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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-12-14
LETTER TO CHICAGO MAN DE
scRIBEs ATROCITIES.
HIS SICK SISTER A VICTIM
Murderers Cut Into Small Pieces
Bodies Of Children-Take Out the
Eyes Of Whole Family and
Then Throw Them Into Their
House and Burned Alive.

Chicago, Dec 13.-Letters contain.
ing graphic details OF the massacre
Of 40 Jewish families at Nosofka,
Russia, reached Isaac j, Robinson OF
472 West Taylor street, Chicago, yes
terday, and by them he was informed
of the murder of his elder sister,
Anne, and all the members OF her
family, and the hardships undergone
by another sister who at the time OF
writing the letter was hiding III Gel,
lar with members Of her family The
letter was written by Mrs. Sarah
polichkoff, and says in part:
zone day a mob gathered around
tho house of sister Anne. She was
a slcldy woman, but that made no
difference to the mob. She was
killed and then her son, 10 years
old. They cut his body into small
pieces after they killed him, and
they chopped her body in the same
manner And then another son, II
years old, and a daughter, Is, and a
daughter IL were treated in the
same manner. In the meantime, Il
brothorin-law of ours, Meyer, ran
away with the eldest daughter, 81
years old, to save their lives. He
was pursued and slashcd and cut
They were stripped before a great
mob, and in the presence Of thou
sands Of people were cut In small
pieces and the pieces brought back to
the house they had escaped from.
after that the mob went next
door and they took the man, woman
and five children out in the street
They took their eyes out while they
were alive, and then threw the blind
people back into the house and they
were burned alive. Out Of the 40
families in this town very few per,
sons were saved. All houses were
destroyed or burned"
The letter concludes with a brief
account Of how Mrs. Polichkoff es.
capped through the kindness OF a
priest who hid her and members of
hor family in cellar.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-12-14
MICHIGAN BISHOP
coADJUToR ELECTED

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 13.--kev
John Newton Mccormick, ID. d., rector
Of st. Marks Episcopal church OF this
city, was yesterday elected bishop co
adjutor OF the Protestant Episcopal
diocese OF western Michigan His dn'
ties will be to assist the Right
Reverend George r. Gillespie. who has
been bishop Of western Michigan since
the diocese was organized more than
30 years ago Bishop Gillespie is SO
years of age
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-12-14
Insurance Company ASSIGNS.

Louisville, Ky. Dec 12,--With liza
biities amounting TO $4,000 and
with only $2.S7 In the treasury, r. y
Martin and the board of directors o
the Peoples Life and Accident Tnsur
ance company. with headquarters Ii
this city, yesterday afternoon filed /
deed OF assignment and asked for !
receiver.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-12-14
Coaches Roll Down Bank.

Meridian. Miss. Dec, 1S.--In n
wreck on the Southern railway near
iurls, Ala, yesterday, three persons
ere seriously injured. Two coaches
T the train left the track and went
yer ten-foot embankment, turning
completely over.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-12-14
A PUBLIC REPRiMAND.
viii Be Confined to Limits Of Acad.
envy for One Year.

Washington, Dec Midshipman
Meriwether has been sentenced to
confinement to the limits of the ma
val academy for one year and to be
publicly reprimanded BY the secre
tary OF the navy Meriwether was
acquitted Of tho charge Of man
slaughter but found guilty of the VIC.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
LOCK OF LlNcoLNs HAIR.

In Ring Worn by Roosevelt at lnau-
gural.
On the third finger of President
Roosevelt's left hand during the inau-
gural ceremonies was heavily en-
bossed gold seal ring. The ring was a
present to Mr.. Roosevelt from Secre-
tary John Hay Instead of seal on
the oval nat surface of the ring is a
receptacle with a glass face. Under
the glass is the lock or hair cut from
the head of Abraham Lincoln just af-
ter his assassination and before his
death. While in his room and wait
ing for the ceremonies in the senate
chamber to begin, the president called
attention to the ring. Secretary Hay,
he said, had given it to him with the
expressed wish that it should be worn
during his Inauguration.
II am very glad to wear it." added
the president, 'and shall always value
it very highly"
The ring is very like in pattern to
the one which Mr.. Roosevelt wears on
the little finger Of the same hand.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10

