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THE LEADER, GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1904.
JAPS READY FOR
FORWARD MOVEMENT
Japanese General Staff Has Started
for Chemulpo and Korea May
Soon be the Scene of a Land
Engagement.
'rabies that ftie a'eamers gunk by
'Japanese on el* her side of the Russian |
! battleship Re'vizan at Port Ar:iiui
i partially obstruct the en ranee to the
harbor.
The Best Cough Syrup.
R L. Apple, ex-probate Judge, Otta
\va Co.. Kansas, writes: "This is *o
I say that I have used Ballard's Hore-
iiound Syrup for years, and that I do
not hesitate to recommend It as the
, best cough syrup I have ever used.
L'fic. 50c ami $1.00. Sold by F. li. Lillli
A: CO.
Salary Grafe
Congress Planning ;
Raid on Treasury for
Self Benefit
Mi
[By Associated Pre*.] signed on Tuesday last between .la
Parit, March 1.—The Associated pan and Korea provides for the latter
Dewey Trial
(By Associated Press )
Norton, Kas., March 1.—In the tr
(By Associated Press )
Washington, D. C„ March 1—Sen-
ator Galllnger :«>day introduced a till
in creating the salaries of the execu-'
tlve officers of the government and j
also of senators ami members of the,
house of representatives. The bl j
fixes the following scale:
President, $75,000; vice president,
$15,000; speaker of the house of rep-
a lve. $12,000; members of the,
It you will pay a vis'to the
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• By Associated Press.)
St. Louis, Mo., March 1.—F.
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Press is informed that authoritative conforming to Japanese i<leas of re- to<lay of Chauncey Dewey. Wm. Mc- cabinet, $15,000 each; senators and
advices have been received to the ef- form. Japan pledging the safety of Br|()e nml CIy(> wilson, for the mur- members of the house. $S,000 each,
feet that the Japanese general staff Korean royalty and territorial inde- ^p,. ()j jjurchard Berry. McBride,-one • pht> bill provides that the new sal-
left Japan today for Chemulpo, Korea, pendence. Japan is authorized to re 'o( tlw jefen,iants. took the s and an' arle, sball take effect .March 4, 1995.
This is accepted as showing that all sis the encroachments of a third par- <Jented that he had ever mad* a state-
troops necessary for a forwari move- ty and to occupy Korean territory it ment tj,at he had ever said that if _
ment have been landed in Korea and nceessary for strategic purposes. This ^ pewej.s COuUl not buy the se tiers
R is expected tha' the movement of provision of tho treaty justifies Ja jn gouthern Kansas out, or they would
troops forward will begin the last of pan's occupation of Chemulpo an 1 (lrlve them out or ..km 0„t."
• his week. Seoul and the probable movement* McBride told of going to tbe Berry
northward. The treaty ?s considered ranc|, for a tank that Dewey had pur-
Another Port Arthur Engagement. tiiglriy satlsfac ory by both parties chase,j. He had carried a rifle *nd
Chefoo. March 1—A Russian official The Korean envoy, who is procee iing revolver and said hat Dewey had
dispatch says that the Japanese .e- to Peking, during an interview today wantec] him to go along because he
newed the a tack on Port Arthur on with Governor LockhSrd, expressed wng a Cons"abl?. He corroborated th j
the morning of February 26. The fleet!convictions that the treaty would be test!mony gjven yesterday to the ef-
kept beyond the range'of all but tbe of highest benefit to Korea, provided fpct ,hat the Berry boy"s hBl, 8mtel {hp tr)a] of LorJ Barrington, charge(1
most powerful land batteries. The Russian encroachments were frustrat .owar(1 lhem wi;h drawn revolvers as
engagement lasted one hour, the Jap- ed and that. Japan would incur Koreas the Dewey party made a move toward
anese then retiring. Their loss is un- deepest debt of gratitude. the land and declared that the B 'rrys
known. The Russian cruiser Askold ha 1 fired first.
