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Durant Weekly News, 1904-08-12

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Jap.incso Thought to lie Continuing N Their Operations. TO PUSH ON TO FRONT lRd.Ieatlons at the Present Time Arc That a Determined Lilort Will Ho JHailo to Krep Kurnpat- kin From Itetlrlnjr. Bt. Petersburg. Aug. 10. General Fn-kahnrorf-reports there Js no change In 'The situation around Llao Vang. It Is evident from the special ulspatche 'to the. vA8sqclated Prees from Llao Yung and llntslntln that the Japanese ore continuing their preparations for a. flanking movement which may pos albly alter Hio nuture of the expected engagement at Llao Tang, and which! may also further delay ths crucial de velopment. The concentration of a strong Jap Japanese - anese Japanese forc,e at Slamtsze Indicates ah Intention to press forward toward Muk Mukden, - den, Mukden, and tr possible to cut the commu commu-nlcatlqns - nlcatlqns commu-nlcatlqns r,nd prevent General Kuro Kuro-pkln - pkln Kuro-pkln from retiring ridrthward. Gen. KTlropatkln la' eVfdently aware of th"i move, and Is sending .out reconnolter ing parties from 8lntslntln along the Snlmatsre road. This Is sh&wn by the' slight encounter with a Japanese out-! fwot mi, mi .mi ijr nines ui simsiniin., The Japunese are also bringing up aiorng forces from Bintalntln. A column marching from Nluchwang with the evident Intention 'of flinklng Llao Yang. tr0M tne westward. Includ Included - ed Included 10.000 Chinese from the Island of Formosa, Who are Japanese subjects. The Associated Press correspondent at LlaojiYantr polnta out the alarming character of this development? ' and fear"that tbo example may' prove con con-taglou - taglou con-taglou If the local Chinese are In Induced - duced Induced to jd.u the Japahese It will 1 'mpoaalble to dlatlpgulah.the .Fermosnn and Manchurla-i Japanese. This re revive - vive revive the spectre of Chinese embroil embroil-went - went embroil-went with the more remote possibility f. foreign entanglements. There s considerable anxiety' regarding the P.rf?ePce of General Yuan Shlkal, com commander - mander commander to chief if the Chinese forces, arid General Ma, with stror forces of troop Jn the north, lest abould a convenient opportunity present Itself, they would b 'tempted to overstep the bound of neutrality. Although It now seme improbable that anything can prevent a Japanese Aitfk An T.t.A V.. .. .0 .. . aoclate'd Press corresnondenta rnnri. 4 Jht JjrAyjlenre Vfj,hvv'm,ln; -.T,e e is expressea,:ttiere that the ele element - ment element Wy again prove to be Russia' allies Just as they did In 1812. The prospect of rain heavy enough ,to ar- re mniiary operation is not llkelv. however, ids the time for the rainy season Is now past. There Is an unconfirmed rumor fat Lieutenant General Llnevltch Is bring bring-Ing - Ing bring-Ing large forces to Mukden to reinforce .lf0' KwPatkln. General Llne Llnevltch - vltch Llnevltch troona are irfnttnn.H .w...-! Vladivostok, and It Is doubtful If they wu. .m. ai.tao Tang in time. No Truth In Rsoort London, Aug. 10. The Toklo rorrr rorrr-T"ndent - T"ndent rorrr-T"ndent of th Times says he learns) pn the best Of authority that there Is no ""'" "iwerer in tne Russian ru raora of Japanese reverses with heavy losses at Port' Arthur. Jap Using Railway. Mukden, Xug. 10. The Jnimnesa are using the SbanghaJ-OCwang-Xlakow. Shlnrntua about thirty mllea west of Mukden. . , CALL ON PRESIDENT. .Natives af.th Philippines Visitor at 1 th Whit House. Washington, Aug. lOPlcturesqUc. but adequately garbed, a party of eight Moros and rrogote, chiefs, constitut constituting - ing constituting Oj part or the Philippine exhibit at the St. Louie exposition, Monday paid their respects to President Roose Roosevelt - velt Roosevelt at the, white" house. The jxchang-" a between ,the chlefa and (he president was' Informal but happy In tope. Through AHtero, a bright fifteen-year-old Iifogote boy, who acted as Inter Interpreter, - preter, Interpreter, the