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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-03-04
BATTLE RAGING IN
VICINITY OF MUEDEN
Greatest Conflict of Far East,
ern War Being Wagsd.
RUSSIANS HOLD THEIR POSITION
Small Villages in Vicinity of Mukden
Are Captured by Mikado's Men-lndi
cations Point to a Decisive Engage.
nent In a Few Days.

Toxic. March $50 p. mad.
vices from headquarters OF the Japa.
nese armies in Manchuria show that
the japanese activity on the extreme
right continues. That wing is press.
ing forward and is dislodging the
Russians.
A dispatch from the front says:
Our troops in Sng King (Yanden y
direction are occupying Using Ho
chong tTsinkhetchen0 Is now pur
suing the enemy northward We cap
tured quantities of provisions at Using
hocheng.
Our force at Henshashu is gradual
~ dislodging the enemy from his 20
sition IL miles northeast Of Bentzia
pulse, and from another position Z
miles northwest The first possession
IS miles west Of the second. Our
force has pressed the enemy north
ward of the Shakhe river and has oc
cupied Sunmupaotzu, Tiaochinhutun
and Sunhupoatz 8 miles north OF Wal
TO mountain,
The enemy has many field and
heavy heavy siege guns on either side
OF the railroad, heretofore unused and
Is now Smelling u.s.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-03-04

Moscow. March 2The strike AREA
% the city ADD suburbs Is extending
There afe now 10000 men Oui
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
ALL BANKS VIOLATE LAW
Secretary of Treasury Shaw Says the
Chicago Banker Will Not Be
Prosecuted Cr;minaifv. ~

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-Secretary Of the
Treasury Shaw arrived in this city
from Washington this morning. III an
interview he practically declared there
would be no criminal proceedings
growing u Of the closing of the Chi
cago National bank and Home Savings
bank. He said: John r. Walsh did
not take n dollar dishonesty"
"Rumor of a criminal prosecution"
declared the secretary, lis nothing but
talk. There has been no "embeZzlement
or theft. Fo every dollar taken out
gilt-edged security was placed within.
Depositors will get every dollar they
deposited. n When t:lat has been ac-
complished responsibility OF the gov
eminent ceases.
That part of the banking law pro-
hibiting loaning of more than 10 per
cent. OF The capitalization to one man
may have been violated. That is not
criminal violation and all that can be
done is to liuuidate the bank and pay
off depositors. Violation Of that law
by one bank is no more than has been
done by almost every bank in the
country
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
ACTRESS ASKS AID.
Sarah 5ernhardt May Draw France
Into a Theatrical Trust
Eioh%

Washington, Dec. 29.-Through her
managers, Sam S. and Lee Schubert,
Sarah Bernhardt. the actress, who is
on a farewell tour of this country, yes;
terday appealed to NJ. J%usserand, the
French ambassador, to protect her
against VIA h terms Il discriminn-
zion of the so called theatrical syndt-
cate against her as a citizen OF Frances
Charles w. Strine. general representa-
tive of Nine. Bernhardt, who came to-
this city from New York for the pur-l
pose, conferred with the ambassador
He represented that commercial inter-
ests were against the actress because
of the opposition of her managers to
the so called syndicate, and that the
alleged discrimination barring her from
only affected her, but a large number
of French people in New Orleans.
Attention was called to the John,
Doe proceedings now being brought
against the so called syndicate In New
York by District Attorney Jerome, aud.
Nj. Jusserand was asked to voice In
chose proceedings u protest against the
alleged discrimination against the
actress.
Mr.. Strine alleged that the actress
was originally booked in syndicate the
aters, but that the latter. recently with,
drew those bookings. and ne urged that
the French authorities protest against
such an action.
Ambassador Jusserand asked for. q,
complete record OF the case. and stat
with II view of possible instructions to,
the French consul In New York to takei
any action the latter may deem expo
dent.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
TO TRY ARMY "SkOB."
Lieutenant Accused of %snubbine En-
listed Men to Be Court
MartjaIed,

