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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
TELLS WHY RUSSIA LOST
Kuropatkin's History of Russo-Jap'
anese War Made Public.
commandments of Cars Army
Relates the Cause of His De-
feat in Manchuria.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 16.-General
Kuropatkin's history OF the Russo
Japanese war which was confiscated
by the Russian government, has at
last become accessible depite the most
extreme precautions to prevent this
calling official indictment from reach
ing the public The work is remar-
kable for its historic value as the clos
ing chapter of the war from the pen
of the commander-in-chief and for the
merciless criticism of the men ana
measures which in Kuropatkin's esti-
mate swept Russia and it's army to
defeat.
The work consists of three bulky
volumes respectively devoted to the
battle of Liaoyang, OF the Sha river
and of Mukden. The voluminous gen.
eral orders, statistics, reports and
other documentary matter, with the
CONCLUSIONS constitute most amaz-
ing revelations of Reorganization and
ircapacity, and even of disobedience
of specific and urgent orders by GER
tain general officers entrusted with
high commands in the field notably
General Kaulbars, against whom
formidable Indictment is framed, sad
ding upon him entire responsibility
for the defeat at Mukden.
Kuropatkin's reasons for the fall-
ure of the war are based chiefly on
comparison of the warlile spirit of the
Japanese. their preparedness and
valor. which he says had never been
seen in an previous war, and ther
ability to maintain the numerical SUI
periority necessary to assume the OF
fensive with the disadvantages OF
Russia. owing to the inadequacy OF
the single track railway from Europe,
with commanding officers disobeying
orders and in a hopeless state OF con-
fusion and cross purposes, with a low
STATE of morals and confidence among
the troops. and continuous news from
home of internal troubles and of In
suits and reproaches against the
army.
The general pathetically concludes
that IL Russia had been united and
ready to make the sacrifices neces'
sary to safeguard her dignity and In
tegrity the valiant Russian army
would have striven till the foe was
subdued."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

my opera hat Outside the storm was
still active; but the snow had prom,
Using softness, and there were patches,
of stars to be seen here and there in
the sky. BY midnight there would
be a full moon. got to Jersey City
without mishap; and when l took my
seat in the smoker, ! found l had ten
minutes to spare. bought news.
paper and settled down. to read the
days news. 1t was fully half an hour
between Jersey City and Blankshire;
in that time | could begin and finish
the paper.
There never was newspaper those
days that hadn't war map in some
one of it's columns; and when had
digested the latest phases of the war
in the far east, | quite naturally
turned to the sporting page to learn
what was going on among the other
professional fighters. (Have | men
toned to you the fact that l was all
through the Spanish war, the mix-up
in China, and that | had resigned my
commission to accept the post OF trav-
cling salesman for famous motor car
company? If l have not, pardon me.
You will now readily accept my reck-
lessness of spirit as matter OF
course.) / turned over another page;
from this I learned that the fair sex
was going back to puff-sleeves again.
MANY an old sleeve was going to be
t,,r,, ad inci6o down
Fudge! The train was rafting
through the yards. Another page
cracked Ha! Here was that I'M
known gentleman-thief again, up to
his old tricks, 1t is remarkable how
difficult it is to catch a thief who has
good looks and shrewd brains. l had
already written him down as a quasi
swell. For months the police had
been finding clues, but they had never
laid eyes on the rascal. The famous
Haggerty of the New York detective
force,-a man whom not a dozen New
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
GAS WRECKS A BUlLOlA6
An Explosion in Restaurant Kills
Four Persons.
More Than 20 Were Injured When
the TWo-Story Structure Coli
lapsed-Cause Not KNOWN.

