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eelngr these ships steering towards the
channel, we naturally assumed they were
the Russians.
Suddenly some of the warships started
firing at us. At first we naturally sup
posed they were firing blank shots and the
boatswain of the Tom Tit, which was
quite close in, picked up two big fish in
his hands and held them out at arm's
length. Some cay he did it in fun, offer
ing the fish to the Russian sailor men
others thinking he knew the shots were
real, and wanted to let the Russians know
that we were peaceful fishermen.
For that matter, the warships were so
Dear to some of the boats that with
glasses and searchlights they could easily
have seen the men on the deck gutting the
fish, for that Is what all the boats were
doing.
Shots Strike the Boats.
When the first shots were fired we were
taggered when we began to realize that
We were being fired at in earnest and
that the shots, well-aimed, were wounding
men and damaging the trawlers.
All was confusion and terror. We were
Quite helpless and could do nothing to ex
plain our real character. It seemed as If
we would all be sunk without a word of ex
planation, but happily after about thirty
minutes, during which dozens and dozens
of shots were aimed at us, the guns sud
denly ceased firing and the fleet steamed
speedily away towards the channel.
The one of our fleet to suffer most was
the trawler Crane. The skipper had his
head completely blown off by a shot and
another killed the mate, slicing half his
head off from his chin to his hair. All
the orew of six were wounded. The deck
presented a shocking sight with blood all
about. The headless trunk of the captain
and the ghastly body of the mate, which
was faceless, and the wounded men were
lying about In such shelter as they had
managed to crawl to. The dead and
wounded were taken off just in time, for
she foundered a few minutes later. She
had great holes In her sides thru which
the water rushed in torrents.
Several Trawlers Damaged.
Several other twawlers were damaged.
The Mino had eight or nine shots between
wind and water and the crew had to stuff
bedding into the holes to keep her afloat.
When I left there were three or four traw
lers not acoounted for and they may have
gone to the bottom.
It is useless for any one to think that
torpedo destroyers oould get up to look
like trowllng vessels. The whole build
Of our fleet is quite distinctive and easy
recognizable. Each boat carried her
lights as required by the rules. I
think the Russians lost their heads and
blazed away in confusion and then
teamed off, when they got no reply and
knew us to be harmless fishing folk.
Five Trawlers Missing.
Of the 160 fishing vessels thru which
the Russian squadron passed, five are
Still unaccounted for, and some anxiety
exists regarding their safety. The
Wren, one of the boats reported last
ight as missing, has arrived at Hull.
It will probably be some days before
he foreign office is in full possession of
all the facts, altho the examination of
the witnesses at the foreign office today
establish the general correctness of the
first accounts.
The mate of the trawler Mino, which
arrived at Hull with the Moulmein,
bringing the news of the firing on the
fishing boats, said today:
"Between 200 and 300 shots were
fired. The first vessel in line did most
of the firing. But I think two others
also fired several shots. Our whole fleet
was under searchlights which nearly
blinded us. The Russians calme within
less than a quarter of a mile from us.
We could see them plainly."
Captain Peaker of the trawler Mag
pie declared it was impossible for the
Russians to mistake the trawlers for tor
pedoboats. He added:
"The whole affair lasted about twen
ty minutes. Not a quarter of their
shots could have taken effect. When
the firing ceased the ships disappeared
as quicluv as they came up. Every
sailor knows that this part of the sea is
a fishing ground, and no one could have
mistaken our fleet with its special lights
as signals."
Russians Sped On.
The officials of the admiralty say the
captain of the Magpie did not exag
gerate the situation. What is puzzling
them the most is that the Russian torpe
doboats did not board nor approach
within hailing distance of one of the
trawling fleet.
At the Russian embassy it was sug
gested that the Russian squadron
Steamed away believing that no damage
had been done, this, man
N other suggestionsbufinds littlwitcredency
and fails to lessen the irritated amazement
with which all the officials her regard
the affair, which was aggravated later
by an allegation made by the fishermen
to the effect that Russians detached a
ship from the squadron and that she re
mained watching the trawlers until 6
o'clock on Saturday morning, without
lowering a boat or rendering any as
aistance.
BALTIC FLEET AT CHERBOURG
Advance Guard of Squadron Arrives at
French Port.
Cherbourg, France, Oct. 24.The ad
vance guard of the Russian second Pa
cific squadron, consisting of torpedo
boats, is in the outer harbor. The
main squadron is expected here, but it
is not yet certain whether the warships
will enter the harbor.