fore us nor fearing to approach these
problems with the unbending, unfiinch-
ing purpose to solve them Alright
yet after all, though the prob
lens are new, though the tasks set be-
fore us differ from the tasks set be-
fore our fathers who founded and pre-
served this republic, the spirit in
which these tasks must be undertaken
and these problems faced, if our duty
is to be well done, remains essentially
unchanged. We know that self gov
eminent is dificult. We know that
no people needs such high traits Of
character as that people which seeks
to govern it's affairs Alright through
the freely expressed will of the free
men who compose it. But we have
faith that we shall not prove false to
the memories Of the men of the mighty
past They did their work, they left
us the splendid heritage we now enjoy.
We in our turn have an assured con-
fidence that we shall be able to leave
this heritage unwasted and enlarged
to our children and our children's
children. To do so we must show, not
merely in great crises but in the ey-
eryday AFFAIRS of life, the qualities Of
practical intelligence, Of courage, or
hardihood and endurance, and above
all the power Of devotion to a lofty
ideal, which made great the men who
founded this republic in the days Of
Washington, which made great the
men who preserved this republic in
the days of Abraham Lincoln.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
CAPTURING MUKDEN
JAPANESE FORCING THE RUSSIAN
ARMY BACK FROM CITY.
laps Fought MarvelOusly- Russian
Communication SIN open-Japan.
csc Prisoners SO Tired They Could
Not Move General NosI's Great
Effort.

ST. Petersburg, March s, 3:25 a. m.
The fate Of General Kuropatlin and
his army hangs In the balance today,
depending on the result Of the fight
ing almost in the outskirts of Mukden
According to latest reports this morn
ing the fighting went well for the Rus
slams, who beat back the wave that
threatened to roll over Mukden as 1t
had over the fortiications Of Port
Arthur, but nothing is known as to
what is going on beyond the line Of
breakers; whether part Of General
Nogi's force, is in full career for Tie
pass or whether the Japanese have
staked all in cast against Mukden
The imminence Of the peril on the
west wing has withdrawn attention
from the operations on the center and
left where the fighting has been ex-
tremely heavy, and on the left, es-
pecially, where the Japanese gains are
sufficiently great to cause apprehen-
sion.
In other respects the situation also
resembles that at Liaoyang, the Japan
csc making a costly demonstration to
hold the Russians In their fortifca-
tions on the center and throwing away
the lives of thousands In order to give
the thanking forces an opportunity to
administer telling blow.
A feature Of all accounts Of the fignt-
ing reaching St.. Petersburg is the
emphasis laid on the awful carnage.
There is reference after reference to
dead, piled high on the ground over
which an attack was delivered. strew-
ing breastworks, almost hiding abat-
tbs from sight and even being used by
Japanese to construct hasty entrench-
ments. The Russian losses on both
TANKS are conceded to be enormous,
but it is claimed that the defenders of
the center suffered comparatively lit
tie by the Japanese bombardment and
beating of the Japanese attack.
The attacks delivered by General
Nogi's soldiers were marvellous in view
of the forced marches which they made
for five or six days, recalling the rec
ords of Stonewall Jackson's foot cav
airy They entered the battle with
the greatest dash and fought day after
day with vigor, but those Of them who
were taken prisoners dropped to the
ground utterly exhausted and hardly
able to speak. They had not eaten
for two days which accounts in part
for their utter fatigue.
General Kuropatkin's line Of com
munications has not been touched,
though it is in extreme jeopardy.
At the close Of yesterdays battle on
the west front the Japanese who were
taken prisoners were unable to walk
or remain awake on account Of ex-
haustion, and lay like dead under the
guard This incident shows the ire
mendous effort back of General Nogi's
engagement.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
Japs oppose Amy d 100000.