Naw York. Dec. 29.-Social ethics Of the
soldier is the case on trial in the United
States army building. First Lieutenant
Roy /. Taylor of the One Hundred and
Twenty-flfth company. Coast Artillery. is
brought before a courtmartial, charged
with snubb:ng a sergeant OF his own COM
pany in a theatcr in New London. Conn.
Lieutenant Taylor is a Michigan man.
Colonel Heiten, U. S. A., presides at the.
.ourt, and Captain r.. II. McMastcrs. u. S.,
A.. commander of the company. are pres
ent, for 1t is he who preferred the charges
against the young officer. ;
This is the first time that such a charge,
has been brought against an officer at the
local fort. and army officers throughout,
the country are much interested in the
outcome OF the trial.
Lieutenant Taylor did noe GO to Gov.
crnor's Island yesterday, where at the:
Officers club there is always a hearty well
come for every army official. Inquiry at
the club elected the Information that the;
officer is under a serious cloud because of
his act, and that none OF the officers in,
the army post, or even the headquarters
Of the department. Of the east. has any
sympathy for him in his present difficult
ty.
w consider an enlisted man." said a,
captain of a company, las one of us so
long as he behaves himself. and as entitled;
to our respect and polite treatment. If
Lieutenant Taylor did as it is said he did,
it is time that such snobbishncss is driven;
out Of the army. We have no desire to;
create a military autocracy here. such as
exists in Germany. for example"
Under the usual charge of conduct I'M,
becoming an officer the offense that;
causes Lieutenant Taylor to be hailed be-.
fore the court-martial occurred in New
London, Conn.,, two weeks ago. He was
about to occupy his seat in a theater when
he found Sergeant j. Butler Of his COM
pany seated near by.
Taylor objected to the proximity of the
noncommissioned officer, and at last went,
to the ticket office and secured new seats,
farther away from the sergeant.
Captain McMastcrs, who was in the the
ater at the time, saw the whole proceed
ing and made the charge.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
ST. NICK is VERY PRANkY|
Oil King and Other MilIionaires, MAZE.
and Female, Gave Of Their Saw
mos but Little.

New York, Dec. 29.-John D.. Rookie,
Teller, Americas richest man, gave the
telegraph and telephone operators att
~Tarrytown SIS each as Christmas gifts.
His brother, William Rockefeller, gave}
them $40 each.
Mrs. Hetty Green, Americas richestI
woman, gave two candy canes, a woolly
toy COW and q penny bank to a boy inl
iHoboken, n. ],
President Roosevelt gave toys and
sweets to the school children of OYSTER
Bay.
Big Tim Sullivan gave 1000 dinners!
20 the hungry Bowery dodgers.
G.. Oliver Iselin, millionaire yachtman,
gave a gold piece TO ZACH of his en-.
ployeS at New Rochelle. J.
Jacob II. Schi1f. the banker, gave hisl
cook. Lena, 5 5000 for a Christmas pres
ent. Everyone in the Schin family has
the highest regard for Lena; there is
not II dyspeptic atom in u hundred DIM
ners she prepares. Indeed, 1t is said,
the only reason Mr.. SchiT wanted TOT
light Cornelius N. Bliss at that famous
meeting of the Equitable directors, was
because MIR. Schiff was late for u DIM
ner that Lena had cooked. i,
Mrs. SchiM gave Lena a cluster dia-f
inond ring. Mrs. Felix Weinberg, Mr.. /
SchifNsA daughter. presented the cook
with II gold watch and neck chain, and I
AIR. and Mrs. Mortimer Schiff sent Lena
"a handsome check. Lena came to this
country to teach German, but found 1t,
more profitable TIC cook in the Germani
fashion. Twenty-Five years she fell
spf Il Christmas tree, so to speak, into
The Schif household. Now she is inde-s
pendent financially. She cooks for love
Of the SchiffS and of her art.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
ACTOR is SHOT DOWN.
Charles S. Smith. Member of 1.-TWO
Johns" Company. Is Killed by
r. c., Cooper.

Danville. ILL.,. Dec. SO.-Charles S
Smith, of New York City. a member of
the 1.-TWO Johns" theatrical company.
was shot and fatally wounded yester-
day afternoon by F. C. Cooper, of New
York. Il member of the Merry Island
company. The shooting occurred i'll
Smiths room in the Saratoga hotel
and resulted from 4 quarrel between
the two men owe Mrs. Cooper. Cooper
WAS accompanied to the hotel by Harry
Is. Walters of Minneapolis and James
Young of Chicago. He entered Smiths
ROOM, locked the door and fired five
shots. Three bullets took effect in
Smiths head and back. The three men
then attempted to ESCAPE from the ho-
tel. but We're prevented by Richard
Roberts. the clerk. who covered them
with his revolver n held them until
the police We're called.
Cooper arrived unexpectedly from
Pittsburg and found his wife in the
room of Smith. An exciting scene fol-
lowed. i'll which Smith assaulted Coop
er with his fists. Cooper Went out and
it is said told Walters and Young that
he wanted them to help him out OF
some trouble. Police Judge Phillips
held the men under SIS, 900 bonds.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
A JOKE ON DR.. osLER.
Meets Man of 70, Who is Still Useful,
but Don't See the
- Point. =

