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The Canadian Valley News.
NEW STATE NEWS
Two new carriers will bo added to
the Ardmore freo delivery service,
The old court house at Hobart is
to be sold and the building: moved to
give place for the new court house
The government has rigged tip a
stone crusher at Fort Iteno to mucad-
amize the garrison streets and drives.
The Lawton broom factory people
tt&ve shipped to Dallas, Tex., seven
hundred dozen Lawton maae brooms.
Sevrnty-elght babies wero enrolled
In the Creek division of trio Dawes
commission at Muskogee one day last
week.
The farmers of Karl and Mannsville
have organized a truck growers' as-
sociation and elected officers.
A life net has been added to tne
eoulpment of the Oklahoma City tiro
department, which was a valuable ac-
quisition owing to the large number
of high buildings being erected.
The pupils in the public schools at
Minco celebrated Arbor day by plant-
ing over one hundred trees.
The fifteenth annual meeting or the
Oklahoma Dental association will be
held at Oklahoma City May lb, 10
and 17.
The postofflce department has com-
missioned postmasters In Indian Tcr
rltory as follows: William T. Phil-
lips. IJrooken; Nannie h Gleen, Ken-
tress. These offices are not money
order offices.
Grave Anderson, aged 17, was Rilled
near Arapaho by the accidental dis-
cbarge of a shotgun bo was cleaning.
Marlon Wheeler fell froni a wind-
mill tower forty feet high near Mari-
etta and sustained serious injuries.
An election held In Wapanucka last
week to vote on an |8,tR)U scnooi
bond carried unanimously. There
was not a dissenting: vote.
CARPENTER BOSS ED THE SHOW.
One Case Where Richard Mansfield
Yielded His Authority.
Another tale of the urbanity of Mr.
Mansfield, the actor, Is going around
the theaters.
With his company 1b a ntage car-
penter whom Mr. M janslleld considers
the acme of perfection in his line,
just as Richard himself Is In his. Now,
this carpenter, whom Mr. Mansfield
would not lose for the best leading
Indy In the land, has his own eccen-
tricities, even as Mr. Mansfield has
his.
One nfternocn during the time of
rehearsal tho carpenter was heard
pounding with his hammer In the
wings. Mr. Mansfield sent a mesten-
ger to tell tho carpenter to desist, but
the pounding went right m vigor-
ously.
Finally Richard in high dudgeon
strode into the wings himself, and
above the noise of t tio poundings Mr.
Mansfield's objections could be heard.
One actress, bolder than the rest,
crept rear the scene In the wings.
She beheld Richard bending over the
carpenter, who was on his knees
rounding away.
"What do you mean?" cried Mr.
Mansfield. "Why don't you stop
when I tell you to?*"
"8h—sh—" said tlie carpenter, not
ceasing to let his hammer fall.
"You—you—" cried the enraged
master. "Don't you know who's talk-
ing to you, you blockhead of an old
fool?"
The carpenlor looked up a minute,
Speak piano, Richard," he said, "you
will disgrace yourself with the peo-
ple on the stage." And he resumed
his good hearty strokes.
Mr. Mansfield walked off. "The car-
penter runs this show," he com-
plained.
Some of the company think Rich-
ard's right.
As a result of a quarrel over a debt
at Oklahoma City, Bert Kildred
was struck on the head with a loaded
whip handle, in the hands of Clyde
Ratliff. The blow caused concussion
of the brain. Klldred's condition is
serious, and his assailant is In Jail.
A rabid dog in the streets of Durant
Is reported to have bitten three ctail
dren, students at the Durant collego.
One of the children, a boy, is said to
have been severely bitten. The dog
was killed.
The Oklahoma Oil Ketlning ana De-
velopment company, made up ot local
capitalists of Shawnee, has just
signed a contract with Pennsylvania
parties to sink a well H.500 feet deep
on their leases near Dale, provided on
or gas in paying quantities is
fouud at a less depth, and drilling is
to commence in ninety days and tne
development well to be completed in
eight months from date.
