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LEAD THE VAN. *
Hy 1>. <J. Stokes.
Do jon wish to be successful
In the struggles of your life:
Then press forward, seeking ever,
The heaviest of the strife.
If the hattle he a fierce one.
Fight it with endurance, vim.
The end is nearer than you thiuk.
And in It you will win.
If yon hattle thus with courage.
The barriers will fall.
Tflii i! find a wav to conquer
Be* the forces great or small.
Let the dictates of your conscience
Guard and guide you in the fray,
And with duty as your watchword,
You will never go astray.
Strive onward, then, and upward,
Itememher. lead the van :
For as fire proves the metal.
f So do trials prove the man.
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? An African Cavern. ?
x By David Slocum. J
It would make a curious book if the
fldvpptnrfts of the volunteers who went
to South Africa to fight for the Boers
could be collected and published. The
cases of some of these men were really
pathetic. Many of them were left
without means to return to America.
A considerable number went to
Lourenco Marques in Portuguese territory,
a miserably poor, unprogressive
colony. A. good many made their way
northward into German East Afriea,
where some settled as colonists, and
others roved about for a while as hunters
and explorers.
Among the latter was a young
-Scotch-Irishman, Norval McClure by
name, who hailed from New Jersey,
near Newark. In company with a
German botanist, named Ludwig
Preuss, and an Arab rais (captain) of
a dhow, or coasting vessel. McClure
went prospecting in the Livingstone
mountains, where they one day discovered
a vast cave.
To reach the entrance of the cavern,
they scaled the smooth face of a cliff,
by means of a rude ladder thirty feet
; long, which they improvised from
poles and tough vines.
The opening was a nearly circular
hole, seven or eight feet in diameter,
and led back into solid rock for about
sixty feet. At the farther end of this
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singular natural corridor they came to
:a vast, dark room, which gave back
portentous echoes to their voices. Mcdure,
who had brought up a few
splints of dry, resinous wood, now
;made use of them as torches. The
'first large room was fifty-one paces ,
on length by twenty-two in width; and j
the roof was so lofty as not to be
visible by the light of the smoky ,
toiches.
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The most interesting feature here
;was the presence, nearly midway, of
"two enormous carved stones which
may once have served as altars for
prehistoric religious rites. Pottery
shards were also found scattered about
1 the floor, which was so uniformly
smooth as to suggest that it had been
made so by human labor.
Passing on from u-.s room by an
arched aperture at the farther end,
'to#?v oame into a succession of three
smaller low rooms, nearly filled with
[recently formed stalactites hanging
like marble icicles from the roof. It
[was with difficulty that they were
able to creep through them and pass
When he had gone the little party
on to a drier and more open portion
of the cave. Here they went through
two other large halls, one of which
had eleven ernormous stalactites in a
iW like large Doric columns, all
stained dark red; the lime-water was
probably impregnated with oxide of
iron.
Next beyond this hall of the columns,
they came into the largest
apartment of all, ascending to it by a !
curious stairway, which, beyond doubt, j
:had been fashioned by human hands, j
Here the explorers felt a warmth in
marked contrast to the chill of the
other portions of the cavern. As to 1
the size or extent of this apartment |
they were unable to judge, except
from the echoes; for the torches which
McClure had brought were now all
turned but two, which he held in reserve,
for finding the way out
The Arab rais, however, -proposed
that they should remain where they
were, while he sent his servant, a
black Zanzibar sailor, named Cufe.
back to the entrance to bring more
splints; this being agreed on, one of j
the remaining torches was lighted and
the black despatched on his errand,
of three sat down to wait; but as I
their eyes grew acustomed to the
darkness, McClure discerned a faint j
gleam of pale light, apparently far
away toward the othr end of the
cave. He was so sure at last that
there was a hole leading out to daylight
in that direction that they began
moving cautiously toward it. Several
cracks in the floor gave them trouble,
but they crept forward, one behind anntbpr
for three hundred feet or more.
and came to a narrow passage that
led steeply down for fifty or sixty
feet to a hole where bright daylight
appeared.
This orifice, when they had descended
to it, was found to open through
the well-nigh perpendicular side of
the mountain, fronting a ravine,
where, at a great depth below, lay a
narrow lake of sea-green water.
Crawling down to the brink, first
McCIure, then Preuss and the Arab
rais peeped fearfully out. Concluding
that it would %be impossible to descend
into the* ravine, they srarted to
creep back up the steep approach to
cave, which was here no wider
than an ordinary staircase. McClure
had reached the great. dark room
again, the others being close behind
him. when he saw the dull glow of
a torch far away on the side from
which they had come. It was the
black sailor. Cute. coming back with
more splints for torches.
