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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02

hitherto received and statements OF
prisoners the result of the battle from
May q to % is as follows:
Prince Suvarof, Alexandra ILL.,, Bo-
lrindino, Dmitri, Donskoi, Admiral Ma
lkimon, Monomacn, Jemtchug, Admiral
Oushakon, n converted cruiser and
two destroyers. sunk
"Nicholai l., Orel, Admiral Apraxina,
admiral Eeniavin and destroyer Bed
Iovy captured. According to the pris-
land the Navarin also was sunk
"Almaz on May q was observed in
Ia disabled and sinking condition bu.
her final fate is vet unknown. The
full particulars regarding the injury
Ito our ships are not yet in hand. but
$50 far as | could ascertain none were
seriously injured, all being still IN
gagged in operations. The whole cas-
Qualities are not vet ascertained. Cas-
Qualities of first division are little ove-
-four hundred. Prince Yorhite in err
I~cellent health, Adniral Misu, slightly
wounded May "a.
Sixth report received the afternoon
Iof May 50. Loss of Osliabia. Navarin
confirmed. Sissoi Yeliky also definite
lily reported to have sunk on the morn
ling of May %.
Official statement of Russian losses
$50 far aseertaineJ:
Following six ~battleships sunk:
prince Suvarof, lmperator Alexander
iii, Borodina, Osliabia, Sissoi Veliky
land Navarin.
Following five cruisers sunk: Ad-
miral Nakimoff, Dlmitri Donski. Vladi-
mir Monomach, S%vietlana and Jemt-
|chug.
Coast defense ship Admiral Ousha-
tkoff sunk. Two service ships Kan
lchatka and three destroyers also sunk
Two battleships Orel and Imperator
lNicholai l., two coast defense ships
General Admiral Apraxine and Admit
lral Seniavin and one destroyer Biedovy
captured.
"The Russians lost altogether TWEEN
lty-two ships, the aggregating ton-
mage whereof amounting to 1911
lions, beside cruiser Almaz suspected
Ito have sunk"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02
BiNyilIe Celebrities.

"Any celebrities in your town."
asked the visitor.
"Well, we've got a good snake liar, a
dozen or more fish liars that are purity
good in their line an a man who never
predicted the failure Of the fruit crop"
THAT ala"
mo; thar's n chap in town who
claims he never told a lie-the biggest
liar of 'em all!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02

in toilet soap you would know that l
meant the club of poets. 1t is said to
be n Of the most exclusive clubs in
America, and there are plenty of mil
lionaires who'd give their old boots to
become members"
"And why can't they?"
"Why? Simply because they can't
write poetry"
"And you have been elected because
you camp
"When 1 sent in my application two
months ago it was accompanied by a
verse Of poetry that the committee
was pleased to call a little gem Of it's
kind. l shall devote the evening to
composing something in the nature of
a poem"
Mr.. Bowser walked up and down
with his cigar in the corner of his
mouth and a chesty look below his
chin, and Mrs. Bowser and the cat
watched him and realized that they
were in for another family row.
You didn't say anything to me
about writing the poetry" she finally
observed.
mo? Well, it was such a tri1e that
I supposed it skipped my mind"
But don't you want my help on
what you write tonight?"
"NOt hardly, Mrs. BOwser; not hard
ly," he answered in lofty disdain.
She turned to a magazine without
further remark, and he got a paper
pad and pencil and sat down and roll
ed his eyes ~heavenward and made
ready to start in. The cat had an APP
pointment in the back yard to meet
and knock out an old tom who had
been cutting all Corners about, but as
he left the room he gave a look back
ward at Mr.. Bowser and said to him.
self:
"Old man, things seem to be com
ing your way just this minute, but the
evening isn't over yet"
Mr.. Bowser had figured on dashing
off three or four verses within ten
minutes, but when Il quarter of an
hour had elapsed he had not yet fin
ished the first. He was scratching his
head and nibbling at his pencil when
Mrs. Bowser 9leried:
well, how do you get along with
your poetry"
beautifully. l am only hesitating
owe the choice of terms. You can't
help me any, Of course, but [ will read
you what l have written:
1.-THE sylvan sun is going down,
The brooklet onward flows;
The turgid mountain rears its head
"And that is what 1 was hesitating
about-the fourth line"
Mr.. Bowser, may 1 make a re-
mark?"
Certainly. 1t can't be anything in
the nature Of a hint to me. but you
can make it."
1.-The dictionary defines the word
sylvan as Observation-Disclosures.
How car you apply it to the SUM-"
Il am writing of the country"
"But the same sun is to be found
in the city. You can't call the sun
rustic, can you?
'"That is simply poetic license, and
you know nothing about it,"
"But you speak of a turgid noun
tain. The dictionary defines 'turgid' as
swelled-bloated. You don't intend to
refer to a bloated mountain, do your"
"I intend to refer to anything I
please, Mrs. Bowser. and I want no
criticism from you. When did you ev-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02
REPORT.