The four-year-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. 8. J. Korf of Elgin was severely
burned one day last week. Mr. Korf
Is agent lor the Frisco Railway com
pany at Elgin. The father of the child
had started a bonfire. The child got
too close to it and its clothing caught
fire. The mother, who was near, ar-
rived In time to extinguish the flames
and save the life of the child.
Fort Gibson claims a six foot vein
of fine asphalt has been discovered
near the town.
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THE LIFE AFT ER DEATH.
Bulwer-Lytton Believed It Would Be
Progressive.
A Welsh lady, writing in Ulack-
wcod'S Magazine on tier visit to Kneb-
orth in 1857, Bays that Sir Edward
Bulwer-Lytton spoke thus on the sub-
ject of spirits:
He said he did not "believe we should
reach the highest heaven when we die.
"No," he continued, "It Is not likely
that we, imperfect as we are, should
be suddenly ushered Into the Divine
Presence on leaving thls^svorld; our
minds would not be prepared for so
much glory; wo are far too sinful for
that. We shall pass through success-
ive stages of existence, rising higher
and higher until we reach tho fullness
of knowledge and o1 happiness. We
cannot expect instant transition from
darkness to light, which to us would
be insufferably bright. Does not
everything progress ? Is not progres-
sion the order of all God's work here?
Why not hereafter? It Is strange," he
went on, "that all spirits, when ques-
tioned about heaven, agree In stating
that into our next stage of being we
shall carry the pursuits and character-
istics of mind whioh are ours on
earth, but all refined and ennobled.
Nono of them, however, profess to
have reached to the great knowledge
of our final heaven, nor to know by
what means we Bhall pass from one
stage to another."
Twenty-five prisoners were taken
from the federal Jail at Muskogee and
transferred to Fort Smith, -where they
will serve out their sentences.
The first meeting: of the Oklahoma
board of health will be held at Guth-
rie March 29.
It is rumored that the anta Pe is
to build a dipping vat at: Kaiston.
ThlB will make at least live built
along the line of the Usage nation to
comply with the new quarantine law.
The calendar of tlie present term ot
court In Oklahoma county has lour
murder cases which will come
trial.
The master plumbers or the twin
territories held their annual session
at Shawnee last week. The next
convention will meet In Muskogee.
Bristow has a new gas and oil com-
pany with a capitalization ot |&uo,uuu.
Okmulgee has reported two
mend thieves. Two negroes entered
a store there and on of tlie men di-
verted the attention of the proprietor
while the other "lifted" |7t>u worth of
the sparklers.
Muskogee celebrated the inaugura-
tion of street car service last week
by the mayor and a large number of
other notables taking tne first rldef
Anadarko has recently added sev
eral acres to her park.
Luther will hold an election March
31 for the purpose of voting on incor-
poration. A petition was recently
presented to the county commission
era to allow the citliena to vote on
the matter, but these officials refused
the prayers of the petitioners, and an
appeal was taken to Judgo Burford
who ordered an election held.
Hugo has a new
National.
bank—the Hugo
A Song of Worry
What a the imp to lit an' worry If you
lose, who thought to win?
Kick the worry out tho winder—let the
llvlii' *>unithln« In!
Time ain't •tghirr'—
Hi'h n fljln';
Worryin' la half a sin!
Whaf« the use? There ain't a reason,
nor the phadder of n rhyme,
the worl' roll* on In music, an' the
stars are keepln' time"
Time ain't eryln'—
Ing great reaches of blue sky From
the sea of vapor the mountains herd
i and there lifted their heads; a shaft ot
sunlight struck to the depths of tho
girl's tender oyes, and lo! the eax-th
was enchanted.
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When
He's
i the wings of Time!
(Copyright, 1005, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
The Su r-prl e.
"It was up at Blimley's last night
and Blimley Insisted on having that
7-year-old daughter of his recite for
tis."