had one gun dismounted and two men RUSSIAN SCOUTS DRIVEN BACK. "Burch Berry fired directly at me
injured. At low water on Feb. 28 the (By Associated Pr«s .) 'wice" testified McBride. "1 put rt
Russians discovered a Japanese tor- Che Foo, March 1.—The Twenty- cartridge in my gun and fired at him.
pedo boat destroyer which had been ninth Japanese infantry, occupying _nd he fell j fired a- him because be
sunk, on the shore of the outer har- Ping Yang, midway between Seoul flre(J at me and ,0 protect my life."
bor. They also found five unexploded ' and Yaltt river, on Sunday met a body | -
of Russian cavalry scouts north of Nothing More Dangerous
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Monauan, who knew James P. Mc-
Cann, the murdered horseman, in Chi-
cago, was the first witness today in
THERE IS NO END TO
OKLAHOMA GRANITE DEPOSITS
wi h his killing He testified as to ] —
the identification of the body, assert- j
ing that he coujd uot be mistaken, granite used in the United States,comes from Scotland. On this im-
Charles Fillingham, a passenger on With the building of the Chicago, ported article the United States has
the car on which Barrington and Mc- j Rock Island and Pacific railway
Cann went to Bonfils station on the)through the western portion of Okla
day of he murder, identified Barring-
ton as one of the passengers and'Mc-
Cann's photograph as that of the
other.
torpedoes. ,
Ping Yang and drove them back. It T),an Cutting Corns. Tbe Foot-Ease
(By Associated Press.) Is estimated that 60,000 Japanese ganjtary Corn Plasters cure by ab-
Japanese Active in Korea. 'roops have been landed at Chemulpo. 1 sorption Some hing entirely new.
Liao Yang, Manchuria, March 1.— Transports now are not escorted by Thp sanitary 0|]s and vapors do the
The Japanese have occupied Ichlo war vessels. t Work. Sol: by all druggists 25c. or by
Yang, Korea, and are now fortifying
the walls of the town. This was the RUSSIAN PATRIOTISM,
objective point of General Mishtlch- (By Associated Presa.)
enko. who with a detachment of Moscow, March 1.—A large and rep-
mounted Cossacks as announced yes- resentative meeting of marshals, no-1
terday, had reached Kasanja, Korea, billty and chief government officials
was held today to discuss the best
Railway on Ice. me hods of assisting Russian wound-
Irkutsk, Siberia, March 1.—The first ed during the war in the Far East. At
complete train traversed Lake Baikal the close of the meeting a telegram
on the ice railroad today. was dispatched io the czar expressing
unbounded loyalty to him. His maj-
Vice Admiral Gets Busy. esty immediately replied, expressing
Sebastopol, Russia, March 1.—Vice his heartfelt gratituiJe for the noble
Admiral Bezobrazoff has left here for thought which inspired the message
■Cronstadti to take command of the and sentiments voiced toward himself.
second division of the Baltic fleet.
Port Arthur Bombardment.
Looking for a Clash. | London, March 1.—A dispatch today
Mukden, Manchuria, March 1.—The to the Dally Telegraph from Via Kow,
troops are in excellent splri s, expect- da'ed February 29, says:
Ing to meet the Japanese soon. j Fifteen Japanese warships furiously
— bombarded Port Arthur from 10 to 12
Czar Wants to Fight o'clock this morning. The Russian
New York, March 1.—The czar de- cruisers Novik, Askold and Bayan. ac-
sires to go to the Far East, according companied by four torpedo boats
to a dispatch from Vienna. The Zeit. steamed out to meet the attack. They
published In the la ter city, asserts were however, forced to reiire. The
that the statement is confirmed by an Askold was in a sinking condit on.
exalted military authority, who de The Novik was badly damaged, and a
The Rns-
was again
MUCH LIQUOR SOLD TO INDIANS.
Interior Department is Determined to
Enforce the Law on Reservations.