V%ladivostok, May 30.-3:40 p. H.
Two ships alone of Vice Admiral Ro-
ljestvensky's powerful f~lotilla, the swift
I~cruiser Almaz and the torpedo boat
destroyer Crozny lie at anchor here TO-
Iday in the curving harbor of Golden
Horn, they having separated from the
fleet in the early stage of the oattie
(which began in the Korea straits Sat
urday and headed in obedience TO or
lders with full speed to VladivostoK.
up to 4 o'clock this afternoon no other
vessels of the Baltic fleet had yet ar
rived and the signal stations at AS
Ikold and Rimskykorsakoff islands re-
ported none in sight.
Officers of the Almaz and GroZny
lsay that both fleets had sustained ter
Tribe losses when the Almaz and the
lCrozny broke through the hostile line.
Of the japanese two battleships had
gone before their eyes and two cruis-
ers, their sterns high out Of the water,
seemed ready to plunge foremost 10
the bottom of the sea.
The Russian fleet, they say, was
Ieven in a sadder plight. Rojestven-
lsky's flagship, the Kniaz Souvarotf,
and her sister ship the Borodina and
the cruisers Osliabia and Ural Were
utterly destroyed, and when the fos
!closed down and hid the scene of bat
tile from sight of the speeding ships, a
third great Russian battleship, the
Alexander III, seemed in sore distress
but limping ~nor-hward putting up 4
valiant fight against throngs of torpe-
lido boats and still continuing her at
lacks on the cruisers of the Island En-
lpire. Torpedo boats were also cling
ling round the other ships Of the fiee:,
like angered wasps, separate fotiiias
Idarting in again and again to launch
their weapons.
The Almaz, which arrived at her an
lchorage here Monday evening bears
Iscars of the battle. Her mizZen mast
lis shot away and one of her smoke
stacks is pierced by a cannon shot.
But the Grozny though engaged for
several hours in a running fight at
short range with a large Japanese de-
~Istroyer, shows no signs of the fray. Al
tier her commander Captain Andriffski
had been wounded and an officer and
three men had been killed, the Grozny
Succeeded in sinking her opponent
with 4 lucky placed shot and reached
iVladivostok without further adventure
lat II o'clock this morning.
Toxic, May 30.-Noon.-A warrane
ioficer of the Russian repair ship KAN
lchatka, who landed at Moji, says:
"Our fleet entered the straits of 10
Irea numbering Sc vessels. The Kant
ichatka received several shots and was
Ipartly disabled. Finally a shot struch
"a vital part and sixty men entered
boats. When they were nearly clear
a great explosion occurred and the
ship sank. The captain and seven Off
GERS were killed during the battle. Two
officers we're wounded and two jumped
loverboard. Three other officers were
drowned.
eve could see our battleships to the
northward enveloped by the Japanese.
Seemingly they were badly damaged"
Toxic, May 3O.-Admiral Togo has
wired Admiral Yamamoto, minister CT
the navy, as follows:
1.-The main force Of the Russian
second and third fleets is nearly an
INITIATED. Please feel assured of IT,
q. DID ar t666tu esaoietaoshrdl
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02
RUSSIANS REPORT JAPANESE
INK

vladivostok, May 80, 4.3O p. M
THE Russian protected cruiser Almaz
and torpedo boat destroyer Grozny
have arrived here. The officers Of these
vessels report that in the naval battle
two japanese battleships were sunk
land that two Japanese cruisers were
dangerously listed with their heads
down at the officers last sight OF the
battle Saturday afternoon. A heavy
fog then dropped and prevented their
being able TO see more of the result.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02

s s..s . tn: The M KIND YOU A:. .;::!: s''sa
S's. at &XAzZM


Articles Signed.
San Francisco. Nav 30.-James
Britt has signed with the HAYES Valley
Club to fight the winner of the Han
lon-Corbett battle. The match Is TO
come of in July. The details OF the
mat.h have not vet been arranged.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02
common Experience.

