Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 51, Ligonier, Noble County, 17 March 1904 — Page 2

UNCLE .HENRY ON REFORM. *This world ain't just as I would make it if 1 could have my way; ° : Life ain't exactfy as I'd take it, if I could bave my say; . 1 know a hundred things at least that 1 weuld change abour _ 1f I could rule o'er man and beast and fling the troubles out, : And yit, now since-you ask, I don’t know ¢ just where I'd begin— = There'd be so mueh to juuge and weigh be- .. fore you started in, : ; I Know things ain't iust as I'd like 'em, I know thiere’s evil here, . But where and when and how to strike’em and make 'em. disappear— There's where the rub eomes in; somehow v thé minute that you start. ; To change affairs, why, there’s a row, and things git ripped apart; The more I think I'd do if all this world was just my own /. The more there seems to be that I'd just kind of let alone. : . The men that find the wrongs and fight ’em, as far as I can find, Don’'t seem to git much, when they right ’em, but kicks from them behind; * I'd like to help along scme way to fix things 7 here below, ; Bo only doin’ right would })ay and sin would ' have to go; - But, seein’ how theones who change things : here are hammered at, : I guess I'll just be good myself and let it go at that. : i * —B. &, Kiser, in Chicago Record-Heraid. ‘hree Times . By ELENORA .E. REBER

. ] OHN BENTON was in despair. He J had borne up twice under a like affliction, but ¢he third was.a little too much |even. for one of his proven longsuffering disposition. His trouble consisted [in nothing more nor less than the "fact that his sister, who had been his housekeeper but one short year, had just told him of her intention to marry Tlmo'é)hy ‘Martin.- - ~ “Great Scoft, Millie, I thought you said jyou would not marry if I brought you out here.” : : | “I did, John, but ‘wise men sometimes change their minds,” and you know that ‘ is evefry woman’s prerogative, especial-_ 1y in a case like this.” , -“But what am I to do?” L “Send for "Janet.” “Not 1. I have brought the last sister T am going to out here, just to have them: marry when I begin to think they are going|to stay by me.” ‘“Well, then, why don't you marry -some pne yourself and be sure of always having a housekeeper?” ° . “Sure .of nothing. She would probably elope“with the first strange settler that tpok a claim within 25 miles. Tim Martin can’t give you half as good a home as you have here, Millie,” he continued. ‘““You’d better stay with me.”” “L know, Jack, his house isn’t much more ithan half as big as yours, and there [isn’t a tree anywhere near it, and, maybe he won't ever have as many acres in his farm as you have, but I love him, Jack, dear,” she whispered into ‘her brother’s ear, “and 1 know I shall be happy with him, and I know that I couldn’t be happy, now, without him. You don’t understand, Jack, how it is. I wish you would fall in love with some ‘nice girl, then you would know. I will come | over every week and clean and bake and help you all that I can, but I— I canft stay.)” And then John stroked her hair gently and told her it was all right, and said he would get on well enough, for Millie was his favorite sister, and he could nat bear to see her distressed. “Martin is a good fellow and doing well, and if she must marry I would rdther it would be him than any of the otners I know around here. But it is rather h‘a?wi{'ne, just the same,” he tho_ughtc. John Benton was one of the first settlers in that section of the country, and he had the best location the land around afforded. A creek cut his farm in two, I and he had acquired:several sections ‘skirting the stream on both sides, thus getting running water for his cattle, and also securing a little timber, and scme of the wild fruits which grew along the stream. It was a really beautiful place, and he had built-good, substantial buildings upon it, instead of mere skeletons,*as most people did at | first. | When everything was ready he asked 'his oldest sister to, come out and live with him. She did so and stayed with him two years, then martied a! neighhor. Another sister was invited ! to take her place in his home, and she, | too, married after a time. Now Millie was also preparing to follow in their footsteps. 5 : = J . “I would marry some girl if I knew | on 2 wio could keep house decently and who would be willing to go into it on a business basis; but these girls are so silly and .care more for a little sentiment than they do for a good home: There isn’'t anyone around here that I'd want, though, and I can’t go traveling around the country looking for one, so I suppose I might as well' settle down ,into a confirmed bachelor, and learn to ‘ do my own housework,” he mused 't6 himself that evening. = 1 The next morning he was driving - across fthe country on an errand to a neighbgr: when there suddenly came into viewg on a little knoll in front of him a woman, who, when she arrived at its top, looked around in every direction, then; seeing him, waved her hand and . started toward him. “Some tenderfoot who is lost,” mused Benton, as-he drove toward her. - “How do you do,” the woman, who

