Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 26, Number 25, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 24 August 1904 — Page 2

THE NAPPANEE NEWS. G. N. MURRAY. Publisher. NAPPANEE, : : INDIANA ITOMMRD All the News of the Past Seven J)ays Condensed. HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS News of the Industrial Field, Personal and Political Items, Happenings at Home and Abroad. THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD DOMESTIC. Volney W. Foster, one of Chicago’s foremost citizens, -was stricken with apoplexy on the street and died in St.' Luke’s hospital in a short time. Four more bodies of victims of the Eden wreck, near Pueblo, Col..have been recovered. The total of recovered bodies Is 88. One person was killed and seven were slightly injured by the overturning of a car on the Camden & Trenton trolley line, at Hatch’s Corner, near Delair, N. J. Fire in the retail district of Spokane, Wash., did damage amounting to $130,000. Officials of the bureau of immigration In charge at New York have instructions not to detain Mrs. Florence Maybrick, now on her way to America, after spending years in an English prison. She ■will be given every courtesy due an American citizen. New Jersey has granted to the United States riparian rights to ten acres of land at Ellis island for building purposes. Under fair skies 26 brigades of the uniform rank, Knights of Pythias, over 10.000 strong, passed in review before the people of Louisville, Ky. The United States will advise return by Japan of Russian destroyer taken from Chefoo; neutrality law violated. Weekly crop report shows lack of moisture in several importan cornstates, but favorable conditions for the harvesting of spring wheat. Twenty-six thousand Grand 1 Army men march in the streets of Boston in the annual parade, while half a million persons look on and cheer. Two negroes were dragged from a Georgia coiirt room, where but a moment before they had been sentenced to death for the murder of a family of five, were taken from a company of state troops that bore guns without loads, and burned at the stake by a frenzied mob. Mrs. Mable Hart, aged 30 years, and her cousin, Clarence Dunlap, aged nine years, son of former State Representative H. T. Dunlap, were drowned in the Delaware river near Easton, Pa. Former Congressman Charles S. Randall died at his home in New Bedford, Mass., at the age of 80 years. Over half the members of the Statesboro, Ga., guards, one of the two companies that were guards over the prisoners who were lynched there, have asked for their discharges. Several criticize Capt. Hitch, their commander. The farm house of B. A. Dowling, near Perth, Okla.. was struck by lightning and burned. Four members of the family were burned to death in the nouse. Clarence De Ryder, a cyclist, was killed while attempting to “loop the loop” at a resort in Salt Lake City, Utah. The uniform rank. Knights of Pythias, failed to hold the scheduled review and inspection in Louisville because of inability to' secure horses for the officers? Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling denied petitions of Connecticut Christian Endeavorers and temperance unions for the use of water instead of ■wine in christening the battleship Connecticut The G. A, R. convention in Boston heard read a letter from President Roosevelt, who expressed veneration for the veterans of the civil war and drew a lesson of inspiration from their deeds; Coipmander-in-Chief Black made the annual address. An automobile containing three men and a woman plunged into the Chicago river through the open draw at Rush street, alt of the victims of the accident being rescued. Four people were killed and 27 injured in a collision between a Great Western passenger train and three street cars at Austin, a suburb of Chicago. Three trainmen and three street railway employes were arrested. Mrs. Mary E. Fuller, wife of Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States supreme court, died suddenly of heart disease at her summer home in Sorento, Me. The population of Michigan, as shown by the state census, taken in June, is 2,530,016, an increase of 109,034. or 4 y 2 per cent., since 1900. There are 389.746 famp llies in the state,' with an average membership of 4.29 persons. Gen. Wilmon W, Blackmar. of Massachusetts, was elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic by acclamation at the closing session of the national encampment in Boston, and Denver, C 01.,, was selected a? the place for the encampment of 1905. Earthquakes have caused serious damages to several villages in the island of Samon (in the Greek archipelago 45 miles west of Smyrna). Some of the inhabitants were killed. Valentine Hengei. a mail carrier, died St Winona. Minn., after an illness of one week as a result of having a tooth pulled, causing blood poisoning. World’s fair officials say they have discovered a loophole In the appropriation act and may open the exposition on Sunday.