Several times as they had come
through the lofty room they had noticed
low. snapping sounds, accompanied
by a vague stir as of living
creatures. It seemed to McCIure. too,
that he caught glimpses of minute.
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faintly sliming points an auuuu out
although the explorers frequently
stopped to listen, they had determined
nothing with certainty.
The Arab captain now called out to
his servant to advance slowly and
mind his steps. But the Zanzibari,
being probably frightened, rushed toward
the sound of their voices, with
the result that a moment later he
fell headlong into one of the chasms
in the floor. As he went down he
uttered a frightful yell, and that
single loud cry appeared to act as a
j note of invocation to all the uncanny
I spirits of the cave.
Instantly there broke forth a chorJ
us of wild, harsh shrieks, a snapping
I and clacking as of a million jaws and
beaks, a strange, hoarse squeaking as
of ten thousand rusted hinges, and
a deafening burst of noise like rumbling
thunder in subterranean vaults.
The three explorers, who had started
to hasten to Cufe's assistance, were
suddenly overborne and pushed bodily
backward down the steep descent toward
the hole by a rushing torrent
of furry bodies and madly flapping
wines. It was only by the utmost
exertion of their strength, lying face
downward and clutching at crevices
and angles of the rocky floor of the
passage, that they saved themselves
from being carried, out at the hole
and hurled into the abyss below.
The strange winged creatures were
bats, as large as barn fowls, of a species
hitherto undescribed. Cufe's
torch, or his shriek as he fell, had
startled them from their roosting
places on the walls and roof of the
cave, and set them flying out. For
more than twenty minutes the outward
flight of the bats continued
without abatement.
The men dared not stir or lift their
heads, since the flying bodies were
constantly hurtling past so close as
to graze them.
The living torrent slackened after a
time and gradually ceased. Then McClure
and his two companions made
their way cautiously back into the
large, dark room from which the bats
had emerged, shouting to Cufe. Obtaining
no answer, they lighted their
last splint and made hasty search for
him. The narrow chasm into which
he had fallen looked very deep.
Again and again they shouted, but
got no response. They dared npt
linger lest they should be lost in the
darkness of the cavern; they beat a
hasty retreat, reaching the first of the
lofty rooms just as th^ splint was
j consumed. From this room they had
i literally to grope their way to the entrance.
The sun had already set when they
emerged from the cavern, and before
more torchwood could be prepared, a
j fierce squall, accompanied by lightning
and thunder, -swept the moun'
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|: lainsiue. Dill wc.r ui 11W!. t/.
another armful of splints and re-en|
tered the cave, to renew the search
! for the missing Zanzibari. The chasm
proved to be very deep. Splints
dropped into it fell sheer down for
forty or fifty feet. The explorers were
unable to find Cufe, who had undoubtedly
been killed outright.?Youth's
Companion.
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Mr. Chamberlain's Command.
The latest anecdote concerning Mr.
William Waldorf Astor refers to a
certain dinner party given by the
Anglicised American at which Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain and his wife were
guests. We give it for what it is
worth?only that and nothing more.
Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain started in
ample time, but owing to a block in
the train, were delayed, and arrived
one minute late. Ushered into the reception
room, they found it vacant.
The guests had been seated promptly
on the stroke of the hour. Mr. Chamberlain
wasn't worried.
"Tell Mr. Astor to come and conduct
Mrs. Chamoerlain to the table,"
he said in his blandest tone to the
foctman.
"Y-y-y-es, sir," said the servant, with*
one glance at the awe-inspiring monHe
must have delivered the |
message, for Mr. Astor came.?Waverley
Magazine.
The Japanese in New York.
The number of the Japanese on the |
Atlantic Coast is small, compared with
that on the Pacific Coast There are
about 2000 Japanese in the Greater
New York and its surrounding states;
about 200 are Christians. In New
York city there are 20 stores and
business offices representing the large |
companies in Japan; and 20 students j
in Columbia university and 11 in the I
Union theological seminary, and many J
in the different schools. The great j
number of the 2000 are students, 1
whether they are in school or tem- i
porarily occupying some positions. The j
others are merchants, artisans, architects,
engineers, etc. Those who are ;
temporarily cooks or butlers are am,
bitious and discontented with servitude.
All the Japanese thirst for
j knowledge and culture.
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Their Ancestors.