FOREIGN WARES IN CHINA. Asiatics Are No Longer Content with the Simple Surroundings of : Their Ancestors. The: Chinese peasant is no longer content to burn beanoil,says Arthur Judson Brown, in the Century; he wants kerosene. In scores of humble Laos homes | sal- American lamps costing 20 rupecs apiece, rand a magistrate proudly showed me a collection of 19 of ‘thesc shining articles. The narrow streets of Canton are brilliant with German and American chandeliers, and myriads ~of private houses throughout ﬁe empire are lighted by foreign lamps. The desire of the A#jatic to possess foreign lamps is equaled only by, his paasion for foreign clocks. The demand for clocks is Insatiable. I counted 27 in the private apartments of the emperor of China, and my wife 19 in the ‘bedrooia of the -empress dowager, wiila siaper: Ses +igk-to Lo Relight.

proved ts be a young and pretty onre, said, as she came within hearing distance. “I wonder if you can tell me where I am. I am boarding “at Mr. White’s, and . I guess the unbroken whiteness of this prairie must have confused e, for I am Jlost. I started for the schoolhouse, but I am sure I have gone farther than it is from the house.” “You don’t mean to say that you have walked all the way from White’s this morning?”’ exclaimed John, touching his cap. to her. ‘“Why, that is five miles. Aren’t you nearly frozen?” : “No, I am rot cold,” she answered, “but I feel as though I had walked ten times five miles.”

“Well, .you can't walk back, that’s sure, and- if you will allow me I will take y;?ou over. It wen’t be a great deal out of ‘my away.” 0 : Although he spoke thus questioningly, he alighted to assist her “into the sleigh, for there was obviously no other course open to her than to accept his oifer. b

“I am John Benton.” said the man, by way of introducing himself. “That is my home you see back half a mile. Perheps you’ve heard Mr. White speak of me.” S ; ;

“Yes, 1T have heard your name, Mr. Benton. lam Miss Thurston, the teacher. I am awfully strry to put you to €0 much trouble. It was stupid of me to get-lost, and I thank you for your kindness from the bottom of my heart.” “Don’t mention it, Miss Thurston; it’s no trouble at dll. And you are certainly not to be blamed for getting lost, for even old settlers do that frequently.” “But hadn’t you better let ‘me drive back to the house, {o get warm, and let my sister make a cup of tea for you,” He said, growing suddenly solicitous.

“Thank you, Mr. Benton, that is kind of you; but'l am really not cold, and I shall be late at school as it is.”

What she thought to herself was: “It is bad enough to be obliged to accept his help when I am an utter stranger, with--out putting myself under heavier obligations.. Besides, there is no telling what kind of an old maid his sister may be, nor what she might think of this exceedingly unconventional, if unavoidable, affair. She would probably imagine I had designs on her - handsome brother, for he certainly is a good looking man, and as polite as he can be. Of course, I really ought to fall in love with him after such a romantic meeting,” then suddznly realizing whither her thoughts fvere trending, she actually blushed. . Fortunately for her, he was ‘too much interested in his ows thoughts to see the change of her color. He, too, was thinking strange’ things, but for some - reason which he did not try to analyze, he did not care to interrupt his reverie. . 5

“She is a fine looking girl,” he théught to himself; “and pludky, tco, to walk so far through the snow, though it is easy to see that she is pretty nearly tuckered out. - Shke hnas jast the color of brown eyes that I like;, and the hair blowing about her temples is beautiful. I suppose there are half a dozen young chaps in love with her already, who will try to win her. “A girl can’ﬁ be in this country a week before every.young claim jumper in the region knows it and commences.to pester the life out of her, and she has to marry one of them to get rid of the crowd.” ok s

Really, it almost made him angry to think of-xjt.f “And, of course, they won’t have any more sense with a girl like her; what on earth would she want with such fellows as they?. I wonder if anyone has asked her to go to that entertainment at the Gray schoolhouse? It’sfour miles out of my way, but I've a mind to ask her! That isn’t half so far as some of them go for a girl!” He did not drive rapidly, and he did not think all this at once, but sandwiched his thoughts between sentences, When he arrived at the schoolhouse and he helped her out of the buggy, her hand rested -a moment in -his, and then and there he made the quckest resolution of his life, and the most important, namely, that if her heart was not already in the keeping of another he would win it. He was not sorry when they found the scholars had gone home again, evidently thinking that she was not coming that day, and they.went in, while John stirred up the fire, ,gin_sisting that she must warm herself before he tank her on to Mr. White’'s.