Jacob Hussman, an aeronaut, was drqwned in Lake Alice, near Fergus Falls, Minn. He had made a balloon ascension and on coming down in a parachute fell into the middle of the lake. He became entangled in the weeds and was drowned. Antonio Mannino, the kidnaped Brooklyn boy, was found near his home, after having been, accompanied part of the way by the man who had held him prisoner. A fierce riot for food, the strikers battling for meat, took place at the Chicago stock yards. Fifty shots were fired, rifles being used, and the mob of 4,000 was dispersed, Alfred A. Knapp, by his own confession the slayer of five women, was electrocuted in the penitentiary at Columbus, 0.. for the murder of his wife, Hannah Goddard Knapp. Knapp was 42 years old and had spent 22 years of his life in various prisons, most of his offenses being against women and children. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. H. O. Haag was nominated for congress by the democrats of the Twelfth Pennsylvania district. Dr, C. L. Otrich, of Anna, 111., was nominated by the democrats for congress from the Twenty-fifth Illinois district. The democrats of the Nineteenth Illinois congressional district nominated Adolf Sumerlin, of Mattoon, for congress. The National League of Republicans clubs is arranging for the convention at Indianapolis October 5. Senator Fairbanks will campaign in Vermont and Maine September 1-12. At White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Hon. Henry G. Davis was formally notified of and formally accepted his nomination by the democratic party for vice president of the United States. Representative John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, delivered the notification address. The Third California district republican convention nominated Joseph R. Knowland, of Alameda, for congress. Judge Parker is being deluged with appeals that he take the Stump in the western states. Three men on the Wisconsin republican electoral ticket are bankers and under the statute may be compelled to withdraw. James R. Williams, of Carmi, was renominated for congress by the democratic convention of the Twenty-fourth Illinois district. Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, the people’s party candidate for president, and Thomas H. Tibbies, of Nebraska, the candidate for vice president, were formally notified of their nomination at Cooper Union, New York city. Both accepted. Alexander Agassiz, the celebrated scientist of Cambridge. Mass., was elected president of the International Zoological congress, in session at Berne, Switzerland. Charles E. Shively, of Richmond, Ind., was elected supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, in succession to Tracy R. Bangs, of Grand Forks, N, D. FOREIGN. The steamer Penguin was wrecked off the South African coast and 25 persons who were on board of her were drowned. Russia In protesting to China against the Chefoo seizure declares the Chinese admiral at that port is either a coward or a traitor. No crowned heads of Europe have been invited by the United States government to visit the world’s fair. Admiral Kamimura reports that when he sunk the Rurik in the battle with the Vladivostok fleet he rescued 600 out of the 760 men who made up the ship's crew. The native chiefs of Manua, Samoan group, sign a treaty relinquishing the island to the United States. Admiral Togo reports that in the sea fight off Port Arthur August 10, a protected cruiser of the Pallada type was torpedoed and sunk. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says Emperor Nicholas has decided ,to recall Gep. Stackelberg, who was defeated by the Japanese at Vafangow and Telissu, June 14 and 16, in his attempt to relieve Port Arthur. Mikado made formal demand for surrender of Port Arthur and offer of safe conduct to noncombatants. One of the acts of grace signalizing the birth of an heir to the throne will be the total abolition of corporal punish--, ment throughout Russia. Great Britain will ignore Russia’s protest in the Ryeshitelni case, but will demand reparation for the sinking of the Knight Commander. The people of Nova Scotia, tired of waiting for reciprocity, have turned to Chamberlain’s plan for closer commercial relations of England and colonies. conflagrations occurred in Hungary in consequence of the prolonged drought. Hundreds of houses in the aggregate have been destroyed by fire in various villages during the past week, in which from 15 to 20 persons have been burned to death. A dispatch from Vladivostok, dated August 17, says the cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi, of the Vladivostok squadron, have returned there. The celebrated Italian bull fighter, Mazzantini, who has become a millionaire and who boasts that he has killed 3,500 bulls, has retired from the bull ring. The porte in replying to America’s demands promises to do its best in bringing about the results desired. Japan demands that China drive Russian warships from her harbors or the mikado's fleet will enter and capture them, thus involving China in the war. A battle of huge proportions raged around Port Arthur August 14 and 15, and was'reShmed August 17. The Japanese, it Is reported, sacrificed 20,000 men, but gained important advantages in the matter of position. Insurgents bombarded Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, for 40 hours. Extent of damage Is unknown.