"Have the Newlyriches got qtiite
settled in their new mansion?"
"Oh, yes. They've got all their ancestors
hung except a few who were
hung on earth."?Town Topics.
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MASAI CREATION MYTHS.
Close Resemblance to Old Testament
Narrative.
('apt. Merker. a German officer, who
has <i)ent some ten years in German
East Africa, has written a very interesting
ethnographical monograph on
the .Masai natives, in which be describes
not only the manners and customs
of that race, but also their language
and traditions. According to
Capi. Merker, the Masai have had
handed down to them a story of the i
first creation of the world and the human
race which bears a remarkable
resemblance to that contained in the
Old Testament.
The Masai relate that:
In the beginning the earth was a
barren, dry desert, in which there
lived a Dragon. Then God came down
from heaven, fought against the Dragon
and vanquished it. There where
God slew the beast and poured out its
blood there arose a Paradise luxuriant
with the richest xegetation. (The natiee
word for tnis Paradise is
"Kerio.") Then God created by His
word sun. moon, stars, plants and animals.
and la?t of all He made the first J
human couple to arise.
Hereupon follows a description of ,
how God commanded the couple in j
question to abstain from eating the ;
fruit of a certain tree, and how on
His one day paying a visit, as was His '
custom, to Paradise, He found them !
guiltiy trying to hide from Him. It j
was the Serpent here, too, who was j
at fault, and the woman who had sue- I
to ir? tenant at inn tc> eat the
fruit. The Serpent, according to the
Masai tradition, had three heads, and
was punished by God by being commanded
to live forever in the "holes
of the earth."
The two human beings were then
driven out of the Garden of Paradise
by the "Morning Star," which was ordered
to stand at the gate to keep it.
Then the human race grew in number,
and genealogies are recorded very
similar to those in the Bible account,
until the first murder was committed,
when a flood was caused to appear.
Instead of Noah, a good old man
named Tumbalnot was bidden build a
"wooden chest" and betake himself
into it with his belongings and animals
of every kind. From the ark, too,
as in the Bible story, Tumbainot sent
out a dove, but besides the dove, he
also despatched a vulture to find out
how the flood was looking. At the
conclusion of the flood a four-fold rainbow
appeared as proof of the cessation
of God's ire.
The Jacob's ladder also plays a part
in the Masai tradition, but it used for
a purpose very different from that in
the Old Testament, being a means
whereby God climbs down from heaven
to visit the human race on earth.
Mention is also made in the native
tradition of the deception of the first
born, and of the law of circumcision,
the latttr being sent through Marumi,
the Moses of the Masai. Moreover,
the Masai tell of the giving out from a
mountain top of the Ten Command
ments, among wnicn are sptcicii wmmands
not to have more gods than
one, not to kill, and not to commit
adultery.?London Standard.
The Wheat Map.
The Northwestern Miller, in its
beautiful holiday edition, issues a
wheat map of the United States which
shows some startling comparisons.
Vermont was once the granary of
New York city. It now produces only
one bushel of wheat for more than 200
in Minnesota, the banner state.
Rochester was once known as the
"Flour City." Now it is called the
"Flower City." But new York still
raises as much wheat as Wisconsin.
Maryland produces more than either,
Texas nearly twice as much and Pennsylvania
three times as much. Only
eight states surpass Pennsylvania in
wheat-raising.
Kansas produces nearly as much
wheat as both the Dakotas, which are
much more often mentioned as wheat
states.
Only a trifle more than half-of the
wheat crop grows west of the Mississippi.
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio still
produce 30,000,000 bushels, which is
more than any far western state, and
over one-eighth of the whole crop. I
Little Delaware raises more wheat j
than aJI New England. Virginia, vvesi
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
North Carolina raises 35,000,000 bushels.
New York is the second flour-milling
centre in the United States,
though far behind Minneapolis, which
can grind 82,000 barrels a day to New
York's 14,000.?New York World.
A Kansas "Leader."
An Erie man. who has no ambition
to be a Chesterfield or a leader of
Erie's 400, was invited out to dinner
a few evenings ago. He conjured up
every excuse imaginable, and as a
last resort tried to make his wife believe
she was sick and unable to go,
but she gave him to understand that
she was going and he must accompany
her. "Well," be said. "I'm sick my
self, but I reckon I'll have to go."
And they went. When the first course
was brought on the old gentleman
filled up pretty well, hut seemed to be
getting along all right. In the middle
of the second course he declared
he was full "clean up," and pushed
back from the table. "Ahem, you
folks jist go ahead an' eat your supper
an' don't mind me. I've got to go
home an' feed the pigs."?Erie (Kan.)