Washington, D. C., March 1.—Offi
mail. Sample mailed FREE. Address, I cjajs 0f jjje interior department have
i \llen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
determined to stop tfie sale of liquor
on Indian reservations. Recently
for years paid a high duty in addition
:o the cost in freight rates in trans-
porting the same. With the red gran-
ite from the Oklahoma fields on the
market, a decided change in condi-
tions will be made possible and red
granite will again become very popu-
lar for monumental work as well as
for building purposes.
The Oklahoma granite is easy t&
reach and may be removed from the
honra, a new and valuable industry
was macie possible—the quarrying of
granite and its preparation for com-
mercial purposes. The vast deposits
of granite in this territory have been
brought into railroad communication
with the commercial world and with-
in a very short time this new industry
has been rapidly developed.
The Oklahoma granite fields are lo- quarries with but lit le expense; in
cated principally in Greer county and additiof! to the Rock Island both tho
consist for the most part of high and I Frisco and the Kansas City, Mexico
massive mountains and there is such.& Orient—the Stillwell enterprise
Commissioner Jones of the Indian u- an abundance of this rock above have built main lines through the
ireau has received reports from In- ground that it" alone would supply the grani e region, and connecting lines
jdian agents hat the liquor laws are granite using world for many years to place the .Oklahoma granite in touch
j eing violated on their reservations and | Come. The quality is the very best.jwith the principal markets. The
itha* the offenders are not being pun- The greater portion is solid red gran- granite from this territory can be put
|i:4>ed. Commissioner Jones had a ite, pronounced by exper's to be the on the market at a much lower cost
conference with Secretary Hitchcock ef!„a] of the celebrated Peterhead Red compare i to tha' of the imported
It was 1 tfxlay an3 it was decided to employ scotch granite and equally adaptable article from Scotland. The result ia
special agents to obtain evidence. The for monumental and building purposes, i plain. It means a revolution in tha
... . . t ,. | commissioner sent to congress today xhe Oklahoma granite may be quar-' granite industry.
t at troops sioii no _> ^ letter asking that an appropriation rje(j jn great blocks whic hadds much! In the line of monumental granitet
^si imus o ^ anama. ,r' r ^ )r0_!of $10,000 be authorized by the Indian t0 j(s monetary value as well as in-1it is a well known fact that the sup-
>een sent to t c n in an . i appropriation bill to be used in paying1 creases its desirability for building.ply is obtained and manufactured in
pare for service there will be revoke ^ thft' |New England. The freight ra es from
New England to the Missouri river in-
(By Associated Press )
Washington, D. C., March 1.-
decided a' the cabinet meeting today
,, , ... .. '< the salaries of these agents during the purposes.
Marines will con inue to guard inter- i1" 1
,T .. , ,. next six mon;ns.
United States on the
ests of the
isthmus.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab-
lets. All druggists refund the monoy
if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's sig-
nature is on each box. 25c.
clares that the Russian emperor ex-
pects to main ain the fighting trad
tions of his ancestors and by his pres-
ence to encourage his sol ders.
RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS.
(By Assoc;n ed Press.)
Euez, March 1.—The Russian cruls- at P°r! Arthur,
er Aurora, with five torpedo boats, has
arrived here.
torpedo boa' was sunk.
sian battleship Retvizan
damaged.
I The Japanese withdrew in good
order.
No news published here today of
The commissioner said that the laws
: were stringent enough but at present
! it was very difficult to secure convic-
tions and that in the few cases of con-
victions it was the "go-be weens" and
not the liuor dealers who were punish-
ed. Mr. Jones said that with the ap-
propriation requested reliable men
could be employed to collect evidence.
The appropriation will be inserted
when the Indian bill comes up in the
house.
Already the Rock Island company is
blasting away Headquarters moun-
ain, a solid mountain of granite—a
historic mountain in Oklahoma his-
crease the cost of the rough and fin-
ished stone a least one hundred per
cent. This considered, it can readily
INCREASE CHOCTAW
torv-for the railway company wants be seen what an opportunity for re-
ducing the price of granite both in the
territory west of Chicago and that of
St Louis is made possible by tije
marke ing of Oklahoma granite.