New York, Dec. 28.-Returning to give.
a series of lectures in Johns Hopkins
university, Baltimore, n also to spend
the holidays among friends in this.
country, Dr.. William Osler, professor
of the University of Oxford. arrived on;
the Cunard liner Caronia, from Liver.
pool. DIR. Osler went away last Nav to
take up his duties in the English uni,
versity, and before this had startled the.
rvorld of medical men and laymen by'
his utterance at a public dinner that
men more tina 40 years old had lost
their usefulness to q marked degree I'M
these times that demand the full meas
ure of endeavor and result. 1t was
even reported he advocated c%hlorofor1n.
ing all over 60 years old.
knowing that the public utterances
of DR.. Osler had placed him on record
as being opposed to the continuance in,
service of men beyond the 4O-year age
limit, John M. Bishop, the deputy sur
veyor in charge of the customs officers
on the pier, introduced to The physician
Captain j.. S. Watson, the port CAPTAIN
of the Cunard line. who for more than
twenty years has acted in hat capacity.
and who took the position after relin-
gushing 81 command in the United
States navy. Hale and hearty, Cap
tain Watson is near the 70-year mark.
DIR. Osler, let me introduce you TO
Captain Watson. of the Cunard line"
said MIR. Bishop, who served with Ad-
miral Porter during the civil war and
is yet i'll pretty fine shape" and there
was Il merry twinkle III the eyes of the
customs officer.
"Glad to meet you" said the doctor,
but there was an evident lack OF an
probation of the situation. Several of
the passengers who came with the ply
I;ician had Il hearty laugh when they
saw the venerable and active man and
the doctor meet.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
Johnny Tells What Preacher Said.
From the New York Tribune.
Professor Barrett Wendell of Harvard,
with anncdnta- q u -IEnuli.h

q" L IOleSoOl bdIIctl w SIIdell ol TldTNdIu,
frightened with an anecdotc All English
lecture.
There was a certain Instructor he
sad, who was always impressing pon
his students the need of perspicuity.
"a young man came to him one day to
get back an essay that had been sub
mitted.
"a very good essay said the instruc-
tor as he returned the paper. but. Mr..
Smith. o should write always so that
the most ignorant a understand every
word you say
THE young man looked up anxiously.
"'What.part Of my essay was not clear
to you. professor he asked"
Johnny was a good boy, and after Sun
day school services he attended preaching.
morning text was about Moses, and
on several occasions the preacher declared
that "Aoses was an austere man and
made atonement for the sins OF his peo-
pie" At the conclusion of services and
when Johnny had returned home his
mother asked: my boy, what did the
preacher say??" Johnny replied: He
preached about Moses, and said that
Moses was an oyster man. and made an
ointment for the shins of his people,.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
CHARGE OF BRIBERY
DENIED BY Mr.. pAYN
New York Insurance Commits.
sioner Declares He Did Not
Receive That $40, 900.
SAYS 1T is DUE TO FEUs
Mutual Reserve Has Had Trouble with
Him but He Didn't Receive Pay
for Allowing 1t to Write Up
Its Own Reports.