Record.
A scientist, who has investigated
the matter, states that men who are
employed in the Paris sewers are as
healthy as the average person, and
no other eight hundred men in that
citv are so free from zymotic diseases.
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' STATE NEWS ITEMS. 71
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Will and George Bell Convicted.
William T. Bell and George Beii, '
v.hi e men of Horry county, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Millie Bell
(wife of George Beli and aunt of Wii- |
[ ham T. bell.) have been convicted of j
manslaughter in the Horry county sessions
court and sentenced to eleven |
and five years, respectively, in the peaherniary.
The two young brothers of
William T. Bell and one Van Bulloofc,
indicted as accessories to the <rim<4 j
were acquitted.
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Trolley Mail Service for Aiken.
1 The efforts of Postmaster E. D.
rrnythc of Augusta, Ga.. covering a
period of about two years, towards i
having the A'ken trolley cars used for
handling maii between Augusta, Aiken
and intervening points, have been rJ*
["v.rdod with success. He received'an
jnncanr.eir.ent. from iho postoffice dens:
(men: a few days ago to the? effect
thai troliey ear service would be in
overrated March 13.
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To Restrict Sale of Seed.
The form of agreement has been
drawn up for signatures by the farmers
and dealers ot* long staple cotton,
restricting the seed to South Carolina
parties that the cultivation in Georgia,
Florida and other places may be
checked.
The cotton raised in these alien
places does not reproduce itself, and
the cultivation will* be materially reduced,
unless the South Carolina cotton
seed is sold. The agreement will
be ratified in Charleston on March
22. and will then go into effect.
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Beats Freedom in Russia.
According to a Columbia news item
the Greenville police hare a peculiar
case on their hands which is puzzling
them no little.
A Russion immigrant with an unpronouncable
name, after serving a
sentence on the gang for a petty offense,
was so much pleased with his
Iroatmont oc a nriennor tHat ho ra.
fuses to leave and declares that he
will spend the remainder of his life
with the police.
He says life as a prisoner in America
beats freedom in Russia.
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Barred by High License.
A Charleston news item says: It is
probable that the oyster and clam
dealers and canning factories will test
the constitutionality of the new law
passed for the protection of the shell
Qsh industry. The high license of $400
and the tax of 3 cents on every bushel
of oyster and clams marketed and the
provisions affecting the boats engaged
in the business are considered too
drastic, practically amounting to a prohibition,
and unless the law is amended
or its operation held up by the
court, the doors of the factories and
dealers will have to close, according
to a well-informed authority.
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Youth Admits Crime of Arson.
Raymond Bowman, the white boy
wiiy oyicau outu tciiui wim many
fires in Charleston until his final capture,
plead guilty to the charge of
arson in the court of general session.
The evidence was convincing and the
boy saw that his only hope of getting
a lighter sentence rested in pleading
guilty and asking the mercy of the
court. The jury recommended the
plea of mercy and Bowman was saved
from the gallows, which the -aw provides,
except in recommendations <5f
mercy. The boy set a number of fires
in the space of about two weeks, caus ng
a loss of $40,000.
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May Musical Festival.
The eleventh annual music festival
of the South Atlantic States will be
given in Spartanburg *on May 3, 4,
and 5, 1905. As usual there will be
two afternoon concerts and three even.ng
concerts. There will also be a
popular concert, a symphony concert
and an artist concert.
Dr. Manchester, formerly of Boston,
,vho succeeds Dr. Peters as director of
he Converse Choral Society, is of
.ride national reputation and under his I
1 recti on t he prospects are favorable
! .'ct one of the most successful festi!
,ais in the history of this famous
society.
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Big Fire Loss in BrooKland.
Fire in Brookiand, a suburb of Co |
1 nimbia. across the Congaree river, de- j
siroyed iiroperty to the extent of |50,- j
too.
The flames were not brought under I
control until they had burned to the
.use of The town. The burned district
a half mile in length and several
. locks wide.