"That's Just like *a doting father."
"Yes. The child was willing enough
to show off and so s lie got up and told
Uii how Sarah Bernhardt would recite
'Jack and Jill."'
"Good gracious! TVhat did Blimley
do?"
"He sat there srnil ing fatuously. Of
coarse we all bad to applaud and then
the little one gave an imitation of
Maude Adams, and another of Annie
Russell, and still another of Anna
Held."
"Well, well! And of course you
had to applaud?"
"Of course.''
"And Blimley sat there all the time
under the impression lhat you were
really being entertained?"
Yes. He sat there nodding and
chuckling and looking like a happy
iaiot."
What an awful tooro it must have
been."
'It wasn't."
"Wasn't? Why not?''
"Because the child Is phenomenally
clover."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Who Wou Id I Be?
Had I the choice my wife I'd choose to
(Forgive the tribute to her worth 1
PaV>
If hut to fathom all her love for me
An<l filch the «ecr«t of her winsome
way;
The tender hopes, the trust that never
I'111"- . ,
The faith, the cornstancy. the patient
care. _ .
The steadfast heart, the courage that
avails
Life's tears snd tolls and sorrowing* to
bar.
To live with such sswcct fortitude the
space
one brief day w ere task enough for
man;
Yet she Inherits but the simple praoc
Bestowed on womanhood when earth
began.
—Tatler.
Infidelity no Bar to Jury.
Aaron Davis was on a grand jury
which indicted a man for perjury in
Frederick, Md. Counsel for the de-
fense raised the point that Mr. Davis
was an infidel and, therefore, was not
qualified to do Jury service. The pros-
ecution demurred to this idea, and
after hearing lengttoy argument the
court overruled the contention of the
defense, holding that, though a citizen
may be an infidel, lie In not therefore
disqualified from service as a juror.
Do Not Like New Rifle.
The marksmen of the British Na-
tional Rifle Association object to the
new short rifle with which the govern-
ment is preparing to supply the army.
They say It 1b not nearly so good
a the old one and "an imposition on
a hlg'uiy taxed public."
The rain had broken into the plans
of the pleasure seekers. It had forced
them to the shelter of tlie cabins at
the foot of the mountain, and In good-
natured, friendly groups they trailed
through the long mountain-top grass,
thtir faces wet with the fog that bung
In a heavy cloud in the stunted trees
above them.
As the girls passed, eyes blue and
black and t>rown challenged Gray, but
he only shook his head. He wanted
his pipe and solitude, anU he declared
that it was his Imperative duty to re-
main behind not only to see that the
mules were well packed but In order
to bring all tho lost thin gs down the
mountain, from handkerchiefs to girls.
In eplte of the reproach In more
than one pair of bright eyes he let
them all pass. He noticed that tlee
mist was settling thicker, but tlte
mountain was as familiar to him as
the outlines of his own hand, and, in
chcerful unconcern, he smoked pipe
after pipe.
A distant call from somewhere In
the muffling fog roused liim from his
reverie. It was a womaa's voice.
Some one of them had lagged behind
and had been lost among the dozen
cattle trails that ran In a bewildering
network across the mountain.
"Yes," he shouted. He got to his
feet, knocHed the tobacco from his
pipe, stuffed It In his pocket and
plunged In the direction of the calling
voice. Now it sounded faintly from
the right, now from the left; now it
died away to come again from an en-
tirely new direction, and from what
Bounded like a great distance.
"Keep still!" he shouted. "I will
never find you!" There was an im-
perative ring In his voice, "Now call."
As tho voice called louder, buoyed
and strengthened by the knowledge
of his human nearnes he plunged
Into the opaque mist curtain, and In a
moment, guided by the, sobbing sound
of panting breath, he had almost stum-
bled upon the girl.
"Oh," she cried In passionate relief
as her rescuer came up to her, "bow
good It is to be found! It hasn't
been more than a century has It? But
you will find them for me, won't you?