According to estimates which have
been prepared at Toxic the forces I'M
der General Kuropatkin between the
Shakhe river and Tie pass total slight
ly over 4OO, 900, composed of 1886, 900 in
fantry, $4,000 cavalry and $4,000 ar
tillery, with 1904 guns. These esti-
mates do not include the Vladivostok
and other garrisons, the railroad
guards or the civil employees. The
grand total of the Russian strength
east of Baikal is estimated at 100000.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
ADDRESS BY FAIRBANKS.
Delivered to the Senate Upon His In
duction Into Office.


duction Into Office.
Senators: enter upon the dis
charge of the duties of the position to
which have been called by my coun-
trymen with grateful appreciation OF
the high honor and with a deep sense
of it's responsibilities.
Il have enjoyed the privilege Of
serving with you here for eight years.
During that time we have engaged in
the consideration Of many domestic
questions Of vast Importance and with
foreign problems of unusual and far
reaching significance. We submit what
we have done to the impartial judg-
ment of history
Il can never forget the pleasant re-
lations which have been formed dur
ing my service upon the floor Of the
senate. shall cherish them always
as among the most delightful memo
ries of my life They warrant the be-
lief that shall have in the discharge
of the functions which devolve upon
me under the constitution the generous
assistance and kindly forbearance Of
both sides of the chamber.
I'VE witness the majestic spectacle
of peaceful and orderly beginning Of
an administration of national affairs
under the laws Of a free and self
governing people. We pray that di-
vine favor may attend it and that
peace and progress, justice and honor
may abide with our country and our
.countrymen.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
AT THE INAUGURAL BALL.
Thousands Of People Enjoy the Eeene
Of splendor.


The inaugural festivities closed at
midnight with ball that in splendor,
attendance and artistic effect fittingly
.ushered out a brilliant day. Thousands
.of handsomely gowned women, with
escorts, from every state in the Union
and nearly every civilized country, in
the grand Illuminated court of the
pension building paid their social de-
Voirs to the nations chief executive
for the next four years. The setting
for the ball was beautiful, with a
wealth of various colors in evergreen,
palms and flowers.
At half past 8 the president and
vice presidential party arrived. AS
the president and Mrs. Roosevelt
reached the grotto in the center Of
the ballroom they paused, and, facing
their box, saw beaming upon them
their children Miss Alice Roosevelt,
Theodore, Jr., Ethel Archie and Ker-
nit
AS the party strolled slowly around
the hall many friends were recogniz-
ed Completing their promenade, the
presidential party assembled the stair
way to the first gallery, where the
presidents reception room was situat-
ed. Instead Of waiting until he had
entered his box, the specially invited
guests entered the room and a recep-
ton was held in advance of the hour
appointed for this function.
It was just 10 o'clock when the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt entered
their box About 5000 persons were
in the improvised Italian garden and
cheered for several minutes. Their
greeting was supplemented by the stir
ring music of the band.
At 1O:30 the president and his party
and the vice president and the mem
bers of his party were escorted to the
supper room.
After supper, which was finished at
about IL o'clock, the president and
Mrs. Roosevelt, the vice president and
Mrs. Fairbanks again entered their
box. AS soon as they were sighted
by the throngs below a mighty shout
went up, and the president responded
four times to the prolonged cheering
Finally he turned and escorted Mrs.
Roosevelt to the railing of his box,
and they stood for several minutes
bowling to the crowd. Following a con
ference with members of his party
the president again went TO the edge
of his box, and, motioning to the band
at the opposite end of the hall. clap
ped his hands, indicating the pleasure
their music had given him. This
again called forth tremendous ap-
plause.
Finally, the president and Mrs
Roosevelt appeared at the edge OF
their box for the last time and stood
for several minutes bowling their fare.
wells. They left the box, followed by
members Of their parties and after
about five minutes spent in the presi-
dents reception room, departed from
the building.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
AR end COLLISION
SPECIAL TRAINS ON THE
PENNSYLVANIA LINE.
I Dead Caused by the Accident Is
.en-More Than 20 Are Injured
veIand ExeursIonlsts Bound for
usuraI Ceremonies at Washing
Account Of the Accident.

Esburg, Pa, March 5.-After the
searching investigation it is now
ically certain that the list Of dead
"a by the collision between the
pecial trains from Cleveland on
Pennsylvania railroad at Clifton
81 will not exceed seven. Some
y soldiers say number Of their
ades are still under the wreck,
NJ seem to have been accounted
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
,TREETcAR VS.. AUTOMOBILE.