- Miss Thurston protested at his putting himself to so much trouble for her and insisted that she could walk back, but he would not hear of it.§ Perhaps it is not surprising that, under these circumstances, their acquaintance progressed very rapidly, and when John asked if he might call on her she said she weuld “be very glad to have him, for he seemed already like an old friend.” :

* Well, that was th® beginning, and it does not take much imagination 1o see what -the end would be if he had his way about it, and he did. { If there had been enough people round about who knew how frequently John availed himself of the privilege she gave him, and how often they went sleigh riding, there would have been much wagging of tongues. Mrs. White, however, was not a gossip and saw few people, while John’s sister looked wise and said nothing, for Miss Thurston had won her heart as well as his, and when her school was out John announced to Millie that she need not plan to come over and cook and bake for him after she was carried. S

‘“Three times is out,” he said, “and—" - “And you’ve made up your mind that it is better to risk an elopement tkan another sister. Well. you are wise,” she finished for him.—Prairie Farmer.

ed wonder of myriads of humbler pecople. .The ambitious Syrian scorns the mud toof -of his ancestors, and will be satisfied only with the bright tiles imported from Krance, All Down. Mrs. Newlywed—Doctor, that bottle of medicine you left for baby is a'l gone, G Doctor—lmpossible! 1 told you to give him a teaspoonful once an hour. Mrs. Newlywed—Yes; but John, and I, and mother, and the nurse have each to take a teaspoonful in order to induce baby to take if.—Puck. -~ His Opinion Changed P " “You say you think Shakespeare is a foolish and trivial writer!” . “I do,” answered Mr. Meekton rather tremulously. : I “But you used to be almost an idolatrous admirer of his works.”. “Yes. But that was before Henrletta and I went to see ‘The Taming of the Sbrew.' "—Washington Star, .- -

FROM ALL OVER THE STATE

THE CENTRAL LEAGUE... Messrs. McWattera, Peters and Llewellyn Appointed as Umpires: South Bend, Ind., March 9.—President Bement, at Tuesday's Central l.eague meeting, announced the appointment” of Join McWatters. and Charles J. Peters, of Chicago, and Edward Llewellyn, of Cleveland, as umpires. The fourth umpire has not yet been appointed. Thé directors decided not to increase the playing or salary limit, and the clubs will go through the season with 12 men, including a playing manager, and a salary list of $1,200. : A schedule was finally adopted Tuesday. ‘The season will consist of 140 games, and will open April 28 and close September 12. Peoria, 111.,, was in communication with the magnates Sunday and Monday, and guaranteed a backing of business men representing $600,000, if the Grand Rapids franchise was delivered to that city. .

" The directors, however, determined to make no change in- the circuit, which will include Terre Haute, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Evansville, Dayton, Wheeling, Marion and Grand Rapids.

The first series will be of four games, and the second and third series of three games each. Fort Wayne will open at Evansville, Gfand Rapids dt Wheeling, South Bend at Dayton and Marion at Terre Haute.

Decoration day games were allotted as follows: South Bend at Ft. Wayne, ‘Marion at Grand Rapids, Dayton at Wheeling, Terre Haute at Evansville. On July 4, ‘Fort Wayne will play at Marion, Grand Rapids at South Bend, Evansville at Terre Haute and Dayton at Wheeling. ‘On Labor day Marion will play at Fort Wayne, Wheeling at Daytdn, Evansville at Terre Haute and Grand Rapids at .South Bend. .

THE. CENTRAL LEAGUE. Managers Met and Arranged Games and Teams For the Season. South Bend, Ind., March B.—Managers of the Central League of Baseball clubs met Monday to arrange games and teams for the coming season. Pe‘oria wants the Grand Rapids franchise, offering the backing of business men. Grand Rapids wishes to retain its team. - The circuit will probably remain ‘as last year. - The schedule of games is under comsideration::’ ; Will Not Draw Color Line. ] Indianapolis, Ind., March B.—Superintendent Kendall, of the public schools; has completed his report on the color. line controversy at the Shortridge high school, and upholds Miss Donan, the instructor, and Principal Benton. The decision of the high school authorities was appealeg from by Paul aMerrill,fae student wlo refused to sit by the side ovf a colored girl student. . . Recalls Purdue Horror. Lafayette, Ind., Mareh 9.—Mrs. Eva 0. Howard, as administratrix .of the estate of her husband, Newton R. Howard, entered suit in the Tippecanoe circuit court against the Big Four railroad for $lO,OOO. damages for the killing of her husband in the wreck of the Purdue special at Indianapolis October 31. This is the first suit against the road growing out of the accident. ‘Runyan Mdrder Mystery Cleared. - South Bend, Ind., March 7.—The mystery surrounding the murder of Druggist William Runyan on tae night of February 20 was cleared by the confession of Mrs. William Krienke. In the confession she implicated her husband, aleng/with James E. Costello, alias Kinne.‘i, alias Yorker, of Warsaw, Ind., who has twice been convicted of felonies. S : :