New York, dec. %30.--Louis l.. Payn.
former state insurance commissioners
testified before The insurance investi-
gazing committee today that the charge
made by James d. Wells, former vice
president OF the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance company, that $1,000 had
been paid to Payn by the Mutual Re-
serve for allowing the company to
write its w reports of the invcstiga-
ton by the insurance department, was
absolutely false in every particular.
He said it grew out of Il fight between
Wells and President Burnham.
Gives Him the Lie Direct.
Henry ID. Appleton, deputy in Super
his testimony which was interrupted
by adjournment last Friday. Mr.. APP
pleton's testimony was along the .inc
of legislation passed to control assess
ment companies.
MI. Hughes read u letter from the
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany in which it was charged that the
insurance department had revoked its
license in the stipulated premium law.
Mr.. Appleton had no recollection of tho
matter.
Did you state to Richard Morgan.
vi lIe bdIlhtI y lSllS, IIluI IL WOuIQ
cost $4,000 for reincorporatiOn?"
mo, and if Mr.. Morgan says so. or
if anybody else say so, he is a liar!"
answered the witness.
MI. Morgan made that statement
said Mr.. Hughes.
Then he is a liar!" quickly replied
the witness.
mo controversy here" said Chair
man Armstrong. rapping for order.
Thouuht Burnham a Crook.
The Mutual Reserve was examined
in 1899, testified former Insurance Ex-
aminer Payn, Oecaus OF information
and complaints received by the de-
partment. Some Of these complaints
came from officers of the company.
so as to get President Burnham out
of the company said MIR. Payn.
why did you want to get him out?!"
Mr.. Hughes asked.
Because l thought him a crook"
responded Mr.. Payn.
He said it was after this examina-
ton that the report was turned oven
to the attorney general.
Adjournment was taken until to-
morrow. when Mr.. Payll will resume
his testimony.
New York Life Is Mandamu.ed.
Jefferson City, Mo, Dec. 28.-Super-
intendent of Insurance w. ID. VAN
ulVef received q LeleRram from New
York informing him that the supreme
court n granted the mandamus asked
for to compel President John A. Nc
Call. of the New York Life Insurance
company, to furnish n list OF the policy
holders.
The telegram reads:
New York supreme court grants
mandamus against New York Life for
list of p~olicyho!ders. c.. Fl. Venner."
Mr.. Vandiver received a day or two
ago the company's answer to his de-
mnnd on President Mccall to furnish
Il list of Missouri policyholders for
the insurance department and the ST.
Louis committee of p~olicyholders, in
which 1t was stated that there was no
law that authorized them to furnish
them such a list nor him to demand it.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
GIGANTIC DRY DOCK.
The Dewey" in Charge of Three Tugs
Starts for Philippine


Islands.
Annapolis, Md, Dec. 30-The gigantic
dry lock Dewey" made an suspicious
START on its ID. 00O-mile trip to the Phil
ippine islands under the direction OF
Commander H. H. Hosley, II. S. N.
There was no mishap of any inc
Three vessels in tandem are towing the
Dewey. Next to the lock is the
collier Brutus, then the collier Caesar
and in front is the tug Potomac. Com
mande Hosley will have his quarters
on the Glacir, the supply boat. which
will accompany the dock and it's attend
ants. Chief Roatswain Philip Mullan.
U. S. N, had direct control of securing
all The towing apparatus. the whole aft
fair being under the control of the sig
nal of Commander Hosley from the
Glacir.
The Dewey will be the subject Oh
deepest concern to the nav depart
mem and to every American sailor UNI
til she safely drops anchor in The quiet
waters of Subig bay, for many naval
officers say they are really very doubt
full whether h trip can be made in
safety. The Havana floating dock was
towed down to that port from Scotland,
but that voyage was short in mpa
ison with that lying before Dewey. and
the perils Of the way We're much fewer.
with many more ance to make safe
harbors in case of bad weather and to
enable the boats to take on coal.
The tow that most nearly approNi-
mated the Dewey in American history
was that of the big double lurreted
monitor Miantonomah in 1861. She
was then the very latest type OF naval
architecture and was sent across the
Atlantic and into the Mediterranean as
IL ''Show ship" to give the Europeans
an idea OF how far ahead of them the
Americans had gotten as IL result OF
the sea fighting of the civil war.
One of the officers. now a rear adj
to this side of the world, tells al in
tereSting story Of the difficulties Of
that trip. The monitor could not carry
enough GOA to cross at full speed un-
der her own steam so she was loaded
with coal boxes on the docks until the
Il four-knot speed across the Atlantic.
1t happens that between our and
five knots is the calculated speed OF
the Dewey. The navy owned at that
time Il big sidewheeler. the Atlanta.
and this ship towed and steered the
MiantonOlnah clear across the Allan
tic. She took the course that will be
followed by the Dewey in the re-
versed direction, going from Gibraltar
to the Cape Verde islands. across to
the West Indian islands, up to the Ba-
hamas and so on to Delaware bay. At
Cape Verde the tow was met by IL
schooner sent out from this side laden
with coal. and with this fresh supply
the monitor was gotten across. Several
times the towing lines broke. but there
We're 40 serious vicisSitudes, and naval
officers here are hoping that the Dewey
With her four tow-boats will do as well.
Estimates vary considerably as to
the length Of the cruise. but few place
the time at less than three months.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
oDELL STILL HAS HOPE
Former Governor Says the Outlook for
Merritt Is 'Favorable''-Latter
crack4 .Iokn

