galloping over
the prairie. AS fast as the white man
came into their country, though, he
began to slaughter them without mercy.
Hundreds of them We're killed merely
for their soft, furry skins, while their
bodies were left decaying upon the
ground. They were so plentiful that
though their flesh is excellent eating.
men did not take the trouble to pre-
serve it.
Now there is scarcely a wild buffalo
left. A few specimens of the tribe are
preserved in geological gardens. The
arrival of a baby buffalo among these
captives is a rare event and one made
much of when it happens. In a private
geological park near Philadelphia there
is at present a baby buffalo. but the
whole tribe will soon have gone to join
the extinct dinosaurs and only their
skeletons and stuffed skins will be seen
in museums.
OF course the plains where once. the
buffalo roamed are now occupied by
farms and orchards and ranches where
thousands of cattle more useful than
the buffalo are grazing. so perhaps the
gain to man is more than the loss. But
the same cannot be said of the walrus
Of the polar seas. For many centuries
the walrus has been the chief food Of
the Eskimos along the seacoasts of the
north. The Eskimo killed waIrus
when he wanted food and preserved the
flesh to furnish him future meals.
Then came the destroying white man
White men discovered that walrus
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-01

ground. The figure will stand up
right and commence to dance in most
wonderful manner. and yet can be ex-
amined at any moment.
The working Of the trick is very
simple. The performer takes a yard
Of black silk thread and before COM
ing before the audience. he fastens, by
means of black pin. each end of the
thread to his trousers at the outer
knees, one end of the thread to each
leg. He can walk about quite freely
without the thread being perceived.
The figure of the sailor has a slit made
in each side Of the head. in the posi-
ton occupied by the ears. When the
performer sits down he stretches his
legs apart tin the thread is almoct
taut When placing the sailor on the
floor he puts it in such q position that
the Sits (which should be bent back
slightly are caught on the thread.
The operator by gently moving his legs
can cause the figure to dance briskly.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-01
PREHISTORIC DINosAUR.

lizard They had no feathers, but their
bodies were shaped like that of a bird.
They we're so huge that today it would
take several elephants to make one
dinosaur. The biggest Of the bird liz
ards appear. TO have been seventy feet
long, twenty feet high and to have
weighed twenty-five tons.
The dinosaurs laid eggs and hatched
their young dinosaurs. The ALLIGATOR
and crocodile of today resemble some
what the old dinosaur. After many
ages there came upon the earth NAM
mails. Though not so large as the
dinosaurs they had more brains than
these and were even hereer and before
them the monstrous bird lizards dis
appeared. The earth's air was becom-
ing purer, and its marshes were drying
up, ana it was being made ready for
man to live on.
The largest mammals living today
are descended from those of the pre-
historic period. Among them are the
elephant the great walrus, the hippo-
potamus and the buffalo and bison. And
now # is melancholy to think that
they too are following on the road to
extinction the huge dinosaurs who lived
so many ages before them 1t is more
melancholy still to think that it is man
himself who is destroying these fine
creatures or the face OF the earth.
Men stin living can remember when
our plains were covered with bufaIoes
as we can them, though their riehi
same g bison. Thousands were often
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-01
MOTHER BUFFALO AND HER BABY.

The earth, full grown male being
twelve feet Ions and weighing a ton.
White men do not like walrus flesh to
eat, but the poor Eskimos, whose main
stay it was for food, are in some places
famishing for want of it.
sad it is. too. to think that even the
intelligent, noble elephant is gradually
being exterminated. Elephants during
many centuries have been hunted for
their tusls by the savages of the inter-
ior of Africa. They have also fallen
victims to the guns of men who wanted
to shoot big game and tell of It. Now
the elephant in its native state es-
pecially in Africa, is becoming scarce
and shy. It, too. VIII vanish to join the
dinosaur unless men cease its wholesale
destruction. The kangaroo and the seal
are disappearing also.
But the most merciless destruction of
all has been that of the diving bird
known as the great aux. It was three
feet long and stood upright, balancing
itself upon its tail like a penguin. It
could not fly, for it's wings were only
four inches long, but it could swim very
rapidly. It was not very good for food,
but its eggs were, so white men hunted
the eggs and shot the beautiful bird
that used to be found in great numbers
on the Massachusetts coast and in
Labrador and Newfoundland. as well as
in the seas of northern Europe. In
1884 hocks OF great auks were seen
along the Greenland coast. Now it is
believed. there is not one left alive in
all the world.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-01
THE DANCING SAILOR.

This is a capital trick. The per
figure of a sailor. colored very bril-
lantly, about eighteen inches in height.
The legs are in two pieces, fastened at
the knees and thighs by knotted
strings. so that they can move freely.
The performer gives the figure for ex-
animation, but nothing in the way OF
connection about the cardboard is
found.
He then seats himself facing tn au-
dience and places the figure between
his knees. with its feet touching the
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-01

"Can you tell me the meaning Of tbs
word speace2 asked the teacher of a
little boy who had just recited a patri-
otto poem in which the word occurred.
Peace. means when you amt got ne
children answered the child.
How is that2" asked the teacher.
when my mother has washed and
dressed US six children for school In
the morning. she says Now, III havs
assoc.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-01

the scene of the wreck, and he was 50
impressed by the thought of what he
missed by his ignorance that he set to
work that very day and was not sat
isfied until he had learned to read in
Welsh His disappointment was great
when he found all his pains had been
thrown away for he could only obtain
an English COP. of the book. Nothing
daunte,-, he began once more and
learned English. and at last had the joy
and triumph of being able to read the
delightful story for himself.
A strong motive AM steady pur-
pose overcome the greatest difficulties.