The Methodist church, residences of
mill officials and operatives' houses,
constitute the destroyed property. The
..antes spread so rapidly That house*
i old effects moved into the streets
were totally destroyed. It is estimated
that 125 houses were destroyed. The j
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town has no fire protection. This is ;
the village of *hy Columbia duck mills, j
which is owned by the duck trust. ;
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Drowned in Empty Post Hole. J
At Columbia, one day the pa,?- j
week, the 4-year-old dapghter of Mr. j
and Mts. h. T. Wright lost her life j
by falling head-first into a post-hole j
filled with water. Several little girls J
were engaged at the Wright home In j
a game of "hide and seek," and get
i;ng urea or me game quit, ana tnen j
| for the first time noticed tie absence j
| of little Annie. Search was made Eh* i
> mediately and after some little time j
! she was found, fallen headforemost j
j into an empty post-hole half full of {
water. The sural In ess of the hole pro- j
I vented iter from extricating herself, j
; cr making an outcry. When found i
| her body was wedged tightly into the j
hole, so much so that some difficulty j
was experienced in getting it out. She !
! was strangled to death almost imfhe- !
| diateiy. - j
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| toftS. CKADWICK IN COLLAPSE. !
' Couldn't Stand Strain in Court?Car- I
; ncgie an Interested Witness.
? A Cleveland. Ohio, dispatch says: A
: complete nervous collapse by Mrs. j
Cass.t- L. Chadwick brought the firo't
day of ..er trial tor alleged violation j
of the national bank laws, to an ab- j
rupi close Monday afternoon.
B. H. Waiter of Oberlln. the sec- !
Olid witness called by the state, was j
on the s;and. and had answered but j
: two questions when Mrs. Chadwick.
i who was very pale, whispered to her j
I attorneys that she would be compelled
: tn loavo tho rr?nm
! She passed out quickly, and upon
reaching the ante-room sank into a
chair in a faint. She soon revived,
but was in no condition to return to
the court room, however, and Judge
Taylor adjourned the trial until Tuesday
morning. j
The trial began in the United States
district court before Judge R1 W. Tay- j
j >lor. No one was admitted to the
courtroom without credentials.
The case was set for 9:30 o'clock, j
! and ten minutes prior to that time
| Mrs. Chadwick came into court in
i the custody of two bailiffs.
After a few preliminaries, District
i Attorney Sullivan briefly addressed
| the jury, stating the charges against
Mrs. Chadwick.
Mr. Dawley, for the defense, then
commenced the examination of the
jury. He was busy with the third
juror when the door opened and Andrew
Carnegie, followed by S. T. Ev|
erett, at whose home he is staying,
j entered the room.
! Mr. Carnegie gave one quick glance
| at the woman sitting by the table and
j then walked quietly past her to aseat
on the east side of the courtroom.
j Mrs. Chadwick was ignorant of his
j arrival, and made no sign as he passed
her. Later the information was whispered
to her that Mr. Carnegie was
in the room, hut she did not turn her
head nor glance in hie direction.
Mr. Carnegie, on the contrary, seemed
to be highly interested in Mrs.
Chadwica, and as he sat where he
could study her closely without being
himself observed, he tori: advantage
of his opportunity to the full and subjected
her from time to time to close
! scrutiny.
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FEES OF LAWYERS FIXED.
Judrje Spcer Allots Amounts In Lumber
Company Case.
At Macon, Ga., Thursday, Judge
Spcer fixed the attorney's fees in the
Red Cyprus Lumber Company case
after hearing the argument 0& the
j exception taken to Special Master Jno.
j R. L. Smith's report. These feea
amount in the aggregate to $27,600,
about 4 per7 cent of the amount Intmli-o/}
-in/} om rfistrlhnted as follows:
i If VAJ&U ** V M'-VJ. -- For
each of.the receivers, $5,000; for
the 'counsel for the bankrupt, $3,500;
for the counsellors who defeated the
mortgage of $108,000, the sum of $3,000;
for the counsel for the general
creditors, $10,000; for the committee
appointed by the creditors, $600, and
for the special master, $500.
RED LIQUOR IS PLENTIFUL.
Prohibition Does Not Seem to Prohibit
in City of Charlotte. I
During the month of February.which i
j is the second month of prohibition in J
! Charlotte. N. C., the phvs;cians of the !
| ritv wrote 1,694 prescriptions for whig. '
j key. j
| These prescriptions were filled at j
I seven drug stores. One drng store j
| fiTled 535. which is the highest nurabeT i
! of the seven, the lowest be'ng 71. Dur- j
i 5ns: tfje mourn or January tne nurauer >
filled was 848. |
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j THE SAN DOMINGO TREATY- I
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President Will Ask New Senate to !
Ratify Convention.