Los Angeles, Feb. 15.-An explosion
of leaking gas in a restaurant near
the corner of Second and Main
streets, in the heart of the city, Wed
nesday killed four persons, mangled
and seriously injured half a dozen
others, slightly injured a score and
completely wrecked two-story brick
building in which was located four
small business concerns. The e1plc-
sion occurred in the restaurant of b.
Cessarti, 114-116 West Second street
shortly before noon. The restaurant
was completely wrecked as was also
the tailoring establishment of III. L
Yerger and a small laundry office
offices OF several small concerns ON
the second floor were completely
ruined
The whole front of the building was
blown into the street. The sidewalks
collapsed, narrowly missing several
pedestrians.
The roof and second floor of the
building were lifted upwards and fen
back, crashing to the ground floor.
burying many in the ruins. Upwards
of 20 persons were taken out imme"
diately after the explosion and re-
moved to the receiving and other
hospitals and it is believed several
of them were fatally injured.
The explosion was felt all over town
and windows were smashed half
block distant. The big plate glass
windows of the first national bank
at the corner of second and Spring
streets and extending back to the all
ley where the explosion occurred
were lobwn out. People walking on
the street in the vicinity We're hurled
from Their feet
Immediately above the Cressati res
taurant was the McElheny printing
office and some of the heavy machiD-
cry was precipitated through onto the
lower floor
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
DEFIES SUPREME COURT.
President Murry of Oklahoma Consti-
tutiona Convention will Pay NO
Attention to An Injunction.

Guthrie, Feb. 15-The constitutional
convention was served Thursday
with a notice from the clerk of the
supreme court that the bearing OF the
suit in which Greer county asks
temporary injunctior against the con-
vention to prevent the Lewiston OF
Greer county, will be heard in the
Oklahoma supreme court Friday
morning at 10 o'clock. President
Murray refused to read the notice
which was served upon him by Unit
ed States deputy marshal and the Of
ficer then dropped it in his lap. Muir
ray stuck it in his pocket without
even reading the notice to the conven-
ton.
President Murray said Thursday
night:
You can say that we will pay no at
tention to any proposed injunction or
order of a court that attempts to eX-
ercise power that it has no right to
exercise. This is not the first effort
to bluff this convention"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
them
DREADED TO EAT.
A Quaker Couples Experience.

How many persons dread to eat their
meals, although actually hungry near
~ all the time!
Nature never intended this should
be so, for we are given a thing called
appetite that should guide us as to
what the system needs at any time
and can digest.
But we get in hurry, swallow our
food very much as we shovel coal into
the furnace, and our sense OF appetite
becomes unnatural and perverted.
Then we eat the wrong kind OF food
or eat too much, and there you are
indigestion and its accompanying
miseries.
A Phila. lady said, the other day:
"My husband and l have been sick
and nervous for Is or 20 years from
drinking coffee-feverish, indigestion,
totally unfit, a good part of the time,
for work or pleasure. We actually
dreaded to eat our meals.
I'VE tried doctors and patent medi-
cines that counted up into hundreds OF
dollars, with little If any benefit.
Accidentally, a small package OF
Postum came into my hands. l made
some according to directions, with sur
prising results. We both liked 1t and
have not used any coffee since.
THE dull feeling after meals has
left us and we feel better every way
We are so well satisfied with Postum
that we recommend it to our friends
who have been made sick and nervous
and miserable by coffee" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, ''The Road to
MELVILLE" IN pkgs. There's Rea'
son."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
SAY 1T MUST PASS.
If Japanese Exclusion Clause Falls
An Extra Session of Senate
Will Be Called.

Washington, Feb. 1G.-The San
Francisco school controversy, growing
out of the segregation of the Japanese
school children in that city, has been
settled. The basis of the agreements
at the White house conference Friday
is that Mayor Schmitz and the mem
bers of the school board will, imme-
diately after the passage of the i'm
migration bill, as reported by the coz
ferees in congress, abolish the ORR.
entail schools and again admit Japan
csc children into the white schools
The president and Secretary Rooe
assured the Californians that the
bill is not passed at this session an
extra session will be called immedF
atelv after the adjournment on March
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
The "Thunderer."

Judge Rentoul's reference on the
bench to the Times as the Thunder
err" reminds us how remarkably TINS
nickname has persisted. The Morn
ing Post is no longer "Jeames;" the
Standard has not been Mrs. Camp
since the decease of the Morning Her.
ald-the Mrs. Harris to whom II
would allude as an independent au'
thority, and the two represented the
same proprietor. But the Times is still
the "Thunderer" 1t owes that name
to Captain Edward Sterling, who is
said to have begun a Times article
with the words: I'VE Numbered forth
the other day an article on the subject
of social and political reform. Lon
don Chronicle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