The Port Arthur garrison, through Gen. Stoessel, refuses.to surrender at the demand of the mikado, conveyed through Gen. Nogi, and the Japanese, now less than two miles from the forts, have renewed the attack with determined ferocity. Japan has officially notified Great Britain that she does not propose to give up the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshitelni, captured in the harbor of Chefoo, August 12. Minister Squier, at Havana, cables the state department that Carlos Ortiz has been appointed secretary of state and justice of Cuba.’ The Russian cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi have returned to Vladivostok. The official report says 138 men were killed and 321 wounded on the two cruisers in the battle with the Japanese fleet. Both warships were damaged. Japan annouqrjs her intention of seizing the Rusfsan ships now being repaired at Shanghai, and has sent a squadron presumably to carry out this plan. China also has ordered her war vessels hurriedly to the scene. LATER. Death to 15 persons, injury to scores and destruction to property both private and public, estimated in round numbers at $3,000,000, rode on a tornado whiqh swept through St. Paul, Minneapolis and other Minnesota cities. Nels O. Casseti was accidentally killed by being thrown from his carriage when returning to his home, three miles south of Yorkville, 111., Mr. Cassen was the largest land owner in the county, his wealth being estimated up to $1,000,000. Fifteen cases of dynamite exploded on the depot platform at Minden, Mo., killing Engineer Rody and Mrs. Ed Brooks, wife of the station agent. The thirtieth annual convention of the American Bankers’ association will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, New York, September 14, 15 and 16. The Japanese government issued a public statement justifying the seizure of the Russian destroyer at Chefoo. It declares Russia has violated neutrality. The Cripple Creek mob resumed deportation of miners and tbeir sympathizers. Victims were herded together and marched out of town under a heavily armed guard. The move is justified by the charge that -a plot has been discovered. One man was shot to death and five others wounded when stock yards workers in Chicago fired from a Lake Shore train on a crowd of strike sympathizers. Gen. Charles FitzSimons, civil war soldier and later militia commander and business man, died in Chicago of a complication of maladies. President Roosevelt has gone to Oyster Bay for a month’s rest. Constant smoking of cigarettes killed Otis Botham, aged 32, of Rutland, “ill. He had used cigarettes for 23 years. After a severe engagement with the protected cruisers Chltose and Tsushima, the greyhounds of the Japanese navy, the fleet Russian cruiser Novik has been vanquished. In a sinking condition she was run ashore in Korakovsk harbor on the island of Sakhalin. The Japanese have swept the Russians from Pigeon bay and captured the northernmost fort of the western" line of inner defenses at Port Arthur. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw declares the St. Louis exposition cannot be kept open on Sundays. A tornado of small proportions, but of exreme fury, swept down upon the residence portion of North St. Louis, Mo, resulting in the death of two persons, injury to probably 50 and damage to property estimated at SIOO,OOO. A woman was killed and 10 persons inured at Venice, 111. A cloudburst at Globe. Ariz., has resulted in several deaths and the destruction of much property. May wheat has just broken all records for the last six years in Chicago, when it touched $1.13%. There is consternation over the death of fish in the lakes around Albert. Minn., and no one can explain the cause. They seem to suffocate, although there is a good stage of water. Tons of fish are dead along the shores. William Montgomery, vice president and general ..manager of the Georgia Cotton Mill company, shot and killed himself at his office in Atlanta, Ga. No cause for the act has been given. Michael Callahan and John Markham, of Van Horne, were killed by a train at a grade crossing near Blairstown, la. Fires are raging in the great forests of Washington and British Columbia, doing incalculable damage. Fish Rock Camp, owned by Isaac Seligman, of New York, located on Upper Saranac lake, and said to have been the most beautiful and expensive camp ih the Adirondacks, has been destoryed by fire of unknown origin. The loss is fiktimated at $75,000. Eighty-three horsemen sent by the Moorish pretender, Bu Hamara, to Chief Amada. of the Beni Buzzagora tribe, to ask his daughter in marriage, were treacherously mur.dered by the chief. A Russian gunboat of the Otvajni type struck a mine and sank off Laoti promontory, the exteme southern point of the Kwangtung peninsula on which Port Arthur is situated. The American minister. Mr. Bowen, in the name of the United States, has requested Venezuela to remove Mr. Carnock, the receiver appointed to take charge of the property of the New York and Bermudas Asphalt company, and to return the asphalt lake to the American company. John Parker, a prominent farmer living near Grinnell, la., was shot and killed Friday by George Mitchell, a renter. Mitchell shot Parker with a shotgun, following an altercation in which Mitchell was badly beaten up. The Chinese taotai ordered Russian ships to leave Shanghai on August 20 and 21 or disarm.

