The Daily Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 13, 1904 Page: 1 of 4
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The Daily Democrat.
NUMBER
THE DAILY DEMOCRAT, EL RENO, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY MAY 13. 1904.
OLLMN IV
BLOW LIP PORT DALNY
soldiers
WASHINGTON FORECAST.
railway battalion.
that battalion.
• Detachments of the Japanese ad-
vance guard advanced on May 9 and
10 on the villages of Mutsiatun and
i Slat latin, nine miles south of Polan-
j dien. Other detachments of the
.Japanese advance guard have taken
1 up positions seven and a half miles
west of Pitsewo.
• A squadron of the enemy's cavalry
approached within fifteeu miles east
of Wu Fung Tien, but turned back
on meeting our scouts.
IC A PQFAT ARMV
10 A UMLn I nnm I ■ nd occupied by a deti
! sisting of cavalry, artillery and infan-
! try. Cannon fire was opened by the
Japanese on coming into contact with
our small detachment, which had
penetrated within three and three
quarter miles of Pitsewo."
^PS STILL
ADVANCING
EADILY PUSHING THEIR WAY
TOWARD THE INTERIOR.
■LID FRONT OF A HUNDRED
THOUSAND MEN.
OPENOFFICE
IN GUTHRIE ':
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Showers and cooler Friday
Saturday showers.
Kansas—Fair in north, rain in
• southern portion Friday; Satur
• da* fair, wanner
M'GUIRE WILL MAKE HEADQUA
TERS THERE.
AN ACTIVE WORKER
Kty Japanese Transports Reported
To Be Landing Another
Big Army.
A BRIEF RECORD OF WHAT HE
HAS DONE.
St petersburg May 1 ■*>—General
arkevitch in a dispatch to the gen-
al staff says that on May S. part of
e Japanese vanguard apppeared in
the valley of the Sedzir river, and
■at a considerable body of the enemy
mtimies to occupy Doannuama.
nother detachment, composed ap-
irently of one battalion of infantry
nd half a squadron of cavalry, is
ituated about five miles north of
akushan
Other information indicates that on
lay l'l, a Japanese force of 100.000
ifantry and fifty suns, chiefly of the
jountain <ype, halte.l for the day at
Iting-Kiapusze and advanced on May
1 toward Siu Yen.
A otl'.'T telegram received by. the
on'rail s'aff from General Karke-
itch says:
"On May 4 some sixty Japanese
ransports and warships appeared at
,.a i. w , n Pitsewb ami Cape Ter-
ninal. Iletachmems of sharp shoot
•rs were sent to reconnoiter. and a
itnail detachment of infantry was sent
"rom Polandien.
"The troops sent to reconnoiter an-
iiounce that the Japanese were land-
ing at Cape Siao-Kahuseitsa, in Kin
fhau bay. near the mouth of the
Tcheng Yu river, and were posting a
ilivision of 10,000 men in the neighbor-
ing villiages The Russian popula-
tion was withdrawn from Pitsewo.
Having fulfilled its task, our small
detachment retired "on the evening of
May 5. sent two regiments toward
Tant-Sia-Fang. and also two detach-
ments south and west of the points of
disembarkation.
"Japanese scouts appeared at 8
o'clock on the morning of May 6, at
Polandien, nd the Japanese infantry-
opened fire on a mail train bound
north, but without result.
The Japanese evacuated Polandien
May 7, probably a great storm be-
gan to gather and also because they
feared being Gilt off
"On May 8, a smail detachment of
Russian cavalry effected a reconnaiss-
ance toward San Chillipu, Pitsewo
and Wu-Fung-Tien, covering in a day
65 miles.
"They proceeded southwest.
"Our detachment having arrived
seven and a half miles northwest of
Pitsewo advanced to within three
quarters of a mile of a fortification
under construction which was occu-
pied by a Japanese infantry company.
During a fusillade one of the frontier
guards was wounded.
According to Chinese information
20,000 Japanese landed east of I'itse-
wo with field artillery and siege guns
and Pitsewo was occupied by 1,500
men
A Japanese detachment of four or
five companies on May 9, attacked
our posts near the village of Shi-Hel.
killing four of our frontier guards
and wounding eight.
"On May 10, the Japanese left the
railway line, and railway communica-
tion with Port Arthur was re-estab
lished by Lieutenant Colonel Spini-
donoff. of the Fourth trans-Armur
MOONSHINERS CAPTURED.