Moro Datto and the Irro Irro-gote - gote Irro-gote chlefa expressed their pleasure at being received by the president, and old him he might depend upon tltejt loyalty to the American government, j, The reception took place In thp 'pres 'president's - ident's 'president's prtvate office ,and' the'tt'djolnlng cabinet rp,cj)pyhlle It waa In progress the members of the cabinet arrived to attend the regular sernl-weekly meet. Each in turn .was presented to the Filipinos, who 'paid them the highest, respect xnown to their people. Before the conclusion of the .ecep .ecep-tlon - tlon .ecep-tlon the chiefs,' through Ap'irl. pre presented - sented presented th president sour- nandsomn native gifts, including ci ,ously carved metallic pipe, a -. .lutly embellish embellished - ed embellished spear and two shields, one of rlosely w.oven native grass and the other of wood covered with hide. After they left the executive offices the Filipinos were shown through the lower apart apartments - ments apartments of the) white house. They left .for St. Louis at night. Found In Safe. tfw Yeplf- Jtua. 1A.-Tn m HW"by detective agency engaged '.tiiithe hunt for 1200,000 worth ofJeV- is, ,us reptrty of Mrs. Ogden Ootif hh' wf .supposed to have been !, kJsaiiK4 "Butt thejMtaW y. 'jli?rfvdelet' safe In thirty.

In Charge of a Church at Texarkana Quarter of a Century. Tciarkana, Aug. 10. Rev. Father A. Barbln, who has been pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic) on the Terns side of town, has resigned his pastorage after a period of continu continuous - ous continuous service extending over twcnty-flvi years. He was Installed as pastor In 1879. His resignation waa necessitated by III health, he having been n sufferer fronl,parnlysls for the past three years. GOOD DIVIDENDS. Company Operating at Sour Lake Has ' Madn Larg Profits. ,Beaumont, Tex.. Aug. 10 The Uurt Uurt-McOnrfey - McOnrfey Uurt-McOnrfey OH company has sent out Its reaular monthly dividend to stockhold stockholders, - ers, stockholders, amounting to 60 per cent. , During the past four months divi dividend; - dend; dividend; amounting to 180 per cent have been .jpald and since the organization ten months ago 266 per cent has been paid o-.it. n dividend having been de clared every month. The wells of the company are at Sour Lake. F..TAL RUNAWAY. Negro Man Was Killed and Wife '; Fatally Hurt. Luting, Tex.. Aug. 10. Daniel Gaines. n young colored man. lost his life, and his wife la In a serious condition and not expected to live, caused by a tour mu,e leam they were driving running awa Gaines, his wife and child were throWn out and badly hurt. The : ,'-". . ,,w.i,. u" ver OOUBl"' JAP3 STRUCK. Do Not 'Consider Timbering Safe In tli Rotchschlldt Mines. EI Paso, Aug. 10. The 600 Japunese laborers sent to Santa Rosalia. Cal. to Work lit the Rohtschllda mine., have struck because they consider the tim timbering - bering timbering unsafe. The Japanese consul has goha there. ' - ' j To.Hfv Terrrilne.liJ , Austin. Aug. 10. The International and Great Northern Railway company, la deetlned to have most valuable ter terminals - minals terminals In this city as a result of the. purchase of the old electric line wfilch wa operated between the city and" the dam before the dertrbctlon of the lat latter. - ter. latter. It 'will operate Its cars to doors of whoitsalera and and. another track' will be laid to Alliance cotton. yard., FATAL TO, FOUR. Mcthsr and Three Children Los Lives ji -. In Collision. i.. Chicagoi. Aug; 10, -A- "inoth'tr -anl mice u nr nine cnuuren were miiM and a nu-nber of other passenger serl- ouslylnjured In a collision Monday night' between a westbound Baltimore and Qhjo local passenger train and a Chicago and Erie freight train at th Brighton Park railroad crossing at Western avenue and West Thlrty- ninm street, xne couiaon followed a frantic effort on the part of the aros Ing flagman to change the course pf the freight, the crew of which lie had given a signal that all waa ejear for them to back over the