Indiana Men Disagree. - Terre Haute, Ind., March 9-—The 15th annual convention of the Indiana bituminous miners opened Tuesday. It is not expectéd that any action will be taken on the wage crisis. President Hargrove will decline re-election and it is expected Vice President John Boyle will be elected president by acclamation. i ~ Was in Answer to Prayer. Laporte, Ind., March 7.—An unusunal feature of the reuniting of Mrs. Sarah Porter with her brother, Rev. Frederick Hecker, United Brethren clergyman of Kansas, after a silence of 44 vears, is that the meeting of the longlost brother and sister was in answer Yo prayer. . | 7 Was Partly Demented. Evansville, Ind., March B.—lt has developed since her arrival at the insane asylum here that Miss Bertha Montgomery, the young school teacher of Owensville, Ind.,, who became violently insane when Superintendent T. H. Leslie whipped all ef the 32 pupils in her room a few days ago, was partIy demented before the occurrence. Receiver Asked For, . ' Indianapolis, Ind., March 9.—Suit was brought in the federal court here by William Gray for a receiver for the Edwards Railroad Electric Light Co. He says it was incorporated in this state for $1,5600,000; that its factory is ia Cincinnati and its;offices.in Chicago. Old Soldier Drowned. Brownstown, Ind.,, March 9.—Harrison Weddle, an old soldier, 61, was drowned in less than six inches of water. His body was found by some school children insa ditch aboﬂ§ four miles west of here.

Celebrated Fifth Anniversary. - Greensburg, Ind., March B.—Greensburg Elks held a jubilee meeting Monday night in honor of the fifth anniversary of the organization of the lodge. Grand Exalted Ruler Joseph T. Fanning, of Indianapolis, is the guest of honor at a ten-course dinner. Capitalists Seek Oil Lands. - Boonville, Ind., March 8.-—As the Gibson county oil fields, near Princeton, Ind., grow more promising daily, capitalists and seekers of this (Warrick county) put forth their utmost efforts in leasing land. :

BEAM MURDER CASE. The Defendant Was Dismisced in ths - Superior Court. . Hammond, Ird., March B—The murder case against*Truman Beam was dismissed Monday in superior court by Prosecutor McAleer. Beam was charged -with choking his sweetheart, Martha Lawrence, to death near Valparaiso, a year ago. He was tried twice, the jury failing to agree both times. Several business men of Valparaiso were drawn into thg case as witnesses. : . The jury in the first trial stood 11 for hanging and one for acquittal. Juryman George Eder, of Hammond, held out for acquittal,” not believing in circumstantial . evidence.

FROM HEART TROUBLE. Indiana Ex-Supreme Judge Dropped Dead on the Street. Brazil, Ind., March B—Monday Judge McGregor received a telegram from Manatee, Fla., announcing the sudden death of his law partrer, Judge Silas D. Coffey, who droppea dead on the street from an attack of heart trouble. The deceased was one of the best known lawyers of the state, and had served as judge for six years on the supreme bench of this state, and was elected three times in succession as district judge of Clay and Putnam counties. He was 69 years ‘old. A widow, one son and three daughters survive him. = . : ’ Premature Explosion. Marion, Ind., March 9.—Spencer Saxon, an oil well contractor, was instantly killed, and Edward Wood, a well shooter, and S. Culvertson, a driller, were seriously injured Tuesday by the premature explosion of two charges of nitro-glycerin, which were being lowered into an oil well. The concussion set off.several cans of the explosive which were on the well platform. The derrick and machinery were demolished.” It is thought that both of the injured men will die.

: Cambridge City Sale. . Richmond, Ind., March 9.—The Lackey horse sale opened at Cambridge City Tuesday. Buyers were present from all parts of the country. Upper Ten, a trotter (2:1914), owned by Isaac Bates, of Cincinnati, was sold to Knode Porter, of Indianapolis, Ind., fQr $5OO. Fifty head were sold during the day, averaging about $250. Indianapolis Racing Association. Indianapolis, Ind., March 7.—The indianapolis Racing association announced that its third annual summer meeting will .be held at the state fair grounds the week beginning July 4. It has been decided to increase the amount of the purses from $B,OOO to $9,300. 7 Blew His Brain Out. Union City; Idd.,, March B—One week ago William Shaneyfelt, 20, of north of this city, went out into a field and fatally shot himself with a shotgun. Monday, John Wahl, 20, and a chum of Shaneyfelt, retired to his room, and, placing a shotgun to his head, blew his brains out. The Woman Won Her|Suit. Wabash, Ind., March 7.;—1111 the suit of Susan Orner against illiam MecIntyre, a banker of Auburn, tried in the Whiteley circuit court, the jury gave Miss Orner a verdict for $2,500 for injuries sustained in being thrown from her buggy by her horse, which took fright at Mclntyre's automaobile.