They were Just ahead. I lost them
all in a minute—and then the path
stopped. I ran up higher. I tried
to get back to the cave. We had
agreed on the cave In ease of trouble
but I could not find it. I lost my head
the loneliness was desperate. It over-
mastered nae, and the fog caught me
by the throat." She sank down on a
log, trembl ing violently, and began to
sob like a little child.
When the sound had twisted and
strained Gray's heartstrings until
it was a physical Impossibility to en-
dure It longer, he touched her arm
gently. *" Please don't." he said.
"The fog's lifting a little. I'll get you
out of this all right."
The girl looked up. In the oval of
her pale face her eyes seemed un-
naturally large and dark. "You are
very good." she said, controlling her
voice with an effort," and then I've
been extremely babyish, but "
Her words died on her lips; she start-
ed at Gray unbelievingly.
"You, she gasped. "You here—in
America?"
Gray paled under his tan. "It's
where I belong—here In America," be
said slowly.
"But I thought—" The girl looked
at him as if she doubted the evidence
of her own senses. "I—don't under-
stand," she said helplessly.
"It's very simple," Gray said, and be
of a princess of the blood royal, nor
was I willing to bore a princess with
tiresome and awkward explanations.
The simplest thing to do was to play
without quarreling with fate, and so
I did. Of course I ran the risk of your
seeing through me. And I was quite
nervous, for fear the old codger him-
self would holt in and spoil things.
But risk is tho savor of life. You
didn't find me out. and he didn't como
In, and—"
"For a lesson, yes," the girl broke In
with, "but there was a month of les-
sons."
"There were also some good Ameri-
can dollars." reproachfully.
FABLE OF THE WISE HEN.
How 8he Discomfited an Arbitration
Committee and Avenged Deceit.
Once upon a time (very recently > a
hen went upon a strike and refused to
lay. Other hens followed her exam pie
nnd the scarcity of hen fruit which re-
sulted caused eggs to retail for some-
thing like 50 cents per doeen. In otil-
er words, strictly fresh eggs laid by
scab hens were worth about 5 cents
each In the shell. Even cold storage
eggs, which were deadly explosive a
had to be handled with pare, brought
30 cents.
The people got together and remon-
strated with the hens, but It did no
gcod. Finally an arbitration commit-
tee waited on the hens and tried
persuade them to go back to work.
The arbitration committee pointed out
that only the rich can afford to
eggs, but the hens refused to work.
The arbitration committee then told
the hens that if they persisted In the
strike they would bring race suicide
on themselves.
Then a wise old hen arose and spoke
av follows:
"In the spring when us hens wish to
sit the people give us porcelain door-
knobs to sit on. If porcelain door-
knobs are as good as eggs to sit on
they ought to be a3 good to eat ns
eggs. Tell the people to eat porcelain
doorknobs."
The arbitral ion committee could not
answer this argument and departed in
tears.
Moral—Deceit will come borne
roost.
John P. ftradbury has heen appoints
ed postmaster at Wetumka.
American Railway Employes.
Railways of the United States enh
ploy an army of 1.500.000 men. Tho
Income of the railway companies last
year totaled 12,000.000,000, and their
total assets for this year are valued at
(cur timet that turn
He noticed that tho mist was settling
thicker.
smiled;" the devil tempted me and 1
fell—the dear, good devil."
"I must be stupid," she said; "but
I don't in tho least understand."
"Then let's us begin at the very
minute you entered the dingy little
foreign hole of a hotel and found mo
drumming at that piano. If you re-
member, you flung off your rich furs
and ordered me to begin at once. *1
shall sing this,' you said In a voice
that was final, and 1 did my poor best
to accompany you. It didn't occur
tP • to refuse to obey the mandate
"Youl" she gasped. "Ycu here In
America?"
"Oh," understanding^. Then plain-
tively, "I thought I was learning such
a lot."