The vessels which first arrived here
were not with the larger ships when the
latter fired on the British fishing boats
in the North Sea, Saturday morning.
Therefore it is not yet possible to ob
tain the Russian version of the affair.
The Russian torpedo boats are sur
rounded by guard boats and the utmost
vigilance is maintained. No person is
permitted to approach them, and no per
son xs allowed to come ashore, except
the postman. The boats are furnished
with the wireless telegraph equipment.
They took on provisions from the trans
port Korea.
During last night and this morning
the vigilance was ledoubled owing to
fears of Japnaese ships being in the
channel. Three Russian torpedo boats
and the transport Korea headed out to
tea during the day probably for the pur-
Dyspepsia
Is an indication that* the
.4 stomach and other digestive
organs are weak, tired or
r- debilitated. It causes no
end of aches and pains and
is most* common where
people bolt* their meals and
hurry and worry as they
do in this country.
Hood'sSarsaparilla cures dyspepsiait has **a
magictouch in this disease.
:gp For testimonials of remarkable cures
send for Book on Dyspepsia, No. 5.
__ Hood Co., Lowell, Mats*
Monday Evening-,
pose of communicating 'with the main
squadron.
The newspapers here report that the
torpedo boats received a wireless tele-
Saymeveningthwarning
ra frbni Russian flagship yester-
their commanders
to exercise extra vigilance, as it was
feared that a Japanese attempt might
be made upon the squadron while in the
channel.
The only torpedoboats which pro
ceeded with the squadron put in here,
and three of these, it now develops, pro
ceeded on their voyage at 10 o'clock
this morning. Three others remain in
the outer harbor taking on coal from
the Russian collier Kitoy.
The Russians already here claim that
their squadron was navigating thru a
thick fog the night of Oct. 21-22 and
fired their guns in neutral waters fcv
the purpose of keeping in touch with
each other.
The Russians here appear not to be
aware that any British fishing boats
were hit. They declare that no fishing
boats were sunk, and add that the tor
pedoboats received a signal from Ad
miral Roiestvensky to be on the look
out as the admiral feared there were
Japanese ships in the channel.
BLUNDER, SAY GERMANS
Russia Is Expected to Make Full Repa
ration at Once.
Berlin, Oct. 24.('
A prodigious blun
der" is the German official verdict
upon the attack of the Russian second
Pacific squadron on the British fishing
fleet. It is assumed that the Russian
government will make reparation im
mediately after receiving the official
report, which will be telegraphed from
some French port probably today. The
excitement in Great Britain is regard
ed here as being fully justifiable, but
the British cabinet, it is believed,
will take the view that the deplorable
affair was the fault of rash officers.
German naval officers refer to the
incident as evidence that the Russian
squadron is badly officered.
RUSSIA DUMBFOUNDED
Censor Muzzles Press and Official Re
ports Are Lacking.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 34.No official
information from Vice Admiral Re.iest
vensky, commander of the Second Pa
cific squadron, or from other Russian
sources had reached the authorities
here, as this dispatch is written, in re
gard to the firing by the squadron upon
British fishing boats early Saturday
morning in the North sea.
The authorities are dumbfounded by
the press reports of the affair and can
not credit the accounts as presented.
For this reason the censor today de
clined to allow the publication of the
foreign accounts of the affair.
WAITING ON LANSDOWNE
British Action Deferred Till
Secretary Arrives.
London, Oct. 24.Foreign Secretary
Lansdowne will arrive in London from
the country this afternoon. Until then
no official action will be taken in regard
to the North sea incident in which the
Russian Baltic squadron sank one or
more British fishing boats and killed or
wounded several fishermen.
While public opinion insists that the
fullest reparation be made, there is no
evidence of undue excitement or of any
belief that international complications
will arise. Trading on the stock ex
change was slightly affected art the
opening, but prices speedily recovered.
The foreign office this morning was
crowded with seafaring people con
nected with the fishing fleet, who are
being exhaustively examined by the
officials, so that the precise facts on
which Lord Lansdowne may base a pro
test later in the day may be estab
lished.
Foreign
BUSS WARSHIPS SIGHTED
Eight Vessels Seen Making for Gher
bourg, France.
Portsmouthj England, Oct. 24.
Vessels arriving at Portsmouth report
having sighted four Russian torpedo
boat destroyers and four battleships
making for Cherbourg. One of the bat
tleships appeared to have broken down.
There is no confirmation of the report
of a battleship havin gbee ndamaged.