Sometimes. said the literary man
with spectacular tendencies, lone
comes to a point where it is a terrible
strain to write any more"
EYES," answered Mr.. Dustin Stax: Il
often experience that sensation in
wo. king OH A checkbook.'-WaShing
ton Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02
Mr.. BoWser
VS.. Poetru
He Is Admitted to the Burns
Club and Attempts to Write
Some Verses.
HIS MUSE THROWS HIM
lakes a Cooper When Mrs. B. Cni-
cises What He Is Pleased to
Call Poetic License"
MUSE THROWS HIM
copyright, 1895, by r. B. McClure.1

copyright, 1906, by r. B. McClure.1
YHEN the Bowsers had fin
" ished dinner the other
evening Mr.. Bowser light
ed his cigar, smiled anna
bly, on the cat, swelled out his chest
and remarked to Mrs. Bowser:
Il had forgotten to say that l have
been elected Il member of the Burns
club"
rs that the club that makes the JON
ATTAIN Burns c!garettes?" in%nocently
queried Mrs. Bowser in reply.
He looked at her in Indignation for a
minute and hen said:
g" suppose you can't help it, and
therefore | can't hold it up against
you. If you knew half as much about
poetry as you do about bargain sales
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02
ARRIVED AT vLADIvOSTOK

The Cruiser Almaz Received Frantic
Hrzzas as She DrCpDed Anchor i'm
the Harbor-A Short Description Of
the Battle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02

vladivostok, May 30.-As the Almaz
dropped anchor excitement beyond de-
,scription seized the thronging specta-
tors who with frantic '.huzzas' tossed
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15
MARK TwAIN's NICKEL.

In a conversation with William Dean
Howells not long ago Mark Twain was
relating some of his experiences before
he became famous. my difficulties
taught me some thrift he observed.
- But l never knew whether it was
wiser to spend my last nickel for a
cigar to smoke or for an apple to de-
YOUR" ~ an astounded," observed
Mr.. Howells, "that a person of SO lit
tie decision should meet with so much
worldly success Mark Twain nodded
very gravely. "Indecision about spend
ing money! he said, els worthy of
cultivation. When / couldn't decide
what to buy with my last nickel /
kept it and so became rich
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15
SOME COMsToCK HISTORY.

When the miners of the great Com
stock were going down into consider
able depth the expense of drawing
and cooling was enormous; a certain
Adolph Sutro began to work on a
tunnel scheme obtaining a promise Of
a royalty of 50 per ton for all the ore
that would pass out of the mines after
a given time. He began his work over
in the valley east of Mount Davidson
and, having obtained money in Europe
for the prosecution of the work, in a
few years he cNried forward the work
for several miles and tapped the great
lode under Virginia City.
Draining and ventilation at once
were perfect but it had taken Mr.. Su-
tro too long TO complete his tunnel
as the best parts of the bonanza were
worked out above the level when his
workings reached the Comstock lode.
1t was, however, of great value in sub
'sequent workings, as it enabled mine
owners to avoid the expense of pump
ing and v~entilating the ground that
previously demanded great outlay for
these items.-Mines and Minerals.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15
A TRIP.

