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ESTABLISHED IN 18 ONE HUNDRED KILLED FLAMES WORK HAVOC IN BRI TISH COLUMBIA. Several Villages Destroyed and Thou sands are Homeless and Destitute. Relief Askea of Winnipeg. As a result of bush fires that start ed Saturday and still range for many j miles, Fernie, B. C, is wiped off the map; Michel, 14 miles distant, is in flames and the fate of Posmer, Ol sen and Sparwood, intervening: towns is in doubt, as they are cut off from communication. More than 100 lives were reported Jost, 74 of them in Fernie. A terri tory 100 square miles in extent is a seething mass of flames. Through out it are scattered hundreds of lumber men and prospects, so that the actual loss of life will not be known for days. Much property of the Canadian Pacific and the Great Northern railways is destroyed, in cluding bridges and rolling s'ock burned, so \that it is impossible to ?enter or leave the burning area. In habitants of the affected towns have fled to open country to seek safety. The railway companies have placed all available trains at the disposal of refugees and unless there Is a change of wind within the next 24 hours the whole of the Crow's Nest couhtry will be abondoned to the flames. There is no possibility of ?estimating the loss of life and pro perty which will result, for the flames are driven by half a gale, making it impossible to put up a tight against their advance. The confiagi ation is the greatest which has fcvei visited Canada. Bush fires a "9 raging frort Cran brook to the Crow's Nest. The wind is blowing a heavy' gale and all available men are fighting the fire smd west of Cranbrook it is under control. Telegraphic communication with Fernie, Posmer and Michel is; cut Four men lost their lives trying to save the huge Great Northern bridge 3 5 miles west of Michael, but It was dstroyd. Two men f-om Sparwood were taken to the M^chei hospital. It's feared Michael also is doomed as the fire is sweeping east " ward down the Crow's Nest and un-j Ipss the wind shifts the whole Crow's Nest county will be laid waste. Peter Campbell, who reached Michel says the whole country be tween Cranbrook and Mitchel is a seething caldron. The body of Peter Miiier was found on'the Canadian Pacific rail road tracks near Michel. Posmer, d?lko, Sparewood and Woodtown are reported destroyed by the fire. The Canadian Pacific railroad is rushing traias with doctors, nurses food and clothng to the destittue A bulletin from Mitchel says: "This town is doomed unless the wind changes. Canadian Pacific Tailroad making up special trains to carry Inhabitants to safety." W. W- Tuttle, mayor of Fernie. has wired Mayor Ashdown of Winni peg for relief, saying three are 6, 000 homeless. GOES TO THE BRYAN FUND. First Bale of New Cotton Received at Savannah. The first bale of "factor's cotton," or that received in the oridnary course of business for this season, was bought Thursday at the Savan nah Exchange by Murray M. Stewart for the Bryan Democratic Club. It was immediately compressed, pla cardeed and shipped to Charles' F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, New YorK. The placard announced that it is the first bale and concludes: "As surely as cotton Is king Bryan will be elected President." The bale is to be auctioned off in Tammany Hall and the proceeds will he devoted to the Bryan campaign fund. * MET HORRIBLE DEATH. Young Mas Fastened Beneath Engine and Fatally Scalded. Mr. D. W. Dunlap, a young man, son of Mr. Charles L. Dunlap, of Fort Lawn, met with a horrible death Friday night says a news dispatch from Lancaster. He was acting as engineer on the railroad between Fort Lawn and Great Falls, and while running what is known as a dinkey engine yesterday afternoon, the en gine collided with a box car and ov erturned, Mr. Dunlap being pinioned under his machine and fatally scald ted, his death ensuing several hours later. The unfortunate young man was fastened beneath his engine an hour and a half before he could be removed, being conscious all the while. * MINERS BUREED ALIVE. "Rescue Work Difficult, But Twenty Have Been Saved. A dispatch from Fernie, B. C., says twenty-three men were buried Friday morning by a caveln in No. 2 mine at Coal Creek, owned by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company. The work of rescue was made dif ficult by gas, but rescuing parties had taken out twenty men alive at three o'clock Friday afternoon, and the other three will probably be rescued. Three men were killed in this mine two months ago. * YOUNG Man oriUi FATHER SHOOTS AND KILLS HIS DAUGHTER S VISITOR. J. I. Williamson, a Prominent Young Farmer of York County, KiDed by G. H. Garrison at Gray Court. A dispatch from Gray Court to The News and Courier says one of the most deplorable homicides ever committed in Laurens County oc curred there Friday night. Mr. Henry Garrison, a highly respected citizen of that place, shot and killed Lewis Williamson, of Rock1 Hill. Williamson came to Gray Court Thursday to visit a member of the Garrison family. Mr. Garrison, it appears, was out in the yard about 11 o'clock that night, and happened to overhear some remark young Williamson made to his oldest dau ghter, who was in the parlor with Williamson. Mr. Garrison, it is said, then walked into the house, got his gun and shot Williamson, the load entering the left side of the body. Williamson was about twenty five years old and was prominently connected. The Garrisons are con nected with the best