Baltimore and Ohio tracks. Those killed Were Mrs. C, C. Schwartz and three children of Garrett, Ind. Mr. Schwartz and a daughter, escaped. IMMEN8E LOSS. About Fifty Homes Burned and Much Fin. Machinery. VljtorlaB.' C. Aug. 10. Fire tart tart-d - d tart-d In the pattern shop of the Albion Iron work Tuesday evening and de destroyed - stroyed destroyed tho northern portion of 'the- Duuaing, together with a quantity of valuable machinery1. A strong north northeast - east northeast wind, carried the 'sparks a distance of il00 yards to the residence section, where 1t burned Itself out. In all about fifty houspsq were destroyed) the major majority - ity majority being home pf working people. The loss exceeds '8160,000, DRE8SED SHIPS. United States Squadron Fired a Cbro nation Day Saluts, Gibraltar, Aug. 10, The United States battleship squadron which ar arrived - rived arrived here Monday dressed ship and fired -a salute Tuesday In honor bf Cor Coronation - onation Coronation day,; the isecond anniversary of the crowning of King Edward. Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, who commanded the? British cruiser Immor Immor-'tallte - 'tallte Immor-'tallte 'at Manila during the Spanish Spanish-American - American Spanish-American war, cordially welcomed the American squadron to Gibraltar. , Want 'Instant Action. London, Aug; Aig. id. In an editor editorial - ial editorial Wednesday mornlnc the Times del mands that the government take Im Immediate - mediate Immediate ' means to resist the Russian S) aa A st ah aAfcSBSl jSh6fleilafcM mm aak drcg that ' he' b ectbok, o ho delal Ut the British en.t'ern ho delay Unless the British eastern trade Is to pass Into the hands of Ger German - man German rivals. NEWS IN BRIEF.' Rafael Reyes I now president of Colombia. Many buildings were damaged by an earthquake In New Zealand, Deoember and May wheat option advanced 4 U. cent at Chteage Monday. eii worm are ;ruHUJW coubr in tne yBatKerivend.Gf Kaufman county, Tex r . .. . , .. ...uV -1 - 'wiElmSHhlue!! '.mmMummfrf" r.Zi.., U' . Jv.M),

tickled Jn the eUimaoh . the head. -, habit. Ask your Grocer, LE8S RIOTING. Effort Being' Mad to Puih ett h Ratatlsrs. the Boy. Chicago, Au. 10. Th etockydrds etrlko woafrY rlotlnjj Tuesday than at any tlw since the strunfe w'th the packers bejran four, weks ago. There was one small disturbance In the downtown 'dltrqt'Wte'ln the aftern(n whea friends, of the strikers discovered a wag-onload of meat being being-raulcd - raulcd being-raulcd through the atreet by a retail merchant, and chowd jsat;iered and tried to overturn the vehicle, but they .were dispersed before they- had.accomi pllsHed m-ibH. damage. J I The strike leader spent the day In seeing ttirft the boycott against the re retail - tail retail ynerckants which have been placed .under the ban.ef fie unions was being enforced. In aprnp Inatartces the strlk strlk-era - era strlk-era were sfr-fetsful ln cutting off the aujiplyof kXlbut In many of the places the boycrj MJd not work .oa 4well as had beeyB Wted, the retailers being able U jRlVlhat Ice they acquired (a tbelrftfi, wVone. J ' MlVflr) FrTYv7t, Strike BrMtcava Mt WaWii Reception - , at a .Kkma 'TwW ' Kansas (City. AW. .leVA mob of 20 men and beya. packlni"joue strikers and their sympathisers, stopped an In Incoming - coming Incoming train carrying strike breakers at Riverside, Kan., Tuesday night, drove the non-unionists from the train with clubs, threw their baggage Into the Kaw river and aet Ire to the car. The police put out the fire before any damage had bean don. No arrests were made. -J 1 4 j DAVIS SPOKE. Vice Presidential Nomine Also Intra, dufced Hobton. Mountain Lake Park. Md., Aug, 10. Former Senator iSfevIs of West Vir Virginia - ginia Virginia spoke at tbo Chautauqua. It waa "Hobson day ttenafor Davis oke for fifteen rohnues .on the good that the varjoua choutauquas of the country had done for hffcfrec education during thripast few years. " He "closed with fellcltlou,, alluslosai , to Lleutendent Hobson,' whom he. Introduced as oa of the heroes of Santiago. Lleutendent Jlpbeon confined his remarks almost entirely to educational matter. ?' 