Bookkeeper’s Alleged Shortage. Bedford, Ind., March B.—The rumor current that Alfred C. Parker, bookkeeper for tne Bedforc¢ national bank. ~was short in his accounts with that institution, was verified Monday by the officials. @The examination of tt‘e bocks, completed, shows a shortage of $3,034.56. : Averted Jail Delivery. Indianapolis, Ind.,, March 9.—A genceral jail delivery was prevented here ‘Tuesday night by the opportune -discovery of 14 new steel saws and a bottle of acid in an upper cell. Ed Ross, who is under three penitentiary sentences, is chargerd with smuggling materials into the jail. ~ "Kept Their Marriage Sécret. ~ Indfafiapolis, Ind., March 7.—Announcement has just been made of the - secret marriage of Miss Orrin Woolen, 'a society girl of this city, to Frederick \Fenton Bays, of Sullivan, Ind. They ‘eloped to Chicago and the ceremony iwas performed February 12. . Gillespie Trial Postponed. ~ Rising Sun, Ind., March 9.—The Gillespie murder trial was Tuesday set for trial the nextzterm of court;, which ‘begins the first Monday in May. There ' was no opposition to this by the prose- ’ cution. : E

Charges Against a Postmaster. Wabash, Ind., March 9.—Charges have been made: against all the postmasters in the Eleventh district by Ired Landis, congressman from this district, who alleges that the postmasters have been “perniciously active” in behalf of Maj. Steele, his opponent. Anti-Spitting Ordinance Killed. New Ali’any, Ind.,. March 9.—The noted anti-spitting ordinance, which has been the subject of much comment in New Albany for several months, was voted down at the meeting of the common council of this city. Contest Will Be Held in Richmond. Richmond, Ind., March B.—As a result of the objection offered by Notre Dame university to the oration of Luther leeger, of Earlham college, the interstate oratorical contest will be held here on May 11, instead of at South Bend on May 4. A Call For a Meeting®’in Muncie, Indianapolis, Ind., March B.—A call has been issued for a meeting of the members of the Indiana Baseball league to be held at Munecie next Sunday. Manager Phillips Monday received -George Magoon’s centract,

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PORT ARTHUR IS = '~ SHELLED AGAIN Bombarded by Japanese Squadron of Fourteen Ships—Each Side Loses a Ship— Japs Cross the Yalu River.

St. Pétersburg, March 12.—The emperor has received a message from Viceroy Alexieff which says: Admiral Makaroff, commanding the fleet, reports from Port Arthur under date of March 11 as follows: ‘‘Six torpedo boats which went out to sea the night of March 10. four of them being under. the general command of Capt. lﬁattcussevitch, encountered ‘the enemy’s torpedo boats followed by cruisers. A hot action ensued in which the torpedo boat destroyer Vlastini discharged a Whitehead torpedo and sunk one of the enemy’s torpedo boats. On the way back the torpedo boat destroyer Stereguschtchi, commanded by Lieut. Sergueieff, sustained damages. Her engine was disabled and she.began to founder. By eight o’clock in the morning five of our torpedo boat destroyers had returned. When the critical position of the Stereguschtchi became -evident I hoisted my flag on the cruiser Novik and went with the Novik and the cruiser Boyarin to the rescue. But as five of the enemy’s cruisers surrounded our destroyer, and as their battleship squadron was approaching, I Qid not succeed in saving the Stereguschtchi, which foundered. Part of the crew'was made prisoner and part was drowned. - “On the ships which participated in the night attack one officer was seriously and three others were slightly wounded, two soldiers were killed and 18 ‘'were wounded. - Bombardment of Port Arthur. “At nine o’clock 14 of the enemy’s ships asembled before Port Arthur and a bombardment was begun with the heavy guns of their battleships squadron at ‘long range. This lasted until one o’clock in the afternoon. It is estimated that the enemy® fired 154 12-inch shells. The damage to our vessels was insignificant, and they are again ready for battle. Our losses were one officer slightly wounded and one soldider killed and four soldiers wounded.. :

“The illumination of the sea at night by the searchlights mounted at our batteries was most satisfactory, and several times isolated shots from our batleries forced the enemy’s torpedo boats }2 retire. With the commencement ot ‘the bombardment ‘at dawn the gurs of the fortress replied tothe enemy’s fire.