SERIES OF FRAUDS
CHARGED IN SUIT
STREETER COMPANY OF LARI
MORE IS ON THE RACE.
Plaintiff Carlson Alleges that Property
Sold Him as Clear Was Heavily Mort
gaged and that He Was Swindled in
Various Ways by the Larimore Con-
cern.
Special to The Journal,
Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 24 In a suit started
in district court, Andrew Q. Carlson accuses the
J. Streeter, Jr., cooipaiij, of Xarimore, of
violation of contract, padding its accounts against
him in more than the sum of $1,091, of making
Incorrect returns to him of flax sold, for which
the company was to account, and of fraudulently
inducing plaintifl to sign notes and mortgages
for over $7,600, and of selling to him as free
from encumbrance property against which there
were moitgages of $4,400 with inteiest.
It Is stated that on July 27, 1903, the Streeter
company entered Into a contract with Carlson to
sell to him 320 acres of laud for the sum of
$11,500, of which Carlson paid at the time of
contract $1,100 In cash, $4,500 in real estate
and $200 was secured by note. The balance
was to be naid from the proceeds of the faim,
to which purpose one half of all crops was to be
applied Interest was'to be at the rate of 7
per cent. The Streeter company was to give to
Carlson $500 with which to build a house, and
as a part of this subcontract the flax then grow
ing on one section was to be divided.
According to the complaint, thiB $500 was
never paid, and Carlson, at Streeter's suggestion,
contracted foi the erection of a house, and now
asks that $500 be ordered paid. The plaintiff
alleges that in December, 1908, Mr Streeter in
duced him to sign notes and mortgages for some
thing over $7,000, part of which were secured on
the land in question, and the rest against chat
tels. In return Streeter gave the plaintiff what
he represented to be deeds' to the land, but
which are not in fact warranty daads Carlson
says he is of Swedish birth and not familiar with
the English language or with ordinary methods
of doing business He further charges that the
rate of inteiest which he was to pay was raised
from 7 to 8 per cent without his knowledge.
The flax charge Is that Streeter gave plaintiff
credit for 2,001 bushels of flax, which he repre
sented to have been sold for 83c a bushel, where
as there were 2,092 bushels, of which 885
bushels sold for 91c and the remainder for 92c a
bushel.
Senator H. Hansbrough has returned from
Washington, where he was called by the serious
Illness of Mrs. Hansbrough, who is now much,
improved in health. The senator spoke at Wil
liston and will be actively engaged until elec
tion day, spending several days each in Ward
and Burleigh counties.
Mrs. It. V. Dow, who for nineteen years was a
resident of this city, is dead at Rochester,
N. Y., her death following an operation for a
cancerous growth at a hospital. Horace Dow
and Miss May Dow of Minneapolis are her chil
dren.
DEMOCRATS FOB LA FOLLETTE
Former Congressman Coburn and O. L.
Hood Will Support the Governor.
LA CROSSE, WIS Former Congressman
Frank Coburn, who was a democrat all of his
life, declares that ho will support Governor La
Follette, tellevinz in the principles that he
advocates.
C. L. Hood, one of the best known attorneys
In western Wisconsin, lifelong democrat, IB
i.lso supporting La Follette on his railroad rate
commission policy and primary election IssueB.
Fierce winds have made it impossible for
boats to ply .the Mississippi river. Five are
now tied up in th elower part of Lake Pepin,
unable to proceed north, where they are to go
Into winter quarters. Rafters are now all head
ing for winter Quarters and navigation is about
over. A few boats are etUl plying In tie packet
business.
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BELMONT'S SACRED"
BULL FOR DINNER
Lord of Freak Herd Escapes, Is
Killed and Served to All
Comers.
New York Sun Speoial Service.
Providence, R. I., Oct. 24.Sacred
meat, secured by residents in this city,
was served for Sunday dinner, the re
sult of a two days' hunt for'a $10,000
sacred bull.
When it began to rain Friday the
keepers in the park began to drive in
a herd of fourteen sacred cattle, pre
sented to the city by August Belmont.
But the big bull, lord of the herd, es
caped. Later the bull was found knee
deep in the swamp lashing his sides in
fury. The animal was firmly held in
the mire.
The leader of the chase called for
volunteers. The hunters did not all
speak at once and it was decided to
shoot the bull. The carcass was re
covered and the flesh was sold to a
local butcher. He immediately put in
his window this sign:
$
Sacred
$
Bull for Dinner for
Sunday. Trade swamped the place until the
sacred stock was disposed of.
The Fashion Center.