gas logs, and fell into a pleasant
dream. 1t was not necessary for me
to start for the Twenty-third street
ferry till nine; so / had something
like tbree-quarters of an hour to idle
away. What beautiful hair
that girl had! 1t was like sunshine,
the silk of corn, the yield of the har-
vest And the marvellous abundance
of it! 1t was true that she was an
artists model; 1t was equally true
that she had committed mild impro-
priety in addressing me as she had;
but, for all | could see, she was girl
of delicate breeding, doubtless one OF
the many whose family fortunes, or
misfortunes, forced them to earn liv-
ing. And it is no disgrace these days
to pose as an artists model The
classic oils, nowadays, call only for ex-
quisite creations in gowns and hats;
mythology was exhausted by the old
masters. Rome, Paris, London; pos
sibly bohemian existence in these
cities accounted for her ease in strik-
ing up a conversation, harmless
enough, with a total stranger. In
Paris and Rome it was all very well;
but it is a risky thing to do in unro-
mantle New York and London. How
ever, her uncle had been with her;
a veritable fortress, had l overstepped
the bounds of politeness.
The smoke wavered and rolled
about me. I took out the ten of hearts
and studied it musingly. After all,
should / go? Would it be wise? l
confess I saw COLLINS heads peering
from the spots, and old Poe stories re-
turned to me. Pshaw! 1t was only a
frolic, no serious harm could possibly
come of it. l would certainly go, now
/ had gone thus far. What fool idea
the girl was bent on hadn't the least
idea; but | easily recognized the folly
upon which | was about to set sail.
Heigh-ho What was a lonely young
bachelor to do? At the most, they
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
Nebraska Floods.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.-The Platte
river flood Friday carried out
two more railroad bridges, thai
of the Missouri Pacific near Louis
Vile. and the Rock Island AZ
South Bend Conditions Friday night
were worst around Springfield, SCUM
Bend and Louisville People living IN
the bottoms near Springfield received
warning to move to higher ground
The warm weather continued and the
ice in the Platte was breaking up last
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
Iowa Railroad Man Dead.

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. ICE. S.
Ellsworth, promoter and builder of
the Iowa Falls and Northern Short
Line, and the B. C. & N, died at his
home in Iowa Falls Friday of harden
ing of the heart He was SO years
of age and leaves family. The dead
railroad magnate was rated at more
than a million. He was a philan-
thropist, and rave large sums to
charity. The town Of Iowa Falls pro-
fitted mostly by his gifts.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

York policemen knew by sight and no
criminals save those behind bars,
earthly and eternal.-was now giving
his whole attention to the affair.
Some gaily dressed lady at a ball
would suddenly find she had lost some
valuable gems; and that would be the
end of the affair, for none ever re-
covered her gems.
The gentleman-thief was still at
large, and had gathered to his ac-
count comfortable fortune that is,
if he were not already rich and simply
a kleptomaniac. No doubt he owned
one of my racing cars. and was clear
of the delinquent lists-at his clubs. l
dismissed all thought of him, threw
aside the paper, and mentally figured
out my COMMISSIONS on sales during
the past month. 1t was a handsome
figure. large enough for two. This
pastiine, too, soon failed to interest
me. l gazed out of the window and
watched the dark shapes as they sped
past.
saw the girls face from time to
time. What fool had been not to
ask her name! She could easily have
refused, and yet as easily have grant
ed the request At any rate, had
permitted the chance to slip out of
my reach. which was exceedingly
careless on my part. Perhaps they
she and her uncle-frequently dined
at Mouquin's; | determined to haunt
the place and learn. 1t would be
easy enough to address her the next
time we met. Besides. she would be
curious to know all about the ten of
hearts and the desperate adventure
upon which told her l was about %
embark Many a fine friendship las
grown out of smaller things.
To be Continued
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
ONE WAY OUT OF DIFFICULTY.
Match Twins with Twins, Was the
Fond Mothers Idea.