LOCATION OF POST ARTHUR FORTS AND RELATIVE POSITION l OF THE JAPANESE.

The advanced position taken by the Japanese center column against Port Arthur is indicated in the map. This is a little south of Palingchang, or Palichwang, which is about two miles from the fortifications. The left wing of Nogi’s forces, to the eastward, commands the forts from Takushan, while the west wing, now in the Pigeon Bay district, is

IS DRIVEN UPON THE BEACH JAP WARSHIPS VANQUISH RUSSIAN CRUISER NOVIK. Latter Is Beached in a Sinking Condition—Siege of Port Arthur— Situation at Shanghai. Tokio, Aug. 22.—After a severe engagement with the protected cruisers Chitose and Tsushima, the greyhounds of the Japanese navy, the fleet Russian cruiser Novi-k has been vanquished. The fight occurred Sunday. After it the Novik, in a sinking condition, was run ashore in Korakovsk harbor on the island of Sakhalin. The details of the fight are not known here, but it is evident that the Chitose and Tsushima caught up trtrith the Novik Saturday and that a running fight ensued. The contest was resumed and terminated early Sunday morning. Capt. Sukeichiro Takahashi, who is in command of the Chitose, reported the engagement in a brief telegram, which reached the navy department here Sunday afternoon. He says he first attacked the Russian cruiser Saturday afternoon and that on Sunday morning he inflicted heavy damage upon her. The Novik nearly sank, but she was beached at Korsakovsk. The fate of the crew of the Novik is not known, but it is thought they abandoned their vessel and landed at Korsakovsk. Fierce Conflict Rages. Chefoo, Aug. 22.—The first detailed news of the general assault on Port Arthur indicates that a tremendous conflict is raging and that victory is hanging in the balance. Chinese who left Port Arthur Sunday and arrived here to-day state that the Japanese by making desperate charges which were reinforced by an artillery fire from Shushiyen and Louisa bay swept from the north into Pigeon bay territory and drove the Russians back from the main forts. The ground being comparatively flat in this vicinity, the Japanese were unable to hold it in the face of the Russian artillery fire and they retired north an eighth of a mile beyond the scene of fire. Fort Captured. The Chinese declare that the Japanese captured one important fort located on the itzshan hMls, midway between the western coast and the railway a line drawn approximately from a midway between Pigeon and Louisa bays. The fighting resulting in the capture of this fort was very severe. The position was first subjected to a bombardment for over 48 hours. Then the Japanese infantry assaulted it and compelled the Russians to retire. The Russian artillery then directed a heavy fire on the spot, compelling the Japanese in turn to retire. Chefoo, Aug. 19.—A battle of huge proportions raged around Port Arthur August 1? and 15, and was resumed August 17. The Japanese, it is reported, sacrificed 20,000 men, but gained important advantages in the matter of position. The above news was brought here on junks, one of