X People Badly Injured by a Col
Ilsion.
New York.-In a collision between
3 Eighth avenue trolley car and an
atomobiIe, at One Hundred and
hirty-fifth street, four men and two
!omen were badly cut and bruised.
be automobile, valued at $4,000, was
implicitly wrecked and the streetcar
IDLY battered up.
There were three men and two wo-
en- in the automobile which was own
by Edward Waserman, broker.
be latter was not Of the party, which
insisted Of the chauffeur and friends
was taking for a spin.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
vledmostl Printers on Strike.

St Petersburg The Russian We'd
mosti did not appear Sunday owing to
the fact that the printers are on strike.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
Laraest WhIte sapphIre.

The largest white sapphire ever dis
covered has just been brought to Ber-
lin by M. Heppner a German engineer
who has resided for many years in
Brazil, where he possesses several
mines. Before cutting, the stone
weighed 1850 carats.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10

II Gideon had stopped to paint his
Echers the Lord would have been
oking for another general.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10

If a man has any selfishness in him
it viii come GU twhen he sits next
the window.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10

AZ END COLLISION
SPECIAL TRAINS ON THE
PENNSYLVANIA LINE.
Dead Caused BY the Accident Is
en--More Than 30 Are Injured
veland Exeursionlsts Bound for
usuraI Ceremonies at Washing
Account Of the Accident.
.sburg, Pa, March 5.--After the
searching investigation it is now
caIly certain that the list Of dead
by the collision between the
pecial trains from Cleveland on
Pennsylvania railroad at Clifton
Sd will not exceed seven. Some
soldiers say a number Of their
ades are still under the wreck,
- Il seem to have been accounted
The Dead.
following is a revised list of the
,+ovov,+ T1onoIdsor n Coboaold
mpany D, a Cleveland architect.
plain William R. Henry, battalion
BON and a prominent Cleveland
cian.
rporal James Kehoe, Company G,
Bland.
waite H. r. Held, Company G.
ank. Pinney, aged 10; son of Lieu
BIT o. c. Pinney of Company c.
Dodge, Pullman conductor, Chi
identified man.
The Injured.
be list of injured will reach 40,
OF seven of whom are likely to
All are being cared for at the
rial hospitals. Among the more
ously injured are:
ajor ]. R. McQuigg, commanding
engineers battalion, Cleveland;
legs broken and head cut.
lieutenant R. d. Smith, Company
Fairfield, Ohio; both legs broken
head cut; can not live.
rank H. tombstone. aged 20, Cleve-
d, right leg broken and injured in
nally.
gorge Riley, Cleveland, member of
pecanoe. club, guest of Major Nc
gg; internally injured; will prob
die.
harles H. Sturgis, Company G,
geland; badly burned about the
DIS, face and back.
ames D. Gray, negro cook, Battery
Cleveland; scalp wound and inter
injuries; will die.
D. G. Pinney, quartermaster, Com
" G, skull fractured; may die.
Floyd Palmer, Cleveland, optician;
lp wound; burned about the face
hands; wrist fractured.
The Accident.
both trains left Cleveland and were
king good run through to Wash
ton. The national guard engineers
ID the first train, which consisted
baggage and six Pullmans.
ust after the train had passed
Tough the Conway yards it had tC
stopped on account of hot box
e box was cooled off, but three other
ps were necessary by the time
Wickley had been reached.
These delays allowed the second
tion to come up and after passing
wickley the trains were running but
te block apart. At Clifton the train
IS again stopped on account of the
box. The fagman, John Murray
S sent back as an extra precautioI
stop the train approaching in case
had left the set off signals.
saw Signals Too Late.
Murray had hardly left the trair
hen the second section, running 81
les an hour, turned slight bend al
IS point. Engineer Nicholas Ions
the second train said the block he
ssed showed green, but when he saw
agman Murray he applied the brake
was too late. The heavy train spec
over the slippery rails and crashed
rly into the rear coach of the first
bin.
So great was the speed that the en-
be ploughed clear through the heavy
servation car. splitting it in two ant
mining the trucks against the second
ach.
F1ames broke out in the wreckagt
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-10
Faith in the Future.