nor s. =. Odcl!. jr.. left for Newburg
last night after having spent the day
in conference With F.. A. Merritt, jr.,
candidate for speaker of the assembly
and with local politicians. Mr.. Odell
would say nothing about Mr.. Merritt's
candidacy only that conditions looked
favorable. He said he did not know
whether or not he would go to Albany
before the assembly caucuS next Tues
day evening.
Mr.. Merritt was still in town. When
asked If there was any truth i'll the re-
ports of a compromise he said: The
reports Of my death are greatly exag-
gerated."
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
STAYS A 7-F00T GIANT
Modern David Of 10 Kills GoIiath's Pro
totype with a Pebble, for
YOUNGER Brother.

Columbia, No., Dec. 3O.-Mitchell
Shadrick. q giant. said to be seven feet
in height, was almost instantly killed
four miles west of Columbia by an 49,
year-old boy, Henry Jonas, who brought
him down with a stone no larger than
forty feet.
Shadrick had struck at 4 younger
brother Of Jonas, and, 1t is claimed,
picked up a club with the intention of
assaulting the latter. The lads missile
struck him behind the left ear. After
running about in a circle for several
minutes, he fell down dead. No scar
was found on his body.
No coffin in Columbia was long,
enough to contain the body Of the vic,
tim, and it was found necessary I'd
make one to Order.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
ATTEMPT TO SAVE FISH.

Watertown, S. D., Dec. 2S.-Several
county game wardens in South Dakota
will take some action to save the thou
sands of fine young bass and other
game fish in the waters of the lakes of
this state. In many of them the water
is so shallow that should extreme cold
weather prevail there is danger of the
lakes freezing to great thickness there
by limiting the supply of air for the
fish. 1t. is proposed by the several
wardens who have lakes in their charge
to station u man at each shallow AXE
with instructions to keep air holes
chopped in the ice.
Only last yea We're the waters of
South Dakota stocked with thousands
of fine bass, pickerel and other game
fish and unless some action is taken
to protect them during the winter the
work of the state fish commission will
have been in ain
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
POVERTY AT MAXIMUM
London's Paupers Are More Numer-
Gus Than at Any Time in
Thirty Years.

New York, Dec. GA cable dispatch
from London says: Official figures re-
to the legal poor OF London show
that the number in receipt of pauper
relief In nearly every month Of the year
NOV ending have been greater than in
'prised in the returns, with the excep-
;tion of the period from 1867 to 1871.
. The ratio of paupers per 1000 of pop
l~ulation has been higher in most OF the
months of this year than in any pre-
svious year since 1874.
E, Not only has there been a remarkable
increase In outdoor relief. but the
rise in the numbers entering work
has continued. In no year. Of the
history Of h poor law has thespOpula-
ton in the warehouses; been greater for
49,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
Devil is A
Detroit Atheists Famous Statue of
Satan Dragged Away,

d. Detroit, Dec. 2S.-Lugged away in an
old cart, Herman Menz's statue of the
devil now is being guarded by II CON
stable. The image a set up two
months agO by Menu and created IL
sensation. Menu is not a believer in
the Deity and wrought the statue to
symbolic his feeling as to the future,
Today 4 constable with u writ of re-
plevin called at the home of the old
German s~tonecutter and levied on The
IDOL. The owner resisted the demand
Of the officer, and he and his family
tried to save the statue from capture,
tven going so far as to bring u sledge-
hammer to mash it to bits.
The constable and his assistants were
tuccessful in removing the statue, and
thus made return on the writ that was
sworn out by Warren West Of YpsilantE
on a claim Of $51.40 for labor, part of
which was performed on "Beelzebnb' .
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
ROOSEVELT CALLS HALT
Proposed Raising Of Funds for Daush.
ter's Present Displeases
Him.

Washington. Dec. o9.-The following
statement was issued at the White
House today:
1.-The presidents attention having
been called to a dispatch from Baker
City, Ore, to the effect that a subscrip-
ton was about to be started for u.
wedding present for Miss Roosevelt,
the president stated that while he ap-
preciated the evidence of good will, he
hoped nothing OF the kind would be un-
sdertaken. In fact he wished particu-
larly the proposed work would not be
done" =e Aa +1F$ IsEfs