Parties from Montpelier, Vermont,
were the first on the ground with an
! organized company to develop the
Both Kansas and
Missouri capitalits were interested
with those of Vermont in financing
the rock for ballasting its roadbed on j
all divisions of the system. A spur
has been built to the mountain from
Granite, the nearest town, and many|
carloads are daily 'aken out. Thej
first order the people of Granite re-|
ceived, after the completion of the;
railroad into that town, was one for!Oklallorna field-
ona million tons for Rock Island bal-
j last,
in the districts affected by the
operations or movements other than
(By Associated Press )
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Express says it has been offi-1ln 8,1 forei®n Srain markets were ,he
cially announced that t he Japanese
ma 1 boat service between Shanghai
(By Associated Press )
Chicago, III., March 1.—A break of
4% cents in May wheat occurred to-
dav, that op ion selling down to 96!,i ,
Sharp losses saw segregation of 140,000 acres of
SEGREGATION. ^ sprjng floods and for this amoun, and managing 'he company; quarries
D. C., March l.-A bill (he pr,ce q{ flfty centg per ton was have been established and immediate
Representative Curtis offpre(5 j work was commenced. A plant to
dress the stone is to be located at
Washington,
intro&uced by
in the house today provides that, in
addition to the Choctaw and Chicka-
| on general liquidation.
1 cause.
Suez. March 1.—United States tor- an<* JaI>an wi" ''>e resumed Saturday
pedo boat destroyer flotilla, bound for without naval escorts. Many alleged;
Manila, under convoy of the cruiser j dlspos.tio'ns of the opposing forces,
Buffalo, sailed southward this morn- lire published this morning, but thej
ing.
mineral lands, there shall be segregat-
ed an improved tract of 330 acres,
forming a s rip immediately south of
the segregation.
pru
offered.
The finding of red granite in Okla- j
horna is one of the important 'discov- ':,'ani"5' equipped with all the latest
eries of the present day. It Is a dis- machinery and devices for handling
coverv. the value of which would be1™'1 cnt,in* stone: impressed air will
RUSSIA IS AMIABLE.
(By Associated Prega.)
differ very much in detail to be of any
great value. According to a report
from S . Petersburg a body of Cos-'
sa.'ks from the South Ussurl province.
Mulcted
OIL PRODUCTION OF U. S.
difficult to estimate. Not only is red
granite very scarce, bu also the cost
is correspondingly high as a conse
quenee. The larger portion of the red
be the motive power. Other com-
panies are now in the field and there
1 are daily arriving prospectors who de-
sire to investigate and invest.
D. C., March 1.—The, with quick firing guns advanc'ng along
(By Associated Press )
Jefferson City, Mo., March 1.—Mrs.
S. L. Longan of Henry county, secured
certain officers of the American army
be permitted to accompany the Rus-
sian troops and witness their opera-
tions in the war with Japan.
AMERICAN REFUGEES.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington,
Russian army formally has granted lf|e sea coast of Korea to prevent the j jU(lgment jn t.he supreme court today
the request of the United Sta'es that landing of the main Japanese army j()r j^fiOO against Prof. S. A Wei
and the comment is made that possi mer of gn in3titute a- Neva(ia. The
bly the landing at Possiet bay may
have been made with the in'ention
of attacking this force.
A dispatch from Shanghai to the
Daily Chronicle says the Russians
ar# transferring the guns from the
Washington, D. C„ March l.-Unlted disabled ships at Port Arthur to theidamagea an(J (he supreme court af.
Sta'ee Minister Allen cableB the state forts here. firmed the judgment.
department from Seoul that In pur- A dispatch from Chefoo to the
suance of a narrangement he has Standard dated Feb. 29, says a Jap-
made with the Japanese minister a anese cruiser and torpedo boat en-
returning transport will bring Ameri- tered that harbor without lights at 1
cans from Ping Yang. Americans In o'clock on the morning of the 29tli
Seoul and vicinity have already been and i' is believed they embarked the
Bent to the Philippines. Minister Al- Japanese who took
len says hat Russion scouts on ar- the attempt to bottle up Port Arthur.
riving at Ping Yang yesterday were A correspondent of the Times at
Wei Hal Wei cabl'ng under date of
Feb. 20. says
In 1902, it Was 89,2/5,302 Barrels,
Worth $71,397,739.