A little woman entered drug store
and asked the proprietor if he had an
other picture"
What kind of a picture do you
mean?" the druggist asked.
"One like this" said the woman,
holding up an attractive advertising
print.
II may have one or two Of them
left" the proprietor said, but l
haven't many of them"
The woman said she only wanted
one, and her tone indicated that she
was anxious for that one. She ex'
planned that the one she had with her
had been given to one of her children.
Another child, she stated, was sick,
and was crying for picture such as
his brother had.
That's a bad way to bring up your
children" ventured woman customer
in the store DO you try to give
child everything he cries for just be-
cause his brother is more fortunate"
But" said the mother of the chill
dren, "you don't know. The children
are twins and what one has the other
wants"
Suppose, objected the moralist,
when your children get older, they
fall in love with the same girl, what
will they do?'
But the mother was ready. She
promptly replied:
Find twins and fall in love with
them"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
The "eiIl" Club Incorporated.

jefferson City, Mo, Feb. 16.-The
Bill Club. No. /, of the World" filed
articles of association with the sec
rotary of state Thursday and, upon
a pro forma decree of the circuit
court of Clay count, has been granted
a charter as a social organization.
The headquarters of this club is at
Excelsior Springs and its membership
is restricted to men who answer to
the name of BILL William ]. Bry-
an. United States Senator Stone and
ex-Congressmar Cowherd, of Kansas
City, are on the membership roll. The
officers are: President. Bill Sisk;
vice president, Bill Wear; secretary
Bill Hydcr; treasurer, Bill Flack.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

could only ask me to vacate the prem
Uses, should l be so unfortunate as to
be discovered In that event, Teddy
Hamilton would come to my assist
ance. She was really beau
tiful! And then | awoke to the alarm
ing fact that the girl in Mouquin S
was interesting me more than liked
to confess.
Presently, through the haze of
smoke, | saw a patch of white paper
on the rug in front of the pier glass.
l arose and picked it up.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

a I t er d y - don't
worry. Doan's Kid.
ney Pills have cured
thousands of women
in the same condition.
Mrs. A. Holman OF
Saltwater, M in n
says: But for Doan's
Kidney Pills l would
not be living now.
They cured me in
1899 and I've been
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
no preserve Grant Farm.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Representa-
tive Godfrey of Missouri introduced
a bill Thursday to create the commits
sion of three members to investigate
the Grant farm in st. Louis county
Missouri, where the late General U. 5.
Grant lived before the Civil war and
report a plan to congress for the pre-
servation OF the farm and its historic
log cabin.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

well since. I used to have such pain
in my back that once l tainted. The
kidney secretions were much disor-
dered, and / was so far gone that
was thought to be at deaths door.
Since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me
feel as if l had been pulled back from
The tomb"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
An Oklahoma Wreck.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Feb. 16.-
About 8 o'clock Thursday night as
Rock Island passenger train NO.
rounded n curve in the east end yards
in this city, it crashed into switch
engine standing on the main track
Both engines were demolished ana
"a passengers injured, some OF them
seriously
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
incoIn,s Grand Daughter Divorced

Mount Pleasant. La, Feb. IL
Warren Beckwith was Tuesday grant
ed a divorce from Jessie Lincoln
Beckwith. a daughter of Robert T.
Lincoln. and a grand daughter OF
Abraham Lincoln. The couple was
married several years ago.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
Carry Much FREIGHT.

One of the largest lake steamships
can carry about as much freight as
four OF tho most powerful locomotives
can pull in four trains. on level rail-
road Of the best construction
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
Kansas City Star is Barred.

Topeka. Feb. 15.-By a vote OF "a
to Is the senate Friday excluded the
reporters of the Kansas City Star
from the floor and galleries Of the
senate.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
MARKET REPORTS.
Live Stock.