"You need not try to make me sor-
ry," Gray laughed. "I'll agree that
borrowed joy exacts a heavy Interest;
I'll agree to a good many things, but
I won't be sorry. Except for one thing
—I felt like a sneak thief tfi take your
money. I couldn't give it to the old
Shylock for he had been paid too
much, but I hit on an excellent plan,
I turned it all over to the little beggar
you thought so picturesque—the little
fellow that ran after you always."
"Oh, but that was foolish," Im-
pulsively.
"Every thing I did was foolish."
Gray said gravely. "I lived from les-
son to lesson, and you didn't get such
bad ones, for 1 literally sat at the old
fellow's feet. I fell to dreaming night
and day, of all sorts of forbidden
things. Down to the day I got your
note that said your mother was 111 and
you were leaving for some indefinite
country you didn't think it worth
while to mention. I was foolish. It
was pretty evident even to a chap as
far gone as 1 that you were ending
the thing. 1 couldn't follow. 1 didn't
know whether to try Jericho or Texas.
And to think that I might never have
found you but for this blessed fog!"
At the sound of something that rang
in bis laughter, the girl got up from
the log and moved away down the
trail, alert, like a bird ready to take
flight.
Gray followed down the aisle of
spectral trees, the light gone out of
his eyes.
"Was your mother very ill?" he
asked, at length.
"Not very," the girl said. There
was a curious little sound In her
throat that might have been a laugh
or a sob. Whatever It was. it sent
the light leaping Into Gray's eyes
again. With a single stride he had
overtaken her. "Look at me," he
commanded.
She marched straight ahead.
"Then she wasn "t 111," he said. "She
didn't 6end for you?" No answer.
Gray caught her hand. She strug-
gled to free It. "Oh, It's no good," he
said. "You've got to tell me. Did
she?"
"No," said the girl defiantly. "She
'wasn't 111 at all. I got homesick for
America."
"But why?" gently.
She lifted her eyes and tried to
brave It through with a laugh. "Why?
What a ridiculous question! Why
does one want home?"
Gray looked down at her steadily.
The blood poured Into her cheeks,
and her head dropped.
"Sometimes one wants home be-
cause one is afraid to listen to a heart
that pleads for a man. Was that it,
dear? Was it your heart pleading for
mo in spite of the gulf between an
American heiress nnd a poor foreign
music teacher? Was that why you
felt safer with an ocean between? An-
swer me."
But again she was silent.
"Was it?" gently.
For answer she* hid her face In the
depths of his coat. "Oh, I can t help
it," she cried. It's been a miserable
time. Prince or pauper, I don't want
to help it. Be good to me. dear."
It was then, as she lifted her face
to his. that the clouds fell apart, leav-
FOR THE WIRELESS TELEGRA. PH
Expert Would Use Trees in 8liort-Dis-
tance Transmission.
One of the most interesting sug-
gestions made recently In connection
with wireless telegraphy is that
Major G. 0. Squier, of the United
States army signal corps, who be-
lieves that for .short-distance trans-
mission trees can be used as substi-
tutes for the aerial wires usually em-
ployed. Major Squler'8 plan is to con-
nect the apparatus by wires to ! ron
nails driven in the base oi the tr
from which the radiations would
emitted. While the tree would hardly
bo as satisfactory as a more perma-
nent arrangement of wires, yet in n
milltcry campaign it might answer for
many purposes where the army is
operating In a country barren of
trees, but here a return may be made
to the older method of employing
jointed poles or kites or balloons to
raise the wires. In connection with
Major Squier's suggestion the point
has been made that the difficulties of
wireless telegraphy in transmitting
messages overland would be Increased
by the presence of an Intervening for-
est, and should this be tho case the
operation of wireless telegraphy may
be restricted greatly. — Harper's
Weekly.
II ■111 Ml III "I I '
GREATEST BATTLE IN HISTORY
Conflict Around Mukden So Designated—Oyama Ono of
World's Greatest Soldiers.