18 CONFIRMED. FraMena Former Editors Will Hay f tp (Ablby VMIctji J j Manila. Ae, 10-F.U Donyii)dad f". O'Brien, formerly owner and edi editors - tors editors of Freedom, a paper published In this city, were .sentenced somn tlma ago by two 'Philippine courts to sir montna imprisonment ana to nne ef $1000 for libeling M. Tavera, a member Of the Philippine 'commission. Thl sentence 'has nov been' conformed by tne supreme court or tne united State, Where the appeal ya lodged and th prison committed to prison , Five Oars Torned Ovr. Elalnfleld. Ind., Aug. Id Vondalla train No, 20, a through trail from St. liuls. with 360 pabDgera aboard, struck' a broken sail ifcar the .depot here. Five car wre turned over" and destroyed by fire, cajieed hi ,'an explo explosion - sion explosion of a ga 'storfge tankl None of the passengers was killed, and only one. Mrs. E. X. WJgdirson of Antlgp, "Wi.v waa seriously Jnjared; Nearly all the Injuries were eauaed by broken glass. " Reduetlen Accept!. South McAlester. I. T Aug. 10. By n practtcaljy Hnanlmou vote the coal miner f h'e Sevlh MoAJflter district have voted tosaeept the,, reduction" In wages propoaed by the mine ODeratora. ,vThla mean 'that the aatnes new Idle win resume operations. n ?. " ju'i'''"" ,r fc Oail Ff teneMI. n"," r- ifwmn.pi ww.r.-. v, WaahlngtoR, June, 14Tlie, reo9 ihiHeV ef th rrtacy1 ' hit .laaussl"a ll far eeitdttleai ef Mttkalsuks M -- -. . ..-

THE GOODS" The committee recommended the re repeal - peal repeal of Section 86 of the generaXlaws,. which, says: ''Foreman shall not des designate - ignate designate any particular day, nor hew many days a man shall work in any one week." The convention waa pretty eeVhly dlivded, and by a small majority tho recommendantion to repeal was voted down. The recommendation of the commit committee - tee committee that Section 97 be repealed was de defeated. - feated. defeated. The section prohibits the prac prac-tlce - tlce prac-tlce by foremen of selecting their forces from day to day, or from men not reg regularly - ularly regularly empl&yed In the "office. . , Se-tiohs 102 and 103. relating to, the practice of foremen of "phalanxing." or giving out' six-day situations on seven-day papers, thereby controlling extra work, which were recommended for elimination. Were referred back to t .e committee on laws for further ton ton-slderatlohv - slderatlohv ton-slderatlohv ; The convention listened to a nuf.iter of propositions submitted by delegates pertaining o changes in the by-laws which Were unfavorably reported upon by the committee on laws. The report of the committee was sustained) The convention reconsidered Its action taX taX-en - en taX-en earner In the day Jn .voting to abol abolish - ish abolish the enforceirient of the priority law, and referred the matter back to t'ja' committee on laws. ' Wallace Frank, tried at Martin. Tex., on charge Of .killing Will Galloway, Galloway,-was - was Galloway,-was given tWenty'-flve years. Three robbers forced Manager, Lock-' wood of tne Lake Valley Mines com company - pany company at Lake Valley, N. M., to open the safe, which they looted. . g At Tola, Kaufman countyt Texas, two voung irien and a young lady are alleged to have had a shooting affair,' Parties are under bond. ', . Several New Cases. ,Clty of Mexico, Aug. 10. There . nro three cues of yellow fever nt Ve-a Cruz, three at Coatzacoalcos and five at Tehuantepec. There haev been two deaths at the latter place. , "Mild Beer" Selxed. Ardmore, Aug. 10. The government agents seized about 10Q Casks bf what Is termed "mild beer" here. No arrtsta were made. , l ' ' Woman Gets Out ef Jail. Lawton, Okla., Aug, 10, 'Mrs. Beftliiv Morrison, who was confined Itthe Hq. bart Jail, charged with horse sttp!ljiTt escaped from the Institution. She win awaiting the act(onfof ttUi-grand Jiry In the sum of $1000. She escaped by .aid, from the outl44n, unlocking Mioi ."h - A.