President Roosevelt will send to tbe
new senate a special message relating
i to the Santo Domingo treaty. The
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I message will present in concrete form j
the circumstances of the negotiations I
of the convention and the arguments j
on which its ratification is urged by j
the administration. j
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DISLODGING SLAVS
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Japs are Busy Driving Russians
Into Mukden,
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SUCCESSION OF VICTORIES
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Mikado's Forces Capture Large Quantities
of Stores While Driving , /
the Enemy from Many
; Positions. ...j C
Advices received In Tokio from f
headquarters of the Japanese armies
in Manchuria show that the Japanese
activity on the extreme right con- v j
ttnues. l'MLl Wing it vicscju^ tui _
I ward and Is dislodging the Russians
i A dispatch from the front says: . #
"Our troops in Sing King (Yenden) I
j direction are occupying Tsing Ho- I
! chong (Tsinkhetchen?) and pursuing I
the enemy northward. We captured-' |
large quantities of provisions at Tsing- J
; hocheng. ' J
"Our force at Henshshue is gradu- 8
ally dislodging the enemy from his j
' position 13 miles northeast of Ben* m,
j ziaputse and from another position f
i seven miles northwest The first poo- S
| tlon is four miles west of the second. 9
; Our force has pressed the tenei*|y 1
| northward of the Sbakhe river and ' |l
j has occupied Sunmupaotzu, Tiaochin- I
I hutun and Sunhupoatzu, three miles 9
| north of Wjaito mountain. 1
"The enemy has many field and I
j heavy siege funs on either side of '-9
| the railroad heretofore unused and fs I
I now shelling us." 9
A dispatch from Tokio to The Lon- -9
don Daily Telegraph states that the 1
Japanese are endeavoring to force a ' ml
decisive battle in Manchuria, but that j
it Is feared General Kuropatkin ' vrM |J
retreat, fighting a rear-guard action. J
Reports from the Shakhe river indicate,
saya the same correspondent, I
that the Russian morale is serionppr B
impaired and there fire numerous vol- JB
nntary surrenders, not only of Poles ,9
and Jews, but of recently arrived
European troops. They relate that 9
rumors are current in the army that ^9
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i General nuropaiKiu una uccu i <n?uv> , _
i and knowledge of the internal tron- fl
* bles in Russia causes a deep depres- 'a
sion in the army. _ Jfl
Reports are current at Tokio, bat j I
not confirmed officially, that the %Jap- 38
anese haye occupied Sakhalien. fl
Chinese arriving in Niuchwang from .8
Mukden report that the Japanese have fl
advanced almost to Miukden. ThaT m
Russians having been reinforced have Jfl
recaptured several positions out of <|8
which they had been driven. The hat* fl
tie is still raging. . |9
BUSY DAY IN THE SENATE, f J
Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill Passed j|
After Much Debate. f |8
The senate Thursday passed the
sundry civil appropriation bill carry- jfl
lng about $68,000,000. Varions amend- ^ jfl
ments were offered to the measure and 9
most of them were debated at somo
length.
When the hill came up the house ) i
provision relating to the expenses of
federal judges was amended at the
Instance of Mr. Piatt of Connecticut 8*
as to provide pay for "reasonable expenses
actually incurred for travel an* \ j
attendance," not exceeding $10 a
day. . : \
Mr. Culberson presented an amend- J
ment prohibiting the allowance of fees
to United States district attorneys is - J
excess of their salaries. It was aimed- ' n
especially at the New York district .11
attorney. Mr. Bacon suggested a sal- v ml
ary of $10,000 for the New York offi-- II
cer and with this change the am^nd- I
ment was adopted. It prohibits the % I
payment of fees to district attorney* I
except in the case of the District of * I
Columbia. ] I
The house bill for the celebration of I
' the anniversary of the first English w . j
| speaking settlement in America on or ^1
near the waters of Hampton Roads.Vir- fl
ginia, appropriating $250,000 for the I
purpose, was passed. I
The general deficiency hill wa3 pass- 1
ed after str;k;ng out a provision appro- 11
priating $190,000 to pay mileage to -MM
senators and members on account of II
the extra session of the fifty-eighth - ll
congress. j 11
NEW RAILROAD PROPOSED. I M
Line of Brief Length to be Built in,' ll
Screven County, Georgia. |l
Application wiil be made in a fe^ - II
days to the secretary of state for a MI
charter for the Sylvania and Burton'i - 11
ferry railroad, in Screven county, II
Georgia. .^1
The proposed line is 18 miles in - IH
length, and will run in a northerly ai- ll
recti on from Sylvania, crossing Briei ? II
creek at Mill Haven. H
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