“The crews of all the ships engaged gave proof of remarkable coolness in action. Below decks the work of the day followed its ordinary course,in spite of the shells falling between the vessels and covering them with fragments. A bombardment at such a distance must be considered ineffective, but the Japanese cruiser Takasago is reported to have been seen to suffer serious damage, the extent of which, however, it was impossible to ascertain at a distance of five miles. Many shells were fired at a range of 71, miles. i : » “I have the honor to report the foregoing to your majesty. ; 4 “ALEXIEFF.” Port Arthur Prepares for Siege. Tientsin, March 11.=—It is reported the Russians are withdrawing all superfluous troops from Port Arthur to Harbin and Kirin, owing to the shortness of provisions at Port' Arthur. It is stated that explosives are being placed in hoyses at Dalny in preparation for the Japanese occupation of that town, which is regarded as inevitable in the near future. Russians at Newchwang are prepared to block the river and scuttle the gunboat Sivoutch'in the event of the Japanese advancing on the town. Probably in that event the Russians will withdraw, as it is doubted despite the 30,000 troops there, whéther they would

, Gen. Boynton Dead. Augusta, Me., March 10.—Gen. Henry Boynton, of Maine, an officer who won distinction in the civil war, died here Wednesday of heart disease. He was 73 years of age. Gen. Boynton took a prominent part in rescuing Kansas from border ruffians and pro-slavery in 1856. . Dust Storm Damages Wheat. Abilene, Kan., March 10.—One of the worst dust storms in many years swept over the central part of Kaensas Wednesday. The wind was terrific. It is believed that wheat will be badly damaged. Trains Collide. Chicago, March 10.—In a collision at 11:45 o’clock last night between & Rock Island suburban train and a Chicago & Eastern Illinois freight train at Fortyfourth street and the Rock Island tracks ten persons were injured, three ef them, train operatives, so badly that they were taken to a hospital. All three may die. Named for Governor. . ‘Wichita, Kan., March 10.—E. W. Hoch was nominatéd for governor of Kansas by the republican state convention here. President Roosevelt was indorsed and delegates instructed for him. . .

‘be able to withstand a resolute attack. Spirit of Russian Troops %roken. It is reported that starvation, cold and harsh treatment by their officers have broken the spirit of the Russian troops, who are largely recruits. Many who have arrived at Newchwang from the country around are dying of frost bite. The Russian losses from cold and sickness along the Yalu river are said to be 2,000. : Japs Land 200,000. Men. London, March 11.—The Nagasaki correspondent of the Daily Express asserts that 200,000 tropps have been shipped from Japan, and that a portion of the second army corps is now on its way to Korea. " : ‘Russians Retreat. ' ,T&kio, March 11.—Russian and Japanese mounted scouts met north of PingYang Wednesday. After a brief engagement the Russians retreated. No casualities are reported on either side, v- Japs Cross the Yalu. _ - Washington, March 10.—The government here has received advices by cable from Chefoo, opposite Port Arthur, to the effect that Japanese land forces have appeared at Fung-Wang-Chang and at Tashan. No'details are furnished. The first-named place is about 45 miles north of Antung. in Manchuria, and the latter is a few miles inland from the mouth of the Yalu river, according to the calcujatigns of the naval officers here. They believe that this movement has placed the Japanese on the Russian flank and perhaps in the rear and on their line of communication. It is believed that Tuesday’s attack upon Port Arthur and Talien-Wan was adversion, perhaps to cover the expeditious land movement of the Japanese forces, who were propably landed from transports at some point west of the Yalu river. - An Important Move. - London, March 10.—The news from

COURSE OF THE JAPANESE FLEET IN ITS ATT‘ACKVON VLADIVOSTOK—ON ASKOLD ISLAND MANY :TRQOPS‘ ARE SAID TO HAVE LANDED. . _ ) «Né = ' = : . /4/@' H“*’;_},!)i‘ FORY § f : 324 4 £ aapOSTO® W awmor GRS | | ; ) )y’ =5 ACBAVEY PROIONTAEY : BA}Y : « (ALERET PENIISTLAD ; 4 . FORYT b o Hrey JOBOL BAY > | X Q"'ov;::y% : A oSN J»%mwm L ; : 1 : : » ' BasaGrN L * b ‘ o "\ ) ._‘ g ..’ W ; ‘ ISLAND \ ; \“% POLOSATTA - 3 rorr i ‘ _. \ . = 1::: ” % : = =] Yy % - 62 A ?i : ‘% , ' wmx: L 5 S A A TSIAND : A& 2 N " #rcras» A 4 AN Yy ‘ \;'.;:\‘W".m ISLAND g s Al A o R : 7 ‘-\\ ’ : S ‘ ‘i_ ASAOZLD E. v \y szawn »f‘“ ' . ““ FEN\ WV L i C Poumemss - YA