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A correspondent who accompanied
the Japanese army under Gen. Kuro-
ki thus describes the movements of
the "greatest battle known to his-
tory":
Oyama's victorious troops are pur-
cuing Kouropatkln's army, crushed
and demoralized. In the greatest bat-
tle known to history the Russians
have been routed from their chosen
stronghold so carefully prepared.
System, system, and again system has
triumphed over "graft" and disorgan-
ization.
It Is fair to assume that Kouropat-
kin a fortnight ago had at his dis-
posal between the Sha river and Tie
Pass 300,000 effectives at least. Oya-
ma Is far too sagacious to have tried
io envelop such a great force unless
he had more men than his brave but
over-cautious adversary. So whatever
the reports spread to deceive Kouro-
patkln, the Japanese probably had
400,000 men at leafct when Oyama
first attacked in this battle Feb. 2G.
This estimate, of course, includes the
reserves that have been hurried for-
ward and Nogi's army that toolc Port
Arthur.
Oyama's Report.
Oyama announced to his sovereign
on March 10 that he had successfully
completed his enveloping movement,
"In which we have been engaged for
some days past." The "days past"
then numbered thirteen.
In all those days Oyama made not
one feint. Ho struck again and ngaln,
but wherever he struck he was fight-
ing, not feinting. By his constant at-
tacks he concealed his main purpsse,
his final aim. He confused his enemy,
who undoubtedly was handicaped by
an Inefficient intelligence department.
The Japanese enveloping movement
began Feb. 26 by Gen. Kuroki's right
wing. The scene of operations swas
fifty miles southeast of Mukden, In
front and west of Ta Pass, an im-
portant defile commanding the road
to Fushun, the eastern key to Muk-
den and about eighteen miles away
from it. Next day, displaying the
most desperate bravery, "clinging to
the rocks' like leeches," the Japanese
threw a force across the Sha river
in the center of operations. All was
quiet then on the Russian right wing
to the east.
Vigorous Attack.
So vigorous was Kuroki's attack on
the Russian left wing that Koixropat-
kin weakened his center by sending
a whole army corps to reinforce his
left. March 1 Gen. Kaulbars seemed
to successfully resist Kuroki, but a
general engagement began along tho
whole ninety miles of front, the Rus-
sians holding their positions in the
center and making some successful
Joke Carried Too Far.
"This artificial limb business is get-
ting to be something wonderful," said
George Moore, of the Gilsey house.
"When a man can wiggle the fingers
ol an artificial hand it is uncanny.
Practical Jokes of terrible effect are
possible with the artificial limb, and
the victim is such in the true sense of
the word.
"A man came In here not long ago
and walked tip to the clerk and in a
friendly way reached across the count-
er to shake hands. Then he wheeled
away and left his hand in the grip of
the clerk.
"The clerk fainted—actually faint-
ed, although he realized, I believe, that
the hand he held was but an artificial
one. The man who wore It had de-
vised a scheme by which he might
tbrow it off ti. pressing a spring. The
delight he took in the Joke ceased
when his victim collapsed."—r<ew
York Telegraph.
A Doubting Heart.
Where are the swallows fled?
Frozen and dead
Perchance upon some bleak and stormy
shore.
O doubting heart!
Fnr ovi-r purple seas,
They wait in sunny ease.
Tlie balmy southern breeze
To bring them to their northern homes
once more.
Why must the flowers die?
Prisoned they lie
in the cold tomb, heedless of tears or
rain.
O doubting: heart!
They only Bleep below
The soft white ermine snow
While winter winds shall blow.
To breathe and smile upon you
again.
Fair hope is dead, and light
Is quenched in night.
What sound can break the alienee
■pair?
O doubting heart!
The sky is overcast.
Yet stars shall rise nt last,
Brighter for darkness past,
And angels' silver voices stir the air.
—Adelaide A. Procter.
counter-attacks on their extremt
right. The Titanic struggle continued
Thursday, the 700,000 men and 3,0C(
guns battling desperately, the Rus
sian left wing being driven back thlr
teen miles from Ta Pass.