There is no good reason why we
should fear the future, but there is
every reason why we should face it
seriously, neither hiding from our
selves the gravity Of the problems be-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-26
Where River Coal BbouDds
Coal Digger Returns From Up Stream
Mr.. LeDucs Successful Season

The Danvlle MOtHiRg Meas says:
After an exceedingly successful
season +. J. LeDuc has brought
his coal digger down the river and
it is now moored below the Water
Works. Mr.. LeDuc took his craft
up the stream last spring, putting
in nearly the entire summer on the
river just above Bloomsbury where
many thousand tons of coal were
extracted, all Of which was disposed
of at points nearby.
The river in depositing the coal
is bound by no rule whatever.
While last year it left several fine
deposits in the river below Dan
vile this year it seemed to unload
nearly all its cum above Blooms
burg. Over the river bottom were
scattered bars of the valuable de-
posit and about all that remained
for the diggers to do was to go out
ard get it 1t was quite usual
thing for Mr.. LeDuc to fill his fiat
boat twice daily, which meant an
accumulation of some twenty-five
tons. The price commanded by
the coal on the river bank was
SI.25 per ton. Beside Mr.. LeDuc
other men were extracting coal
near Bloomsbury and it was only
last week that an additional coal
digger from Sunbury steamed up
by Danville and entered the field.
The best is now taken from the
stream at Bloomsbury and if Mr..
LeDuc spends any more time dig
ging coal this year he will proba-
bly, try the river below this point.
River coal is not suitable for all
purros but while inferior to coal
from the mines the price is in its
favor and it is generally all bought
up. Sales, however, for a while
were slow last summer, but Mr..
LeDuc's pluck did not desert him.
More than once there was big
supply on hand but he stuck to it
with the result that by the time he
was done digging, the coal was
almost all disposed of.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-26
"AS WEAK AS A CAT"
Another Adage Founded on the Mis-
take of Fact.

or all the animal adages founded
on the mistake of fact, las weak as
cat is the most asurd Really the
cat is most muscular animal. The
lion, the tiger and other so-Called big
cats" as you already know, are of the
same family with our common house
pussy; we shall not speak of them
further. AS weak as a cat Is applied
to the house pussy; but to say "as
weak as a kitten is truer. One may
then mean the newborn kitten, which
comes into the world blind, softer
and more helpless-looking than even
the blind puppy; but which, however
is not so helplessly weak as the pup
py, the kitten having sharp claws
which the puppy has not. You know
so much of cats; do you not, youns
people?
The cats muscles are extraordinar
lily large and powerful in proportion
to the animals size Then again those
muscles are attached to the bones
fitted together at such angles as TO
make "the finest system of springs
and levers" says DR.. Huidekoper,
known in the whole group; the claws
are sharper and are curved into
stronger hooks than in any other
mammal, and by the action of special
muscles are withdrawn under the pro
tectlon of sheathlike pads, that they
may escape wear and injury when not
In use" The slender, supple form OF
the cat makes it capable of the high
: est activity The heavy boy, you may
have noticed, is not always the strong.
est; the thin active boy is the fastest
runner and the quickest at games
which need both strong and Timber
muscles.
The shoulder-blade, the arm and the
fore arm, the thigh, the leg and the
foot of the cat lie at what the vetert
nary surgeons call "closed angles"
That peculiar conformation shows tha,
the enormous jumps which the cat car
take to the envy of any athletic boy
are due to the great power and the
closed angles of the joints; but the
conformation of the legs make the
cats stride at walk, a trot or run
remarkably limited. The cat moves,
therefore, with wonderful quickness
but with no great speed. The boy
who says he feels "as weak us a eat"
If he is at all like the cat-should
he splendidly muscular. The truth is
that, In roportion to the size of his
body, he can never hope to be as
strong as cat.-Our Animal Friend
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-26
The Bishops Pass.

In this country free railway passes
are not often met with; and certaini!
the one owned by the venerable Bis
hop of Gloucester is unique. 1t is OF
gold, in the first place, and extends
from end to end of the Great Eastern
Railway, in the second place. Ac-
cordlng to story told by the Rev. j.
A. H. Alrey, 1t forms a souvenir of tha
kindly ministrations by the Bishop TO
the sufferers by a railway accident
which occurred on the system many
years ago,-London Daily Times