Washington, D. C., March 1.—The
census bureau today issued a prelim-
nary report on the production of
crude petroleum in the United States
during the calendar year 1902. It
shows a to al product of 89,275,302
barrels of forty-two gallons each,
petition alleges that the Longan wo- valued at $71,397,739, against 35.163,-
man went to the Weltmer institute for ^3 i,arrels, valued at $26,963,340, as
trea ment and was treated by one reported by the eleventh census,
Anderson and from he result of sn -li wh|ch covered the year 1889. The re-
treatment she is left a hopeless in
valid. The trial court gave her $7,50(
Vagaries of a Cold.
| You can never be quite sure where
a cold is going to hit you. In the fall
and winter it may settle in the bowels,
producing severe pain. Do not be
BRYAN ON "CLEVELANDISM."
Article in the Commoner Attacking
Democratic Reorganizers.
Lincoln, Neb., March 1.—In an arti-
cle directed against Cleveland and the
alarmed nor torment yourself with reorganizers of the Democratic party,
' W. J. Bryan says in this week's issue
At the first
Perry Davis' of the Commoner:
fears of appendicitis.
sign of a cramp take
Painkiller in warm, sweetened water! T'le old Clevelandism was bad
and relief comes at once. There is enough, bu' it would £e an hundred1-
but one Painlikler, Perry Davis'.
and 50 cents.
. .v. INDIANS AT WHITE HOUSE.
port shows that in 1902, there were
HSf.71 wells. 29.522 operators, 3,033! Washington, D. C., March 1.—A
salaried employes drawing an aggre- large delegation of Indians from the
25 fold worse if, to the sordidness that
characterized it before, there is added!
the spirit of vengeance which ani-
mates it now."
pursued by Japanese.
THAT KOREAN TREATY.
(By Associated Press '
Wei Hai Wei, March 1—The treaty
Gives Health, Vigor and Tone.
Herlline is a boon for sufferers from
gate of $2,986,768 and 17,552 wage Osage tribe, led by O. A. Mitscher, In- aneamia. By its use the blood is
earners, drawing $13,242,361. The j;an agent in the Osage country in quickly regenerated and the color be-
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, cos* of supplies and materials was oklahoma, called on the president to- comes normal. The drooping strength
(By Associated Press.) $17,781,512, miscellaneous expenses day. Chiefs Big Heart and Black Dog jg revived. The languor is diminished.
New York, March 1.—Jim Jeffries $15.SI 1.720 and cost of contract work were leading members of the aggre- Health, vigor and tone predominate,
and Jack Munroe have signed articles $12.936 631. gation. which descended on the white New life and happy activity results.
< refuge there after '° for ,he heavyweight champion- , house twenty strong. Many of the Mrg Be]le H shjrel, Middlesborougb,
ship of the world a the Yosemite Pestoffice Burned at Mutual. elders were arrayed in their aborigin- mSt> writes: "I have been troubled
Athletic club, San Francisco, during The postoffice at Mutual. Okla., aj blankets and presented an extreme- wjth liver complaint and poor blood,
the last week in May. A purse of burned last night, with $7,000 loss and ly picturesque appearance. • j and have found nothing to benefit ma
$25,000 is guaranteed. but $2,500 insurance. Tbe building The band has been here for several ]j|;e Herbine. I hope never to be
was occupied also by a stock of goods. weeks, looking after the making of a without it. I have Wished that I had
on-wed by Postmaster Van Dusen, all treaty adjusting certain of their tribal known of it in my husband's life-
p. total loss. .matters with the government [time." 50c. Sold by F. B. Lillie & Co.
'A Japanese fleet was seen off the
Shan ung coast this morning." BEGGS'BLOOD PURIFIER
A roklo correspondent of the Times CURES catarrh of the stomach. 1
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