Kansas CITY. Feb. 49, -Cattle-Natire
steers. A.256I650; cows and heifers $5N
@5. CO., stockers and feeders. $3.5Oa4.M.
western fed steers, $3,75@5.75. Hogs-BuN
of sales, $6.s5q7.05. Sheep MuttoDs
IS 0Od6.OO; lambs SOOq7.6O
Chicago, Feb 6.-Cattle-Beeves. sAw
@7.O0 cows and heifers, $l.ooQe.So' stocs
ers and feeders 2.sOq4.IO; Hogs-Mia zee
and butchers, s6.S5@Il5. Sneep' sS-'oV
s565; lambs, A.75@I6O.
St Louis, Feb. 16.-Beef steers N'Seie .
stockers and feeders. $S.6Odi.I5 cows ane
heifers,, $9.65d5.25; Texas steers, $2SoQs-'~
Hoss-Pigs and lights. s6.35q6.so. Sneep
Natives, SS.75G55O. lambs A.SV@s-S ia
Grain.
Kansas City Feb. 6.-Close-Wheat-
Lower; May MS; July 7lS; Sept. az.
cash No. 2 hard Has; No. 3. 64d7SAs
No . red 74G75; No. 3. 66qIS. Corn
&c lower; May 4h; No. 3. 40; No
white 42s.; No. . white 42%q4S; NO. !
49iL oats-Unchanged to 1sc lower; No
2 white ndHh; No. 2 mixed 4OdH-
chicago Feb. 16.-Cash-Wheat-N
red 7siS: No. 8 red 1905; No. hard ~
an. No. 3 hard 7ik676; No. northern
Ss6ss: No. northern S0dS5; No. sprinE'
75dS4 Corn-No. nothing doing' NO
? ssissfl2ss. oats-No. ?, 39A: No }. -
Produce.
Kansas CITY, Feb. 16.-Eggs. &c PEI
ooz Pouitry-Hehs. 9kc; broilers. 10
turkeys. l2c; Butter-Creamcry. extra
&c: firsts 2Oc; packing stock, lSc PotaI
toes. 5Od65c per blu. Apples. t2-259+1
per barrel
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
DON'T DESPAIR.
Read the Experience of a Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart.

II your back aches, and you feel
sick, languid, weak and miserable day
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

Glover 6. Grass Seeds.
Everybody loves lots and lots Of Glover
Grasses for hogs cows, sheep and SWINE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-29
GUATEMALA AND
MEXICO AT OUTS
IN LATTER CAPl-
tai OVER sToNlNG OF U.
S. LEGATIONS.
PREPARING PASSPORTS
In City Of Mexico for Return of
Guatemaa's representative
Castro to Quit--clash
On in Ecuador

San Antonio, Tex. April 2S.--A
special to the Express from Mexico
City says:
"The most extreme Indignation and
wild excitement have been caused
here by the report that the American
legations in Guatemala City have
been stoned by mob instigated to
the act by agents of President Ca
brera of Guatemala. No official de
nial has been made. though the fed
eral authorities refuse to confirm it.
Reports are also current here that
Minister Gamboa, representing Mex
leo In Guatemala has left that coun-
try and crossed into Mexico, as the
result of friction with the Cabreas
government growing out of the as
sination of General Manuel Barillas.
"The passports are said to be in
preparation for Minister Manuel
Giron, Guatemala's representative in
this country, for his return to his own
country"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-29
WANTED-$60,0O0
FOR DASH T0P0LE
LACK OF FUNDS NAY MEAN
ABANDONMENT OF PEARY'S
PROPOSED TRIP.
EXPLORER is DOWNCAST
But Still Has Hopes That Money
Needed For Trip VIII Be Raised
--"This is Great Work
Wl.ich Must Do"

New York, April 2S--Lack Of
money, about 100000, may mean the
abandonment of the proposed dash to
the north pole which Commander
Robert L. Psary has planned for III
summer. The explorer who has earn.
cd the dist notion of having reached
"farthest north" Is deeply downcast
at the possibility that he may no. bo
able to try again.
This is work which mvst do
a great work for which | was intend
sd said Commander Peary today,
with the simplicity Of speech OF a
man convinced that he was born for
one purpose and that he must ac
complish It, And with confidence that
his work must be helped from some
where, he added,
Win Get il Somehow Sometime.
THE money will come somehow,
feel certain Of that But If | waa
only assured now, what relief II
would be, and how | could concen
.trate all my energy on the details Of
the expedition.
Remember we were but ia nauti
cal miles from the gcal on our las
trip 1t would be pity indeed IL We
could not try again.
Peary wants to start from New
York the latter part of June. His ship
the Roos welt, which proved her wortl
in the last expedition, is now beins
prepared for the next attack on th,
northern ice fields. But the CREATE
part of the $4,000 already subscrlb
ed will be spent in repairing the boa
and 100000 more will be needed 10
general exuense. u
The Peary Arctic Club. OF whic
Morris X Jessup Is president, Is cai
| ing largely for the refilting OF IN
Roosevelt. and 1t has issued an az
peal for contributions from the people