Ed Snider returned the first of the
week from a prospecting trip through
lnyo and Tulare c~outies, California,
and he speaks enthusiastically and en-
tertainingly about his journey. To a
News reporter he said: cit was the
trip of my life, and / can assure you
that a fellow who has knocked around
this desert country like j have for u
wear or two feels like a boy again
when he gets into a country where
there is running water, plenty of trees
and fish and game. You know | was
born and raised in Colorado, and /
have fished and hunted in all parts
of it. Now there are some good fish
in streams in the Centennial state, but
nothing like it in the Owens River val
ley section. Why, in Big Pine one
morning / killed enough quail with
one shot to feed the entire party of
four, and that right in front of the
postoffice. There are quail by millions
and sage hens, grouse and deer by the
thousands. We went over the noun
tain into Yosemite Park, and it is a
grand place. Convict lake, which is
over a mile long and one-half wide,
is the prettiest body of water l ever
saw. 1t is fairly alive with trout of
all kinds. After reaching Big Pine
VIC ate no salt meat but lived on game
and fish. That Owens River valley is
a garden spot, but it win not be n
very long, as the city of Los Angeles
has bought up all the ranches and wa
ter rights at an estimated cost of ST.
10000. That water is worth $780,
10000 to Los Angeles. The people
in the valley are just beginning to re-
alize the tragedy that is in sight for
them and are making efforts to pre-
vent the diversion of the waters of
the valley across the range, but it is
too late l fear. Independence, Bishop,
Big Pine and a half dozen other as
pretty little towns as / ever saw viii
he deserted villages in a few years.
While it is a great ranch and hunting
country it is not in it for a minute
with the desert country for mineral.
We did not make a single location
during the entire trip
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15

The Lode line of the New York No i
Lode runs 8. 10" To-. W. 1862 feet from
the location monument and the o q line
of the New York No. 2 Lode runs ~. Il
29' II. 1493.S7 feet and :. Il % w. D
feet from the Location Monument
The certificate of location OF the said
New York No. I Lode is of record In
County. Nevada. in Rook X" of Mining
Locations, page 237 Of said Nye County
Records; and the amended certi1cates or
location of the New York No. 2 Lode is
of record In the Office of the Recorder
of said Nye County. Nevada. in Book
Y" of Mining Locations, page 394 on
said records. trI
Adjoining and conflicting claims as
shown by the plat of Survey are none.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly the mining ground and premises or
any portion thereof SO described and APP
piled for. are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly fled ac-
|cording 10 law and the regulations
Hereunder within the sixty days
period of publication hereof. with the
Register OF the u. s. Land Office, at Car
virtue of the provisions of said statute.
o.. H. GALLUP. Register.
], O. II. Gallup. Register of the u. s.
Office at Carson City. Nevada hsre-
by designate The Goldield News, a
weekly newspaper published at Goldfield,
Nevada. in which the foregoing notice
of application for patent shall be pub
lished for the period OF ten consecutive
weeks.
o. II. GALLUP. Register.
Date Of first publication Sept. !, 1905.
warwick M. Downing, Law Attorney
for Applicant.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15
MINERAL APPLICATION NO. 1o7a.
United states Land ONCE

101Ied States Lana OI1C6
Carson City, Nevada, August %, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the Gold
field Daisy Mining syndicate, a corpora-
ton. by Milton M. Detch, its Attorney
INTACT, has made application for patent
for u. S. Mineral Survey No. 2239 in
Secs, 10 and 20, 4. 2 s., r. 43 f., M. ID.
M, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda
County, Nevada, described as follows:
DAISY No. / LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. /, whence the
N. w. Cor. Sec. 20, IT.. 2 s., r 4S f., M.
D.. NJ. bears N. A. 05' e. 124o.7 TT; thence
s. 50 0st r.. sos #. to Cor. No. 2; thence
thence n; Sse n r. ss J" os' W. W. s1 T.: 1 ff. tor to co mo No Q.
A.; thence s. $40 So e. 149S.4S IT. to
Cor. No. /. the place of beginning.
DAISY No. 9 LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. /, whence the
y. w. Cor. Sec; 20 T; s, r t3 r, M
S. 80 03, T.. SOS TT. to Cor. No. 2; thence
s. so 90 f. 1897 IT., to Cor. No. 9;
thence \. % os' w. sos #. to Cor. No; 4;
No. ]. the place of beginning.
DAISY No. 5 LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. /, whence the
n. ". Cor. Sec. 20, T. 2 s, r 43 %, M.
D.. M. bears y; 80 y, $o~ w s5S.s f.
q themes thence ;, n 4. 81 81 20 20. vs. W ss T.: e r. cf fo c Np.
No. 3; thence N. $40 35' w. 642.S TT. TO
to Cor. No. s; theme s. Sc So f. 1863
TT. to Cor. No. ], the place of beginning.
Containing 55.021 acres after exclud-
in~ conflict with the Vernal No. 2 Lode
unSurveyed.
Adjoining and conflicting claims are
IL No.. 2213, Black Butte No. /: Sur
vey No. 2210, Thanksgiving Gift and
Great Bend No. / Lodes, and Vernal No.
2 Lode (unsurveyed.)
The Notices of Location are recorded
in Mining Records of Esmeralda county,
at Hawthorne, Book y" at pages 313,
566, SGT and in Book *" at page As; and
also in the Goldfield District Mining Re
cords, in look "A"
O. II. GALLUP, Register.
First publication Sept. ], 1905.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15