Deputy Marshal Pierce of This City
Captured a Batch of Them
The Guthrie Capital says that De-
puty Marshal Pierce arrived in that
city yesterday from Geary with three
prisoners, \Y D. Oldakers. Jim Old
akers. and A/.ra Mull, charged with
manufacturing whiskey, much against
the wishes of the United States gov-
ernment. When caught the three
were distilling the real article, a good
quantity of which the officers captur-
ed. They were working in a cave
and had enough grain mashed to
make over a hundred barrels of the
red man's favorite beverage.
It is Claimed That He Was the Bus
jest Man in Washington During
the Session Just Closed.
to the limited quota It is also an
impossibility to fill all requests for
rare seeds and plant* but this would
undoubtedly be the cpse were there
numerous delegates to congress from
Oklahoma
Delegate McGuire s offie, will be
a busy place during the summer His
correspondence will not decrea.-e and
t i* safe to say '' .it D« '■
McGuire and Secretary Boyle will
have little time for anything else but
lngressional work during the sum-
mer and fall
OFFICIAL RUSSIAN DISPATCHES
TELL ABOUT IT.
BLOWN UP BY THE RUSSIANS
Rumors o Heavy Land Fighting At
Port Arthur Lack Confirmation
As Usual.
JAPSDENYTHESTORY
SAY THEY DID NOT FIRE ON RED
CROSS THAIN.
FLAG HOISTED DURING FIGHT
Japanese Government Again Warns
China To Observe the Strictest
Neutrality.
LAND SALE ORDEREO
London, May 13.—The Japanese le-
gation here this morning gave out
an official telegram from the foreign
office at Toquio, regarding the llus
sian charge that the Japanese May
fired on a train from Port Arthur,
flying u>e Red Cross (lag. It says:
"The train did not carry any spec
ial marks until after the Russian sol
diers had fired on the Japanese and
the latter had responded. When this
train stopped the Red Cross flag was
hoisted and the Japanese immediately
stopped firing and proceeded to ex
amine it, whereupon the train went
on at full steam and escaped. The
Japanese loreign office telegram alsi
said that, while there is no reason to
apprehend that China intends break
ing her neutrality the Japanese gov
ijrnment has found it advisable to
warn the Chinese government to ob-
serve strict neutrality
MAY BE TWO EUGENE MOORES
At Least, Two Men of That Name
Secured Marriage License.
A marriage license was issued, Wed
nesday evening, by Judge Phelps, to
Eugene Moore and Miss Carrie Evans
both of Yukon. The O'tlahoman snys
'A wedding permit was Issued by
Probate Clerk Hurry yesterday to
Eugene Moore of Yukon, Okla.. and
Miss I,aura Edwards of Oklahoma
City. They were married by Justice
D. D. Leach."
The license issued in this city has
not been returned, and if there is
only one Eugene Moore at Yukon, it
will be n ord for tim to explain
what b< -aim iliat license.
Gre :n'i Ice cre«n M IM best. The
resu of • rty years experience.
Guthrie, O. T , May 13.—Delegat
II. S McGuire yesterday announced
that he will open offices in Guthrie
and maintain them during the sum
met- and fall These offices will he
separate from (lie headquarters of tin
republican territorial committee On
Ing to the fact that the capital of
the territory Is accessible to all lo-
calities, the delegate to congress hat
found it desirable to have his head
quarters here.
Myron Doyle, Mr. McGulre's set
rotary lias returned from Washington
and will reinnin in Guthrie during
the summer. He will have eh.irgt
of the offices and will devote his en
tire time to Mr. McGulre's volumln
ous congressional work.
According to stSVemeiits made h\
the house postmaster. Delegate Me
guiro received a much larger mnil
than any one member of congress,
it is also stated that more stationery
for use in answering correspondence
was ordered from the house stationer
by DelegateMcGulrc Ihnn by any one
member of the house. Tills Indicates
how heavy Mr. McGulre's correspon
dence lias been during the past win-
ter.
In the mailer of doing things' foi
Oklahoma, Delegate McGuire lias
made the past session of congress a
record breaker. It Is usual for tin
average member of congress to es
jape as much business as possible
Instead of constantly looking out for
his constituents these men have been
content to answer letters; send out
garden seed and a few government
publications; visit the departments a
few times and then return home satis
fled that his duty ended there.
This bas not been the case wltli
Delegate McGuire The quota of
vegetable seeds for each member of
congress In 12,000 packages. During
the session just ended, according li
the figures given out by Mr. McGulre's
secretary, over in,imo packages of
seed were sent into the territory
Each representative Is entitled to
15,000 farmer's bulletins for distrlbu
tion. From Mr McGulre's Washing
ton office over 30,000 bulletins from
the department of agriculture wen
sent into various parts of Oklahoma
In addition to Ihls. hundreds of
valuable documents have been ills
tributed and even with the additional
books II has been possible to obtain
the demand for such publications
could nol be filled.