The great Plymouth Clothing House.
WRIGHTlNSlERS
PARKER'S SPEECH
Governor .of Philippines Says the
Judge Has Been Grossly
Deceived.
Washington, Oct. 24.Judge Alton
B. Parker's dark picture of conditions
in the Philippines has been effectively
answered by cablegrams direej from
Governor Wright or the Philippines, in
answer to inquiry from Secretary Taft.
Governor Wright's Reply.
Governor Wright says in part:
ManilaSecretary of War, Washing
ton:
FirstTha statement that any consid
erable number of officials have proven
corrupt, inefficient or despotic does great
injustice to a body of hard-working, self
respecting Americans, whose character
and service will compare favorably with
those of the employees of the federal or
state governments. Whilst there have
been a number of defaults by subordi
nates, they are few as compared with the
whole, and have been promptly detected
and punished. W have comprehensive
civil service law, rigidly enfo'rced, under
which antecedents and qualifications of
employees are scrutinized. Defaulters,
with few exceptions, appointed during
disturbed conditions, prior to the inaugu
ration of the law. Complaints of op
pressive acts exceptional and promptly
investigated and corrected. Relations be
tween the officials and Filipinos, as a
rule, cordial.
SecondNothing warranting the state
ment that towns are in ruins, land are
going out of cultivation, people Ill-fed,
unable to get work, and country ruined
agriculturally.
Demand for Labor Large,
Towns in same state as before the in
surrection, save a few burned by insur
gents, which have been rebuilt and re
occupled. Towns generally populated as
befoie. Sanitary conditions greatly Im
proved. Demand for labor generally
equals and in some cases exceeds supply,
and at increased wages.
During the fiscal year ending June 80,
1904, exports were $30,227,127, imports
$33,221,250. Exports fell off as compared
with previous year because of decrease
in coppra and sugar crops, due to phe
nomenally small rainfall In certain sec
tions and to the plague of locusts in
others. Of exportations $21,794,960 was
hemp of importations $11,548,814 was
rice, the principal food of the people.
Present crop all lines exceptionally
good, and prices remunerative, and there
is not now and will not be for the com
ing year any suffering from lack of food.
Enrollment public schools in 1903 was
184,202 and In 1904, 263,558.
ThirdTaxation is not oppressive. Cus
toms duties average about 18 per cent ad
valorem, as compared with 25 per cent
under Spanish regime. Industrial taxes
are also less than Spanish. Receipts hon
estly applied for the benefit of the people,
FourthIt is not true that there are
whole districts in the hands of the La
drones. There have been occasional in
stances during the last year of depreda
tions of Ladrones, who find concealment
in remote mountain fastnesses,and raid
isolated settlements of natives and steal
their caribou. These have been relent
lessly pursued by the constabulary and
scouts, who are natives usually com
manded by American officers.
There is no disorder or disposition to
violence among the great mass of the
people, who are attending to their usual
vocations.
Free Speech.
FifthStatements that newspapers are
bought up or browbeaten into silence, that
men of influence who criticise the com
mission are ostracised, that all organs of
expression of public opinion controlled
and that there Is no free expression of
the popular mind are wholly unsupported
by fact.
It is equally untrue that men in private
life are subject to espionage or that de
tectives in the guise of servants are em
ployed.
Judge Parker has evidently been grossly
deceived. Wright.
GOTHAM LOTTERY
OFFICES RAIDED
New York Sun Special Service.
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ox
Young Woman Tells Jerome's
Men Family Fortune Has
Been Lost.
New York, Oct. 24.The district at
torney's office raided four places where
lottery tickets are sold by wholesale
today, arrested seven dealers and seized
lottery tickets representing a value of
$100,000.
Great excitement attended the raids,
as the lottery offices were thronged.
Several women in one office became
hysterical and one woman fainted. At
another place, when the officers entered,
a young woman who held $20,000
worth of tickets declared that the for
tune of her parents was lost, and be
came hysterical..
The places all sold tickets for com
panies having headquarters in foreign
countries. One of them was the Hon
duras National Lottery, formerly the
Louisiana State lottery.
Three meals, two pi its of porter and 84
cents a day is the demand of farm laborers
In the midland counties of Ireland, and they
have gone on strike to enforce the demand.
JAPANESE SNIPED
BY SHARPSHOOTERS
Armies in Close TouchJapanese
Expected to Make the
Attack.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 24.Emperor
Nicholas has received the-following dis
patch from General Kuropatkin dated
Oct. 23:
The night of Oct. 22-23 passed quiet
ly. At 9 o'clock this morning the whole
of our volunteers, sharpshooters, har
assed the enemy while the Japanese
tried to attack our outposts, but were
everywhere repulsed by the Russian
fire.