Buried Beneath Sliding Snow. Helena,” Mont., March B.—Buried under 50 feet of sniow where it may never ‘be found is the body of John Street, one of the best known trapvers of the northwest. Street and several companions were at Mount Cleveland, south of the international boundary, when suddenly the snow beneath them began to slide. ' There was a frightful roar and an instant later Street fell from the sight of his companions. An overhanging ledge of crusted snow on which they had been standing had fallen, daropping straight down a distance of 3,000 feet. Honor for an Illinoisan. Albany,; N. Y., March 9.—The republican caucus has selected Dr. Andrew S. Draper; president of Illinois university, and former superintendent of public instruction, to be’commissioner of education for the initial term of six years. He will be elected to-day at the joint session of the legislature. Disfranchised. - Bloomington, 111., March 9.—John Bright, :George Jackson and William Robinson, of Lincoln, have been disfranchised for ten years for bribery in connection with elections.

Washington of the appearanee.of Japanese forces at Fung-Wang-Chang, about 45 milesenorthwest of Antung, in Manchuria, and Tashan, a few miles inland from the mouth of the Yalu river, is regarded as most important. Accordingto the Tientsin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, the Japanese advanced from the.Yalu river, captured Fung-Wang-Chang, and drove out the Russians in the vicinity to the Ta-Ku-Ling eastern pass, and are in force 70 miles east of Newchwang. The Russians, with 35,000 men, are - entrenched strongly at LiaoYank and Hai-Chong, where fighting is imminent. Some small engagements already have been fought, the Russians retiring with losses. . . Target for Japanese Guns., - Vladivostock, March 7.—A fleet of five Japanese battleships and two cruisers appeared off this place at 1:25 o’clock Sunday afterncon and bombarded the Y /v /i )«s h . Py é////‘;‘ I ,:’ s S N 7 s R\ 7 0 v N | )'/Zl//;///;/’ j, H \:-.-r('r./’jé';' A .'f:r'::\ \‘\‘\.}‘:i\‘tl '4/".,/"-I,‘ R f'r,‘r',"!'f/"(",-::;;,;.-...,\‘\\ - "‘m/’ﬁ//r/ R T "L""‘:”"‘/"/’"';‘-",'?'ff,,:'-i.:.‘- 2 ]l B st ) e RN~ L |\ l;g,‘m!'«'-w’/3;5{?2:{5554442” G 2 NN \ \ TN N A sty ; AN\ A Tt N\ \hi Py i ADMIRAL TOGO. , Japanese Naval -Hero, Commanding ~ Fleet in Yellow Sea. : town and shore batteries for 55 minutes. The fleet approached from the direction of Askold island, at the east entrance. to Ussuri bay and about 32 miles southeast of Vladivcstock.: Entering Ussuri bay the enemy formed in line of battle, but did not approach to a closer range than a mile and one-third. They directed their fire against the shore batteries and the town, but nd damage resulted, as most of the 200 lyddite shells failed to burst. i T

Death Record Broken. New York, March B.—All pneumonia and general death records for a decade are shown to be broken by the health department report for the past week, which recorded 1,800 -deaths, 460 of which were attributed to preumonia, 7 Mob Avenges a Murder. Springfield, 0.,. March B.——Richayi Dixon, a negro who killed a policeman, was {aken from the jail here Monday night by a mob and shot to death in the jail yard. His body was hung to a tree and riddled with bullets: Aged Banker Dies. = = . Cincinnati, -0., March 7.—William Austin Goodman, Sr., aged 70, president of the National Lafayette . bank, and largely connected with other enterprises, died Sunday. He had been longer in the banking business than any other Cincinnatian. - Tragedy in Elgin, 111. Elgin, 111., Mar¢ch 7.—Mrs. Gustave Stanson, of this city, shot her husband three times and set fire to her home. The husband is fatally wounded, a son is fatally burned, and the woman' is dead. Lo shaiees

THIS WELL IS HORIZONTAL.