MORE BODIES FOUND. Terrlbl Plight of. a Traveling Man From Tenneetee. Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 10. Organized searching parties scoured the Fountain river, banks for many miles Tuesday in the hope of finding the remaining bodies or the victims of Sunday night's wreck at Edeh. Seven more bodies were ' recovered and' a number Identi Identified. - fied. Identified. ' . A coroner's Jury was called, which viewed (he spene of the wreck Tuesday and examined a number of witnesses Tuesday afternoon. The, coronet .issued a public call tc all who had anjr Information concern concerning, - ing, concerning, the wreck to come before the Jury. Four railroad men were examlried. Their, testimony was mainly as to the amount of rain that fell' during the storm in the neighborhood of the wretjk. Again the morgue and urdertaklng establishments were besieged by rela rela-tlevs - tlevs rela-tlevs and .friends. The work of Iden Identification - tification Identification Is proceeding slowly, as th bodies now. befng recovered are In bal c-idltlon. " After wandering about s'lnce the ac ac-cldriet - cldriet ac-cldriet William H. Henry, a traveling man., whose hom$ la In Greenville. Tenp., reached Pueblo to-day. He Is nearly! -t.Ind and almost crazy from hardship and exposure. He had heen carried nine -miles down the river, and hhd been walking aimlessly about without food or water- Pe was taken to a hospital, where he Is tying In a dangerpus condition. He waa carry carrying - ing carrying hla grip when found, but was un unable - able unable to1 give a coherent account Of how he saved himself, arid what happened fo him- At 9 p. m., Tuesday the total number of Identified bodies recovered from the wreck was seveptythree, un- iqentinea. three. The 1st of those 30' rV " .welled tO the total ,to forty. I The party which went south brought m nve oooie Tuesday night night. MUCH BUSINESS. Four Hundred Delegate Present at PrlnUr' Meeting. St. Louis. Aug. 10.The full, quota of. 499 deleirate'were nreaent t TumiIiv'i session i el th intnifaWai TvnA. BrapKIc.! i union. ' '. ' r jyederiek Dris risfoll. the represeata- "dVtfmtbetae. wd a; ad- - - ' It caWtt4f;Va. aeeUji-lJ iared'at' night sloa. , w-. ,v

That you let the ".other fellow" do it, when you compare our printing with the printing of th "other fellow' We pride ourselves on good paper, i good ink and good work. The "other fellow" is a good soul, no doubt, but good souls do not turn out good printing every . . . - .time. The next time you

There was a grand old womai W'ho lived iri & shoe, She midfl several biscuits, But none of thorn would .do, , . . Th flour ho had purchased . JWoaW ot mako good bread; Itjpained her iti the stotatoV ' . ' ' As well as 1b the head, ji . t Om day she got a sack of "Luxury" And ajadosomo very fine bread.

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