With the Japanese Left Army (Gen
eral Oku's) in the Field, Oct. 22, 4 p.m.,
via Fusan, Oct. 24.The respective ar
mies retain somewhat peculiar posi
tions. Their advanced forces are lying
in the trenches 700 yards apart and
their inaction cannot be explained. For
five days the Japanese have not at
tempted to make the advance for which
the Russians seem to be waiting. The
outposts and patrols of both sides are
in close touch and there is occasional
firing by the light artillery batteries.
The Japanese are sending down the
guns and rifles captured from the Eus
sians and are receiving supplies of am
munition and reinforcements.
A Japanese forward movement is
daily expected and it iB believed that
there is heavy fighting ahead.
ON THE JAPANESE LEFT
Russians Said to. Be West of Liao
yang.
St. Petersburg, Oct." 24.An Asso
ciated Press dispatch irem the Eussian
front gives a rumor that the Eussian
force has made a detour to the west, ar
riving abreast of Liao-yang, but there
is no confirmation of this report.
Great importance is attached to a re
port from Tokio that 200 Eussians have
crossed the Tai-tse river east of Ben
si-hu, and that 20,000 are concentrated
at Kau-ta pass? twenty mites northeast.
This may indicate the direction of
Kuropatkin's next blow, or possibly it
is intended to disconcert the Japanese
and compel them to weaken their force
on the railroad.
Whatever Kuropatkin's ultimate ob
ject may be, there is no doubt that he
is desirous of obtaining the most reli
able information as to the number and
disposition of the force opposing his
eastern flank.
The Japanese estimate that the Eus
sian losses in the battle of Shak-he
amount to 60,000 is not confirmed here.
A telegram from Harbin reports the
passage north of 26,000 wounded. The
remainder, who are quartered in hospi
tals at Mukden, cannot exceed a few
thousands.
The roads are now dried by wind and
frost the cold is intense, and flooded
fields have been frozen. Thus military
movements are facilitated, tho at the
same time it will be More difficult to
carry on intrenching work.
STRATEGIC MOVE BY'JAPS
Retirement from Shak-he Doesn't Indi
cate Retreat.
Mukden, Oct. 24.The Japanese have
evacuated Shak-he, but it would be
premature to regard this as the begin
ning of a general retreat. It appears
rather to be a strategic move, so as to
reinforce and realign their greatly
broken front.
Scouts confirm the news brought into
the Eussian lines by Chinese or a Jap
anese movemendi^to th$)-ea8twar,d indi
cating that theyf have some fresh de
velopments matuHag there.
It is entirely too soon to credit ru
mors circulated here, and probably
telegraphed to St. Petersburg, that the
Japanese have abandoned Yen-tai and
retired to Liao-yang. On the contrary,
they apparently are preparing for a
stubborn resistance.
THRTJ THE BLOCKADE
Russian Port Arthur Squadron Said to
Be Out.
Special to The Journal.
Paris, Oct. 24.A correspondent of
Petit Parisien at St. Petersburg says
there is a rumor there that the Rus
sian squadron at Port Arthur forced
the blockade with the loss of a bat
tleship and a cruiser.
LIST OF DEAD GROWS
Japanese Report that 13,333 Dead Rus
sians Have Been Found.
Tokio, Oct. 24.The Japanese head
quarters here today, without referring
to the general situation in the vicinity
of the Shak-he river published the fol
lowing report received vesterday:
Since the last telegram referring to
the enemy's dead the oodies left on the
field have been increased to the follow
ing:
Found by the right army, 5.200.
Pound by the left army, 5,603.
Found by the center army 2,530.
Total 13,333.
The number of prisoners captured tor
tals 709.
SPOILS OF SHAK-HE
Japanese Report Capture of Guns and
Munitions.
Tokio, Oct. 24.Manchurian head
quarters say:
The enumerated spoils, etc, of the
battle of Shak-he follow:
Prisoners, about 500 enemy's dead left
on the field, 10,550 45 guns, 37 ammuni
tion wagons, 6,920 shells 5,474 rifles 78,-
000 small arms ammunition, number of
swords, shovels, axes and tents. Besides
the enumerated property the uncounted
property, extending over twenty-five
miles, will reach an enormous quantity.
The enemy's dead is being interred with
military honors.