Then by some military magic, by £
forced, hidden march that will be for
ever- famous, Gen. Kogi and his For
Arthur veterans appeared opposite th«
Russian right flank. To them ant
Gen. Nodzu's army was assigned tb«
task of crumpling back the Russian*
and threatening Mukden from tbs
we: t. Under cover of these demon
strations a strong Japanese force we;
pushed to the northeast to cut th:
railway and telegraph llne3 upon
which Kouropatkin relied exclusively
for supplies and communication and
after Kuroki's success, which the
daring Oyama took for granted, tc
Join part of Kuroki's forces in sur
rounding Tie Pass, Kouropatkin'3 last
refuge, forty miles north of Mukden.
Tremendous Loeees.
With tremendous losses on both
sides Oyama steadily tightened
around Kouropatkin a great cord of
men and steel, and despite desperate
resistance continued his drives
around both wings of the Itu.-sian
army. Last Monday Oyama's front
was like a huge bow, the base on the
Sha river, the right arm reaching out
east of Fushun and the left arm ex-
tending west and north of Mukden.
March 6 the scouts of Gen. Nogi's
army, on the west, and of Kuroki's
met at Tie Pass; the Iron circle was
forged, but was not welded at the
north. It was the beginning of the
end. Kouropatkin abandoned his
strong position on the Sha river un-
der cover of darkness. The Japanese,
attacking at once from all four sides,
drove tho Rus=Ians into Mukden,
which was entirely untenable. Friday
Kouropatkin telegraphed to the czar,
"Last night began the retreat of all
our armies."
The Japanese occupied Teta Thurs-
day morning, Fushun Thursday night,
Mukden Friday morning. They had al-
ready invested Tie Pass, prepared for
the Russians' la.-t stand, and cut the
railway.
Kuroki was advancing northwest,
driving the panic-stricken Russians
against the Japanese western armleB.
Kouropatkin seems to have sacri-
ficed his rear guard In a last desperate
attempt to cut his way through his
enemy, probably toward the northeast.
It is reported that the Russians have
lost 200,000 men. killed, wounded and
prisoners. It remains to be seen
whether Mukden will be, literally, the
Russian Sedan, whether no remnant
escapes of the greatest army Russia
ever assembled.
de-
Mr. Cleveland's Musical Criticism.
Once, during his second term, Gro-
ver Cleveland was asked to speak at
a function In a certain town and when
he arrived at the depot, the wind was
blowing a gale, sleet was driving and
hailstones nearly as large as marbles
were fiercely falling.
Of course, the inevitable brass hand
was there, and at the sight of the
president, the performers struck up
with all the strenuoslty at their com-
mand. "That Is the most realistic
music I ever hoard," remarked Cleve-
land. "What are they trying to play?"
asked Secretary Olney, who accom-
panied him. "Hail to the Chief! " re-
plied the prosldent with a cheerful
smile.
BIG BATTLES OF MODERfTTIMES.
The following shows the number of troops engaged in historic
battles of modern times and the losses on both sides. These Include
the dead, wounded, missing and prisoners:
Men engaged.
AUSTERLITZ—French 60,000
Russo-Austrians 80,000
ANTIETAM—Federals 65,000
Confederates 28,000
BAUTZEN—French 110,000
Allies 90.000
BLENHEIM—Allies 52,000
French-Bavarians 60,000
BORODINO—Russians 110,000
French 130,000
BOYNE—English 30.000
I rish - 30,000
CHICKAMAUGA—Federals 57,000
Confederates 50,000
FONTENOY—French 70,000
Allies - 50,000
GETTYSBURG—Federals . - 93,500
Confederates 70,000
GRAVEI./OTTE—Germans 211,000
French 140 nnn
JENA—French - 100.000
Prussians 00,000
LEIPZIG—Allies 240.000
Frerch - 160,000
MAGENTA—French-Sardinians 55,000
Austrians 75,000
MAJUBA HILL—Boers 450
English - 700
MARENGO—French 28,000
Austrians 33,000
SADOWA—Prussians 221,000
Austrians 205.000
SEDAN—French 150,000
Germans - 250.000
SHILOH—Federals - 55,000
Confederates - 40,000
SMOLENSK—French 175,000
Russians 120,000
SOLFERINO—Friench-Sardixx lans 150,000
Austrians
WAGRAM—French
Austrians
WATERLOO—Allies ...