The Water Supply of Santa Barbara, _ Cal., Bottled Up in a Tunnel. ;

- The city of Santa Barbara in southern California is situatedon a narrow coastal plain backed by a high range of mountains. It isalocality of great beauLy, being sometimes called the American Riviera, but with 'naturally a deficient water supply. 2k J

~ The Santa Ynez range of mountains ~onsists of shale and sandstone, the strike of the formation being parallel to the coast and the dip practically vertical. The rocks are fissured, and’ there is stored therein a large quantity of water. The city of Santa Barbara has run a tunnel line 5,000 feet in length into this range of mountains. It was found that while this tunnel was being extended a sufficient quantity of water was developed to supply the greater portion of the city; in other words, that as the tunnel progressed one fissure after another was opened which, in draining off, maintained a substantial flow from the tunnel. . S -

= When_ work was suspended the supply materially decreased. In order to regulate and control this, the interesting experiment was adopted 'of building a masonry bulkhead near the outer end of the-tunnel and inserting therein a pige with a gate, so that the tunnel could-be tightly closed. ;o

- This was not placed in time to get the full benefit of the winter rains, but the opening was partly closed before the end of the so-called wet season. The rain waters accumulating in the. fissures in the rocks were again stored therein.

A pressure gauge placed in this bulkhead -indicated that the tunnel notonly filled, but that a head of 100 feet was accumulated in the fissures, notwithstandiig the fdct that the flow was not entirely cut off but only reduced from ‘about 500,000 to 250,000 gallons a day. During the rainyg?q&éon the. -local streams. furnished an a¥equate supply for the city. As the rainy season passed, the gate in the tunnel was slowly opened and this stored water was used during the last season successfully to carry the city through the dry portion of the year, the output being about 250;000 gallons daily for 200 days, after which the gate was entirely opened and a decreased supply ‘continued. :

The town of Santa Barbara, however, is growing so rapidly that an additional water supply is urgently needed, and upon plans based upon the investigations of the United States rgeological survey. it has been decided to drive a tunnel 19,560 feet long through the mountains and thereby tap the Santa Ynez river. :

‘PUREST- ASPHALT KNOWN. Is Obtained in Large Quantities from " - Two of Venezuela’s Prin- ' * cipal Lakes. : That the best :asphalt in-the world is _obtained in Venezuela from what is called Bermudez lake, is cldimed in Henry George, Jr.’s, article on “The Asphalt Trust Catastrophe,” in Pearson’s. This “lake” is not a body of water, but a mass of brown plastic mineral substance, somewhat less yielding than putty. It has an area of about 1,000 acres. Its surface will sustain men and ‘mules and vehicles of various kinds engaged in the work of digging it and shipping it away. This steady removal does not lessen the available quantity, as, slowly but steadily, this plastic mineral matter exudes from the bosom of the earth into theé great natural Bermudez basin. - i

_“The Venezuelan asphalt is the purest known. But it excels only in very slight degree thatrfound in a similar lake in the island of Trinidad, which lies off. the coast of Venezuela. Innumerable asphalt deposits are found scattered over the globe; Thany of them in the United States, but all of them are far inferior in quality to those of Venezuela and Trinidad. Those two ‘lakes’ constitute the world’s sole sources of the highest grade asphaltum for paving and other needs. YR '

“Trinidad lake is not so great in extent as Bermudez lake, but it is on high ground, and the overflow of this huge plastic miperal spring has, through the centuries, overlaid with thick deposits of asphalt large areas of land retreating toward the sea.” s

g RP 5 Te e e e HOLLAND’S SKATING TROOPS Go Through Their Military Maneuvers in Heavy Marching OrS der on the Ice. T 8 B In Holland, where the winters .are more persistently ané uniformly cold than here, skatable ice is not an oc‘casional luxury, but a regular feature .of the winter sseason. Everybody skates, not only for pleasure, but also in the way of business. In.fact, it is the easiest way of getting about from place to place. In such a watery country as Holland it is very important that tHe soldiers should be able to perform their drills on the ice as well as on land; and therefore as soon as the ice is strong enough they are ordered to exercise on - it in the uniform and equipments they are usually drilled in—namely, overcoat, knapsack, with full dress coat on top, musket and spade or ax. The men do not-seem to be hindered much by .their muskets in their movements. Of course only the men who can skate are ordered for this sort of service, but they nearly all can do so. It takes a good deal of training to keep time and proper distances, and, of course, the ice has to be smooth. If it is too rough to exercise on it is good enough for marches, outpost duty and little sham fights on skates. e

Burning Powder. . There was a great explosion of gunpowder at Mare Island, Cal., two years ago. Thirty tons of smokeless powder went off, and the stuff burned all of one day, sending up a huge cloud of smoke. When the roof had been blown off the burning went on quietly enough, affording an interesting illustration of the fact that an explosion is not possibie unless the substance that explodes is confined. - : v b Bad Form. - : Dolly—She’s fashionable, isn’t she? Polly—No; oniy genteel. Haven’t you ever noticed how she crooks her lit‘tle:finger when she takes up a cupful of ‘tea?—Somerville Journal.