According to the number of dead the
Russian casualties are estimated at over
sixty thousand.
Russian Boats Shipped.
New York, Oct. 24.The American
says:
Two submarines for delivery to the
Kussian government, which had been
sent so mysteriously to this harbor from
the shipyards at Newport News, were
shipped on the Hamburg-American line
staemer, which sailed at 5 p.m. Saturday
from Hoboken for Hamburg. At that
point the submarines will be reshlpped to
St. Petersburg. Within less than a month
these two boats will be shipped over the
St. Petersburg & Siberian railroad for
Vladivostok.
1?
PRAIRIE FIRE BURNS OUT
Loss Around Oakes and Ludden, N. D.,
Estimated at $3,000.
ABERDEEN, S. D.The prairie Are which
raged for 'two days between Ludden and Oakes,
N. D., covered an area ot twelve miles long
and four miles wide, and the damage to prop
erty is estimated at $3,000. Fortunately no
laige buildings were in the path of the flames.
Many Brown county fanners are feeding their
cattle on home-grown corn this year instead of
shipping the animals out as "feeders," to be
fattened in the cornfields of Iowa and Illinois,
.flee Webster is fattening 238 head, Dalton &
Howell 200, and others lessor numbers.
It is believed that fcgS-'den and Hiller, the
alleged horse thieves under arrest at Minot,
N. D., will consent to return for trial without
waiting for a requisition, The authorities are
in hopes the nieu will be induced to turn state's
evidence and expose the inner workings of the
organized band of horse rustlers of which they
are believed to be members. Th* evidence
against the two is complete.
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Cheviots, Zibelines, Voiles,
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pleated skirt,es,
$12.50 usu-
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$6.75
Ladies Suits gSU
largeassortment,new Scotch
mixtures jackets short,
tight fitting, length, belt
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sleeve, skirt plain
or pleated, a bar
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Waists
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brown, blue,black, length,
collar if wished, lined to
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5
GIPSIES MURDER
KIDNAPPED BOY
Body Found in Deserted House
King of Pennsylvania Gyp
sies Arrested.
New York Sun Special Servioe.
Phoenixville, Pa., Oct. 24." Lynch
them, shoot them, burn them at the
stake 1" These and similar cries sound
ed from an excited throng of over two
thousand persons that followed the offi
cers escorting gipsies to the lockup, ar
rested on suspicion of being implicated
in the brutal murder of 4-year-old
Michael Meyerski, found with his
throat cut from ear to ear and 'a terri
ble bruise on his temple. The body of
the child was found at noon yesterday
hidden in the fireplace of an old de
serted house, one mile from town.
The child was kidnapped Friday
afternoon on Star street by a strong
band of gipsies. All trace of the band
and the boy were lost until accident re
vealed the hiding place to a party of
chestnut hunters.
Never has a more fiendish murder
stained the annals of Chester county
and the citizens are aroused to a frenzy
of excitement. Only the failure of
George Wahl, the boy who witnessed
the Kidnapping, to identify any of the
men under arrest as being connected
with the crime, saved them from the
hands of the maddened throng that fol
lowed them to the nail.
Near Home of Knox.
Situated on the Ohristman road, near
the old lead mines, the house has been
for more than thirty years untenanted
and nothing remains but the crumbling
stone shell. It stands a mile from
Moore hall, the manor home of Gov
ernor Pennypacker, and two miles dis
tant is the residence of Senator Knox.
No more desolate or dreary spot can
be imagined. Directly opposite the
entrance the remnant or a mantlepiece
and the old-fashioned fireplace was lo
cated. Here the body was found.
According to the theory of the police,
ihe gang of gipsies who stole the child
became alarmed at the thought of the
If
mnishment which would overtake them
found with the boy in their posses
sion and deliberately murdered the boy
to get rid of him.
Shortly after the body had been
found, George Wahl, who had seen the
gipsies kidnap the child, informed the
police that he had seen a dog at the
gypsy camp which closely resembled the
dog he saw under the wagon in which
the boy was taken away. Chief of Po
lice Carter at once made a raid on the
camp. Six men were captured, among
them Henry Wells, known as the king
of the gypsies of Pennsylvania. All
the men arrested declare they know
nothing of the crime or the criminals.
POWDEREXPLOSION
NO TRACE OF MEN
City of Marshalltown Shaken by
the Blowing Up of a Pow
derhouse.
Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct. 24.The
powderhouse of Abbott & Son, in the
suburbs of Marshalltown, containing
tons of powder and dynamite, was blown
up early today, shaking the entire city
and blowing out windows and doors for
blocks.