French
LI AOYANG—Japanese
Russians
SHA RIVER—Japanese
170,000
150,000
. . ..120,000
214.671
124.588
200,000
180,000
250,000
Russian 275,000
MUKDEN—Japanese 500.000
Russian - 325,000
•Killed and wounded: 86,000 addition*! surrendered.
Losses.
12,000
30,000
12,410
6,500
20.0C5
13,000
11,500
35.000
35,000
45,000
500
1,500
15.851
17.804
11 500
12.000
23,000
20.450
20.000
13,000
10,000
27.000
35.000
40,000
4.000
17,000
100
240
7.000
12.000
10.000
40.000
•17.000
9.000
13,573
10,669
20.000
40.000
18.000
20,000
25.000
25.000
22,976
25.600
18,000
22,000
35,000
56.OC0
ao.oor
65.000
Grand Duke Advocates Boldness.
Some oritics of Russian autocracy
say that the Grand Duke Vladimir has
some excuse for his hatred of popular
movements and secret societies. His
father, Alexander II.—the man wfcio on
his accession to the throne at once
made peace in the Crimean war- and
emancipated the serfs—was assassi-
nated by nihilist bombs. The grrand
duke is said to have carefully studied
the details of the history of the French
revolution, with the express object of
avoiding the perils and dangers of
any such catastrophe in Russia, and
he is convinced that If Louis XVI.'s
ministers had been bolder they might
have saved France as a kingdom.
DIED MISERABLY IN SNOW.
Horrors of Russian Retreat Pictured
by Correspondent,
Twenty-six miles behind them lay
the Hun river and across that,
through the Da Pass, they sougTTt
saffty in a Junction with Kouropat-
kii\ main army. The severity of the
weather did not relax nor dlU the re-
sistless rnsh of the Japanese.
Through the blinding snow and facing
the cutting winds the wearied Rus-
sians began their backward move-
ment, pursued and harassed by their
dauntless enemies. Hundreds of
wounded fell from the ranks axid per-
ished miserably in the blood-oovered
snow by the roadway.
At Da Pass Rennenkampff again
made a stand and offered bss.ttlo to
the Japs. Forming his shattered col-
umn as best he could he faced the
brown demons and all day long his
men repulsed one attack aflcr another
until they were wearied to the point
of exhaustion.
The brown men swarmed up to the
Russian trenches again and again,
fighting with the ferocity of tigers.
Again and again, half froaen with the
cold, wearied by the week of con-
tinual fighting, the Russians flung
back the attacking troops, that surged
up to the very muzzles of their guns.
Urged on by the cry that they must
hold the overwhelming Japanese lines
In order that the monster stores of
supplies gathered at Solun might be
saved to Kouropatkln's army. Ren-
nenkampff's men fought until scores
fell from utter exhaustion.
Then the long retreat from Tslnk-
hetchen, in the face of biting winds,
began, the wearied, supperless Rus-
sians dragging their way during the
cheerless night In a retreat of thir-
teen heartbreaking miles, tho Japan-
ese snapping ever at their heels
throughout the long hours of dark-
ness.
Subject Not Mentioned.
A visitor sat in the senate gallery
in Washington and listened to debate
for an hour or so. -Later he met a
friend and mentioned where he had
been." "One of your own senators, Mr.
Blank, spoke to-day, did he not?" "Oh.
yes, he spoke for 'most an hour. '
"What did he talk about?" "Well, now,
I couldn't tell you. He didn't cay."
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