Formal Decree Filed. Trenton, N. J., Aug. 19.—Judge Bradford, in the United States circuit court Thursday, filed the formal decree of injunction in the suit recently decided by him, in which Edward H. Harriman and Winslow S. Pierce werg complainants and the Northern Securities company and the Northern Pacific Railway company were defendants. In the decision Judge Bradford decided that he would grant a preliminary Injunction, and Thursday’s formal decree is in consequence thereof.

closing in on the works guarding that region. The principal of these forts is Etseshan, one of the strongest in the whole circle of fortifications. The force that landed in Pigeon Bay is supposed to be in possession of Lang mountain, the Lianti hills and White Wolf hill, southwest of Port Arthur, and within' range of the town.

which, having on board three Russians concealed in the baggage of Chinese to escape from tfle Japanese, left Port Arthur Wednesday night and was blown rapidly to Chefoo by a gale. The main force of the attack was directed against the left wing, and resulted in the capture of Pigeon bay positions and some of the forts at Liaotieshan. At Palunchang the Japanese hastily mounted guns, which did excellent service in aiding the storming of the right wing, where the Japanese are said to have captured two forts of minor value, mounting eight four-inch guns, two siege guns and six quick-firing guns. Surrender Demanded. On the night of the 15th the battle lulled somewhat when the Japanese sent the terms of surrender to Lieut. Gen. Stoessel. The terms provided that the garrison should march out with the honors of war and 'join Gen. Kuropatkin; that all civilians be brought to a place designated by the Japanese admiral; that the Russian warships in the harbor numbering seven, namely, the battleships Retvi,zan, Sevastopol, Pobieda, Peresviet, Poltava, the armored cruiser Bayan. and the protected cruiser Pallada, anil 12 or more torpedo boat destroyers and four gunboats to be surrendered to the Japanese. , Stoessel Refuses. Gen. Stoessel’s treatment of Maj. Vomoka, the Japanese messenger, was courteous, but his reply was prompt and characteristic. The Japanese major then asked for a three days’ truce In which to bury the dead. This was refused. Excitement at Shanghai. Shanghai, Aug. 22.—Shanghai was thrown into a fever of excitement Sunday afternoon by the arrival of a Japanese torpedo boat, which was sighted. coming in from the south at half past four o’clock. She passed the Woosung at full speed and started up the river Ju for Shanghai. The United States torpedo boat destroyer Chauncey slipped her cable and followed the Japanese destroyer. The Japanese boat was cleared for action. She anchored off the Cosmopolitan dock, where the Russian cruiser Askold is undergoing repairs. The Chauncey came to anchor practically between the dock and the Japanese destroyer. Refuses to Disarm or Leave. There are at present no Chinese men of war in this port, but the taotai has telegraphed that a Chinese cruiser be sent immediately. The Russian consul general here flatly refuses to disarm the Askold and the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi or to order them to leave the harbor. Can’t Protect Foreigners. The Taotai has notified American Consul Goodnow, who is dean of the consular body, that China cannot protect the foreign settlements. He contends that Russia ignores the orders issued by China and that China has not the means of making her obey them. Norwegian Statesman Dead. Christiania, Norway, Aug. 19.—Slvert Nielsen, former president of the storthing, Is dead.

Strikers Wreck a House. Chicago, Aug. 18.—Enraged at seven former nonunion employes at the stockyards a crowd attacked their home at 4555 Justine street Tuesday night, wrecked the windows In the front of the place and then tore the rear door from its hinges. A riot call was sent to the New City police station, but when the police arrived the assailants had disappeared. The seven men and two women living in the building locked themselves in a room and escaped injury.