It is believed the explosion was
caused by two tramps seen about the
plaee, of whom no trace can now be
found. There were no fatilities except
the tramps.
Had the explosion occurred half an
hour later many workmen would have
been killed.
A woman eight blocks away was
thrown to the ground and there were
several other minor accidents.
FIRE AT SHERBROOKE
Big HoneymanBarn and Part of Con
tents a Total Loss.
SHERBkOOKB, N. D.The Honeymm barn,
one of the largest in Sherbrooke, once used as
a liveryj was burned. Four horses in the build
ing were taken out in safety, but two buggies,
a wagon and tank and corn cultivator were
burned.
Deputy Sheriff Curry arrested an alleged boot
legger named Ward at Finley and locked hito up
in the Hillsboro Jail.
Victor Wallace and wife, parent^ of Mrs. W.
I. Warrey, are making their daughter a visit.
Th New Store
Surprisin Sui Offering for Tuesday
Just An Idea
of the Values.
New Good
Pouring in
by Almost
Every
Express
is the rule now. We were
fortunate in not crowding
our department to its ut
most capacity earlier, for
some of the styles brought
out at the beginning of
the season, fashion now
frowns upon. New styles
were demanded. We have
them in large assortment.
Call in, if only to inspect
them.
Ptire American Fox Boas 3 2 fox tails a hand
11,1
tails, a nana
some value
at $8.50,
at $5.60
HUNDREDS OF FARMERS THROW
OUT THEIR "KRAUT.'"
Pest Is from Eight to Twenty Inches
Long and in Color Resembles the Leaf
Upon Which It LivesBacteriolo
gists Vouch for Their Harmfulness
When Taken Into the Human System.
Special to The Journal.
DeB Moines, Iowa, Oct. 24.Hundreds of Iowa
farmers are throwing away barrels of sauer
kraut because jof the discovery that about eight
heads of -cabbage out Of ten are infected with
the .'.'cabbage snake." !The state bacteriologist,
Dr. Eli Grimes, and the state entomologist,
Professor L. H. Summers, are preparing a circu
lar which will say that the "cabbage snake" is
not harmful, and may be taken into the system
with perfect safety. It is doubtful, however,
whether even such high authority will induce
people to store in their stomachs cabbage known
to have been Infested with white snakes eight to
twenty Inches in length.
Southern Iowa raises more cabbage than any
section of the west. The discovery of the cab
bage snake has come about by the reports sent in
from many farms The latest specimen offered
to the state authorities comes from J. A. Hutch
inson of Truro, and is a healthy eleven-inch
snake grown on a cabbage head in a patch culti
vated by Mrs. M. A. Hayden.
Mrs. Ed Patrick of Eellerton had a similar ex
perience. In her letter to the state authorities
she says: "This snaije may not be poisonous,
but I do not want any of it in my stomach."
The cabbage snake, according to Professor
Summers, grows and lives upon cold-blooded in
sects, such as the beetle, grasshopper and crick
et. It is a parasite and forms very much in the
same manner as the trichina which is transferred
from the beetle to the hogs. In moist seasons
the cabbage snake will fall from Insects upon
which it grows and remain for several days, and
sometimes for weeks upon cabbage Professor
Summers says that it is no new discovery, but
that the season and the preceding seasons have
been propitious for it, hence its presence in large
numbers.
The human body, being warm blooded, cannot
long shelter the snake. It will find its way into
the intestines and from the warmth and lack
of nourishment it will die before accomplishing
any harm.
The elements of sauerkraut are such as will
furnish complete nourishment to the cabbage
shake, and It "will suivlve for months. When
taken into the system, however, the kraut loses
the nourishment upon which the snake feeds and
the snake is literally smothered to death in
warmth.
Examination" of several shipments of cabbage
has shown that almost every head has a snake
and some four or five Out of fourteen head ex
amined in a local commissionhouse all but four
had snakes upon them
The snakes are small, have no heads, and
live entirely by absorption. They resemble in
color the leaf upon which they live and cannot
be detected except by the closest examination.
HANSBROUGH ON THE STUMP
Republican Rally Planned for Hankin
son on Saturday.
HAN&INSON, N. D.~A republican rally wiU
be held at Hankinsor. Oct. 20, when Senator
Hansbrough will speak. At a republican rally
at Mantador, Jacob Hanck of Omaha, Neb.,
made an address in German.
Some big bags of ducks have been secured by
hunters in Cottonwood lake. Very few geese
have been shot.