Many farmers In western Beaver
county who wished to experiment
with the new whea' recently tested
by the department of agriculture wer<
enabled lo do so on account of Kelt
gute McGulre's efTorts. He was also
fortunate enough to obtain an add!
tional quota of new varieties or cot
ton which were sent Into several cot
ton growing counties In Oklahoma
for experimental purposes.
These are n few of the things a<
complished during the past session of
congress. II would be Impossible for
the delegate to congress from this
territory to supply the request for
various documents and reports owlni
The Red Lake Indian Reservation,
255.000 Acres to Be Auctioned
Off.
Washington, May 13 With the ap-
proval of the secretary ot the Interior
the commissioner of the general land
office today Issued a proclamation
stating the conditions under which
the ceded lands of the Red Lake In
dian reservation In Minnesota will be
disposed of as provided for In the act
for the sale of these lands,
WILL COME CLEAR
CHARGES AGAINST MITSCHER
WILL NOT STICK.
THAT IS M'GUIRES OPINION
The Delegate Says Mitscher is the
Best Agent the Osage Indians
Ever Had.
Seoul, t'orea May 13 A Junk that
has arrived at Chemulpo brings «
report that heavy explosions were
heard tit sea early yesterday morning
It is believed here that three explos
Ions occurred, either at Port Arthur
or Dalny.
An American miner who left Anju
on May 8. has arrived here and re-
ports that a force of 2,900 Russians
recently spent the night at I usan
H>' says also thai large bodies of
Russian troops were reported to be
In thai vicinity
Reports of lighting werd reoeWed
here today but they lack confirma-
tion.
Guthrie, O T . May 13 —Congress
man McGuire in speaking of the eliar
ges againsl Major O A. Mltsoher of
Oklahoma City, the agent for Ihe
Osage Indians at Pawhuska, says that
all present Indications in Washington
are that Mitscher will be exonerated
McGuire declares Mitscher lo be lie
best agent Ihe i >■ a,-' have . vet hail
and adds that lie ought to know be
•ause of his twenty four years' resi
dence adjoining the nation
So far as the hoodie charges against
Mitscher are concerned, McGuire says
l„, (lively I here i no' Im II 'he
i believes Ihe Oklahoma <'lty man
be honest in Ills work
McGiliri says it ii s In * n Mi' eli, i
Intention all the (line to resign as
agfuit, but that lie <1 id not want to
resign under fire lie was tiled of
,i,,. lite ai Pawhuska and dtalred tq
return lo Oklahoma City lo live
There have been three Rough
Riders in Ihe race for Mitscher s
place, Ira Hill of Newkirk. Johnson
if Indian Territory, and Frank I ran/
,,l enid I lie latlei ' * il'l nol I"' -aid
to he an applicant, only so far as he
is known to lie Ihe president^ choice
As Frantz is postmaster of Enid,
however, with a 2,200 salary and the
Osage agency pays bill $1,800 salary
it would not be believed that he would
give up the one for the other Th<
prominent men In the race for the
appointment, otherwise than Rough
Riders, were Dr. G 11 Phillips of
Pawnee and ex Probate Jndg< Hill
(er of Ponca City.
Primary Election.
Tiie democrats of the Fourth ward
will meet al the old court hou
Tuesday May 1". from 2 lo I I' m
lo elect 14 delegates lo attend the
county convent ioi, May "l
WM REDDER Committeeman
St Petersburg. May 13 Viveroy
Alcxleff has telegraphed the cz.ar an
nounelng that the Russians have
blown ti(i the docks and piers at I ort
Dalny, on the Llao Tung peninsula,
presumably to render more difficult
for the Japanese to make a landing
at thai point
l.nter telegrams received lcre, in
die,lie I hat ihe whole of Port Dalny
has been destroyed by the UusbIiius.
Rumors are widely current here
that lighting Is in pror.n ■ at Port
\rthui but ihere Is no official eon
Urination of the report The llu- ians
sllll hold New Cliwuiu:
LOTS OF BROOM CORN.
Hundreds f A' Air Bcie<i Planted
In This County.
Judge Fox. who was here yesterday
from Ids farm In Oak township says
that he has planted sixty acres of
|,loom corn, and Will pin tit forty aii,'.
more The farmers of that region
will raise several hundred ai res of
broom corn tills season. It Is one
I thi few e I 111.' I ll.lt I .III he planted
a month later in the season than Ihe
present time, and will make n good
crop. The crops heretofore raised
here have demons!rated that Ihls re
fion has no superb,i an a lirooin corn
country
VICE PRESIDENT HAMILTON.