In the center of the Colorado des-
ert, in southern California, an unusual
spectacle may now be seen. For sew
eral months past the Colorado river
has been running through n crevasse
in its banks a few miles below Fort
Yuma, the breach being caused by
the digging of an irrigation canal from
the adjacent country through the riv-
er bank, without providing il with
the necessary head gates. This was
done last spring during a comparative
ly low stage of the river, and at that
time a considerable volume of water
flowed from the river into the a~rtifc-
ial irrigation ditch, known as the I'm
perial canal. With the coming of the
summer foods due to the melting
SHOWS in the Rocky mountains, the
breach widoned and grew deeper
until, it is stated, q large part of the
Colorado river is pouring through the
gap, and thus far all engineering ef-
forts to check it and close the cut
have proved unavailing. The water
has flowed INTO an old channel known
as New river, and has already covered
the salt marshes and works at Salton,
and has now commenced to submerge
the track of the Suthern Pacific rail
road.
There are in this region nearly 1000
square miles of country below the
level of the break in the bank of the
river, and much of this is below the
level of the sea. There seems a rea-
sonable probability of this old lake,
possibly at one time an arm of the
Gulf of California, becoming a sheet
of fresh water of considerable extent.
1t already covers many square miles
OF territory, and it is interesting to
contemplate what may be the final
outcome of this accidental formation
of a new interior sea. 1t. nay have
q noticeable effect upon the climatic
conditions in that section, but it rs
scarcely likely that its influence viii
be felt beyond the mountains of the
north and west of the Mining
and Scientific Press.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15
MINERAL APPLICATION no. 1854.
United States Land ONCE,

United States Land Office,
Carson City. Nevada. July Is, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that h May
flower Gold Mining Company, a Corpo-
ration. by Frederick r. Browne, it's At
sorney-in-Fact, has made application for
patent for u. S. Survey No. 223s in Secs.
20 and 30 t. : S. II. 4S y. M. ID. nj. Gold
field Mining District, Esmeralda Coun-
~, Nevada. described as follows:
CoTTONTAIL LODE.
Beginning at Cor No; ]; whence the
Nj. II. NJ. bears s. 1eS IL 80" w. 1861
IL. thence ~. % 46' w. 147r.10 IT. to
Cor. No. 2. thence 5. 75s TO- r. go IT.
to Cor. No. B; thence S. % 46' r. 1471.10
II. TO Cor. No. 4; thence N. rs 10 w.
$50 IT. to Cor. No. /. the place of begin
ming.
Containing 1884 acres exclusive of
conflict with Survey No. 2231 Partners
in Crime Lode Adjoining claims above
named exclude lode and Survey No.
2232 May Fraction Lode.
The notice OF location is recorded in
mining records of Esmeralda County at
Hawthorne. Book j." page 349: and
also in Goldheld District Mining Rec
ords, Book A page IA.
O. II. GALLUP, Register.
First publication July 81. 1905.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15
A THING TO

The SeaTchlight, of Searchlight, Ne
vada, calls attention to some condi-
tions of formation in that camp that
are interesting and which should be
noted by those operating in the dis
trict. 1t goes SO far as to say that a
profound distrust of what are seem
ingly foot walls or hanging walls
should be entertained by all mining
men operating in Searchlight and in
adjacent districts, and this because
deceptive slips are of frequent oc-
currence, and that when followed as
walls, have often led away from valu-
able ore bodies.D
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15
RENO RACE MEET.

Local followers of the Chang tails''
are much interested in the race meet
which pened at Reno on Sept. ii and
which closes Sept. 16. Purses reach
ing $4,000 are to be posted, with the
events open to all. There will be a
number of special attractions, consist
ing of q 20-mile relay race, steer rop-
ing contests and broncho busting. In
all Of these events generous purses will
reward the %victors. Aside from the
running races there viii be a number
of trotting events.