The Soo railroad has settled the cftse brought
against it by Charles F. Llnd, who was injured
while acting as flrenran last August. In the ac
cident at Kulm he received injuries which par
alyzed bis body below the waist. The suit,
oiiginally brought for ?50,000, was to have
been submitted to a jury, but was held over
to allow the settlement, by which it is under
stood Lind receives $22,500.
The regular examination of teachers will be
held at the Hanklnson high school on Friday and
Saturday.
Martha Barrz, who became demented last
week, was ordeied committed to the asylum at
Jamestown.
S. H. Snyder having refused to accept the
democratic nomination for county judge, the
county committee baa substituted George E
Wallace of Wahpeton.
MU*PM^^
Ladies' Suits
SNAKE SPOILS THE
CABBAGE CROP! AFFECTS STOCKS
Dr. Bessie Park Haines of this city,
one of the most noted specialists in
America in. the cure of Bright's Dis
ease and Diabetes, says:
"There is no specific for Bright's
Disease and Diabetes that can be sold
by bottle or box at any drugstore.
These diseases are not reached effec
tively by patent medicines:"
Brighfs Disease
Of the Kidneys
thehtfro manu
facturer this morning, a
suit you'd expect to pay $27
for. Short, tight fitting
jacket, lined throughout
with good satin, latest tuck
ed
sleeves,$21.5
satin latest tuck
pleated skirt, only
0
rr
Kersey Coats ^dies and
inch all-wool, satin-lined,
large shoulder capes, mili
tary collar, latest
a real good
value at $9,
Tuesday...
latest sleeves
$4.98sleeves
Ladies' Skirts
7 5 of
them, in
black, blue, brown tweeds
and mannish effects dress
and
walking:
lengths, plain
lengtns plain
or pleats
good $6.50
value for.. $2.98
FurS W' **ea*
Jackets
river mink: collar re
$25-re,collar
vere and cuffs,
Skinner's satin
lined, only
NEW WAR CLOUD
Wall Street Excited over Possibil
ity of Anglo-Russian
Conflict.
New York, Oct. 24.Considerable ap
prehension existed in stock market cir*
cles at the opening today, over possible
developments resulting from the re
ported attack of Eussia's Baltic fleet
upon the British fishing flotilla in tha
North sea. Prices ran off at the outset
from a small fraction to a full point
'and London, where priees for practical^
all American stockst closed lower, waa
reported to be selling heavily in thiSi
market.
Prices soon made general recovery^
however, and in a number of instance*'
went higher than at Saturday's close.
and the excitement in this market
seemed to have been allayed. Banking
houses with important London connec
tions were in communication with that
center and the consensus of opinion was
that the North sea incident would be
speedily adjusted to the satisfaction ot
the British government.
In the second hour the market again
broke abruptly, prices of many issued
going lower than in the initial decline.
The selling was in heavy volume an(i
came from various quarters, but chiefly
from the speculative element and tra
ders, not a few of whom professed to
believe that the North sea incident
might give riBe to all sorts of seriouf
complications. Wire houses with out^,
of-town connections also sold the man
ket. The absence of official news from
abroad added to th efeeling of anxiety*
Toward noon supporting orders one*
more lifted the market, and by the end
of the morning's session priees had re*j
covered once more and conditions werfl
generally normal.
Always .Remember the PuD Njunrf
I^axative jforomo Qui
CuresaColdtnOneDay, Gripm2 Daya
urnina
onevery tab 350
WARM SLIPPERS I
We bought several thousand pairs of
Manufacturers' Sample* in Ladles' warm
lined House Slippers at one-third below
regular price*. In the lot is almost
every style you oan think of. We have
placed them on tables ticketed as fol
lows: Values 60c and 76a, JQA
choice, per pair TJV
Values 85c, 98c and $1.28 leOf*
choice, per pair ...-U9w
Values {185 and $1.48, Qfttf*
choice, per pair WWW
We also have over 1,000 pairs of Ladies'
warm lined shoes in samples at same
discounts. Some are stylish and some
commonsense shapes. They are on ta
bles ticketed AB
$1.48, |1.25 and JOw
Home Trade*
Shoe Store
M9-22? HwolUt
Mail her a fresh sample of youf
urine, put your name and postoffica
address on the label of the bottle, ana
she will make a scientific microscopical
examination of it and write you xully)
just what your trouble is.
She may be consulted personally at
her offices, 22 Twelfth street N, flat 2J
Minneapolis, Minn.