An El Reno Man Elected to That Of
fice, At the Territorial Fire
men's Convention.
The Oklahoma Indian Territory
Firemen's convention closed a thiee
lays' session at Guthrie yesterday.
El Hello's fire department was well
represented, and In tie' election of
ifflcers yesterday, E " Hamilton,
hicf of the EI ltono department, wan
■leeted first, vice president of Ihe as
social ion The next annual meeting
will hi' lull! at Muskogee, I 'I'
Subscribe lor the Daily Democrat,
10 cents per week.
TAILORING?
The Best on Earth
PRICES?
Same as lor ready made
WORK?
1 NEST and BEST to he had
GOODS?
tyk s of the BEST to be FOUND
in AMERICA.
FIT?
Well, that's GUARANTEED, or
, clothes are not yours.
WHERE?
old place, F. W. Bruchmann,
8 R. 1. Ave., El Reno, O. T.
The 1
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NUMBER 58.
iijfor he must
*•> contest of
cautious
ton for
of the sea with the
len It arrives in the
•net-ally l,"llei ABMiat
the second Vuftnese
REUNION.
w
the Hat suae, irreapect-
S&sualties, which may
in Togo's fleet, is of
lortance, according to
.ft', members of which
the Associated Press
Jo restore the oquiii-
Jespite the number of
f Russian fleet it has
one battleship, the
It is true that the
Izarovitch were torpe-
Inning of the war, but
y towed into Port Ar
go they sustained was
jarly in the Czarovitcb
fo boon in progress
the officials stnte that
* practically ready to
pe in tin* fighting line.
is still undergoing
will be some time be-
lt to se:i Prior to the
•t Arthur several thou-
tts entered the city,
■ince been rushing the
i now say that tho
ht the Japanese. Tho
) movements reported
i staff tend, neverthe-
to befog the authori-
ng! situation of the
Jencral Kuroki should
pis advance on Hla
? Yang when General
i known to be prepar-
t is a quection partial
' the condition of the
this Kuroki is credit-
r reason which K ti re-
nts not discounted or
lilcated to the author-
Is suggested by many
\e some connection
p. and whereabouts of
J-lilrd army, which has
boo to the military
whether or not this
ct remains that Kuro-
r«4 such as will enable
ly to retain Kuropat-
rlor and prevent him
1 tin' operations eon-
clearing out of South-
and the operations
\■
TTf
rely the Investment of
•ut its capture. The
appreciate, now that
been weakened, that,
of the Halt 1c fleet will
Immensely superior
< port Arthur squad
ml
* • are to be succoss-
hey must retain com
ti however great the
f have been the orl-
the landing of troops
part of the Liao
It is believed here
only be the destruc-
nron at Port Arthur.
ie enemy capture the
imphatlcally declared
they never will get
thlps. Under order®
t Arthur was cut off
adron was to leave
Kllately before the
I attack the Japan-
enemy retained the
l existed before tho
Dyed there would have
8 of a successful sor-
kUthoritles are hope-
he squadron must go
In the conflict will
Tills will be the case
o the Kctsivan and
nlshed In time
of Togo's fleet, will,
tore than ever deter
mmander from dlvld-
he must retain hi«
f Port Arthur Thus
squadron may have
ilty for raids
ill Finish Their Work
fisher Today.
city,
adding: "Even if Guth-j building v
not get the convention that dwellings in
securing a few million dol- be in the ni
worth of advert
secure it."
)nel Henry "W
one of the
city. It8 co
>rhood of six
fine
Subscribe for the Daily Democrat.
John A Goodwin ha
lot of literature relating
« et culturr iin ;he agricultural de-
partm< m Washington, which he
will id;y furnish free to farmers
i who de r" ti study the question.
I extended trip to Kansii" City ami
received a j er northern points
sugai
A delivery *agon locked herns with
Dr. Fitzgerald's buggy thi- forenoon,
easterous results to the bug-
al Togo, particularly since tne navai
commanders at Port Arthur have
faithfully duplicated his plan which
resulted In the sinking <>f the Petro-
pavlovsk.
The effect of the <1 t i" will un-
Uoubtedly be to ca Admiral To-
rmy encampment at
>e brought to a close
k the El Heno delega-
idy returned and tho
rest win come home tonight. Those
who are here speak in the highest
terms of the Kingfisher people as en-
tertainer- and will gladly recipro-
cate when occasion comes. The next
encampment will be held in Lawton,
next May.
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Hensley, T. F. The Daily Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 13, 1904, newspaper, May 13, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc160218/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.