Fores of Habit. "Herbert has been running an auto bo long that be had forgotten all about horseback riding.” "What did he do when the horso balked?” “He crawled under it to see what was the matter ?”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Little Mixed. “George,” remarked Mrs. Spofkin, "I shouldn’t think them baseball magnets would make any money. I see their men is always going out on strikes.”—Brooklyn Life. Not Quite Cured. Waiter—Roast beef or cured ham, sir? “Bring me some beef. The last cured ham I ordered here was only convalescent.”—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Shouting Their Praises. Friarpoint, Miss., Aug. 22 (Special).— Cured of Bladder and Kidney Trouble after 26 years of suffering, Rev. H. H. Hatch, of this place, is telling the public the good news and shouting the praises of the remedy that cured him —Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Rev. Mr. Hatch says: "I have been suffering from Bladder and Kidney Trouble for 26 years and X have tried everything that people said would do me good. But nothing did me any good except Dodd’s Kidney Pills. "I haven’t felt a pain since I took Dodd’s Kidney Pills. They gave me health and I feel like anew man altogether. Dodd’s Kidney Pills are the best I ever had." All Urinary and Bladder Troubles are caused by diseased kidneys. The natural way to cure them is to cure the kidneys. Dodd’s Kidney Pills never fail to cure diseased kidneys in any stage or place. They always cure Backache and they are the only remedy that ever cured Bright’s Disease. There is nothing more enjoyable than an animated discussion of something we don’t know anything about with somebody that knows less than we do. —Puck. Going East This Summer? Get the vacation habit. Drop your work and take a trip to some of the h ainous Eastern Summer Resorts so easily and quickly reached by the Nickel Plate Road. St, op overs allowed at Niagara Fails and Lake Chautauqua on all tickets. Three elegantly equipped trains made up of modern Day Coaches, Dining and Sleeping Cars running thru from Chicago to Ft. Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New York Boston and intermediate points. The Dining Car service of the Nickel Plate Road is up-to-date, inexpensive and as good as the best, individual Club Meals are served at prices ranging from 35 cents to SI.OO. Meals are also served “ala carte.” Passengers using the Day Coaches of the Nickel Plate Road, regardless of the’class of ticket held, maybe assured of the most courteous treatment by our Colored Porters in Uniform, who are instructed to give every attention to the welfare of our patrons. Tickets via the Nickel Plate Road are from 50 cents to $3.00 lower than tickets of the same class between the same points via other lines. All trains arrive at and depart from the New La Salle Street Station, Chicago. For full information regarding tickets, rates, routes, sleeping car reservations, etc., call on or address J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, No. 11l Adams St., Chicago, 111. In the important matter of the arrangement of its bones, the swordfish shows a great improvement on the shad.—Boston Globe. For Tour Perfect Comfort At the St. Louis Exposition, which is very severe upon the feet, rememberto take along a box of Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for Hot, Tired, Aching, Swollen Feet. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Don’t accept a substitute. They who say that beautifying is foolish dispute their own eyes—Chicago Reo-ord-Herald. Fits stopped free and permanently cured. No fits after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle & treatise. Dr. Kline, 931 Arch st., Phila., Pa. Watered silk is the proper material for a flowing gown.—Chicago Daily News. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. The pessimist always bites the spots on the apple first.—Chicago Tribune. BACKACHE ANDJIIZZINESS. Host of the Allmento Peculiar to the Female Sex are Due to Catarrh of Pel vie Organs.

M BRICKNER.

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fact that diseases peculiar to the female sex are not commonly

FEMALE TROUBLE NOT RECOGNIZED AS CATARRH.

recognized as being caused by catarrh. ! Catarrh of one organ is exactly the same as catarrh of any other organ. What will cure catarrh of the head will also cnre catarrh of the pelvic organs. Peruna cures these cases simply because it cures the catarrh. If you have catarrh write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statementof yonr case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President f The Hartman Sanitarium,