families of Laurens County and the affair is an altogether deplorable one. Young Williamson lived about two hours after 'being shot. The body was I shipped to his parents in Rock Hill. The News at Rock Hill. A dispatch from Rock Hill, says news came here of the killing of Mr. Louis Williamson at Gray Court, Laurens County, by a Mr. Garrison, of that j lace. The nttter cavjcl he iii'dvtstcod and it is believed thut v icr-Uble mistake das been made ><r fome one Mr Vv'illiamson a imminently cou^-n'oa and pi viper ous young farmer, of Bethesda, near here, a son of M.r J. L. Williamson, one of the county's foremost men. Young Williamson has been devot ed in his attentions to the young lady in whose presence he met his death. He was engaged to her and was making preparations for thier marriage early in the fall. He had talked the mater over with his par ents and had made 'arrangements for renting part of his father'r farm. He spent Thursday night here v/ith his brother and left on the early train Friday morning to visit his financee at her home in Gray Court. The news reached here too late for any of the family lo make connec tions and get to Gray Court, but'F. Ban-on Grter, Esq., of Greenwood, a cousin of the deceased, attended the inquest and will bring the body to Rock Hill. CONVICT AGAINST CONVICT. Move Georgia Horrors and Irregular ities Disclosed. At Atlanta, Ga.. Geo. F. Hurt, tes tifying before the legislative com mittee investigating the conduct of the State prison board last week told the committee of an incident In which one convict armed with a pick was set upon another convict similarly armed in an effort to capture and subdue him. During the encounter this convict drove his pick into the insurgent's fnc.i up to the hilt, the point of it p'-netrating the mans lung. He afterwards died of pneu monia. Lessees of convicts called to the stand swore that members of the Georgia prison commission knew that they were paying extra salaries to the State's officers.. Wardens acknowledged ignorinr -t rules in reference to making out re : ports of their camps and submittinv j them tinder oath. ? They stated thev j were never reprimanded by the pris on commission for these lapses. .:) DROPPED 2,000 FEET. Parachute Breaks and Young Aero naut Loses His Life. At Jackson, Miss., Wm. Oliver, a young aeronaut of Mason, Mich., was killed Thursday while making a par achute fall. The stritigs on one side snapped and the aeronaut dropped two thous and feet to his death, the parachute trailing, a useless ^ag, after him. Oliver landed near a crowded merry go-round and lived five minutes after being carried t? a nearby house. ? TWO TOTS DIE IN STORM. Parents, Just Reconciled, Drove Into Canal on Way Home. A snerial from Rnpors, N. C, re ports the drowning of an infant two months old and a child two years old. of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Swain, the party being caught in the storm Fri day night, and, missing a bridge, drove into one of the great canals be low Lake Scup ernong. The couple had been estranged for some time. Thursday, Mr. Swain visited her and a reconciliation followed. * BABY RESCUED FROM TUB. Doctors Worked Three Hours to Re vive Spartanburg Child. At Spartanburg Weldon Wilson, aged two years, was found sticking head foremost in a tub of water at his home Friday. Physicians worked with him three hours and finally suc ceeded in reviving him. How long the child had been in the water is not known. * DROWNED BY FLOOD. i HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CAUSE FLOOD. I Two Children Have Been Drowned and Traffic Is Tied Up on Four Lines of Railroads. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C, says two children drowqed, traffic tied up on at least four lines of rail road and most of th? navigable riv ers, crops badly damaged and in the large areas of lowlands entirely de stroyed' is the partial record of the ?effect in Eastern North Carolina of the West Indian storm that raged on the Atlantic coast Thursday and mov ed inland Friday, accompanied by a rainfall that was a record breaker in some localities and amounted to 9.75 inches at Newbern, according to spe cials Friday night to the News and Observer from numerous points in that section. At Kinston, nine inches of rain in four days is reported, and in the city main streets are impassaide to ped estrians. The Norfolk and Southern railway bridge over Southwest creek, between Kinston and Caswell, is submerged and traffic has been block ed all day. Traffic is tied up also on the Kins- i ton Snow Hill Railroad, the track be ing washed away for some distance. Trains on the Washington and Vandemere Railroad are tied up by washouts and river traffic and fish in; are at a standstill. The bridge of the Norfolk rn' Southern Railway, between MbrrV: City and Beaufort, receuily ' ..iir^i cost of millions cr uollar?. is voooitet unsafe, and no trains are crossing. At Rop^r two children are report ed drowned on account of the floor! The chief damage in irtlau ! sec ti ?ns has been caused by the torren 1 ial rains. Reports from Wilmington. More I head City and Beaufort are that the Storm has passed, and but little real dam; ge has been affected. * | TESTED TORPEDO NETS. Steel Mesh Withstands Shock of Tor pedoes. A dispatch from Newport, R. I., says important secret tests were made at Coddington Cove and in Buzzard's Bay Thursday with the new torpedo nets, a steel mesh, which is supposed to be able to withstand the shock of torpedoes fired at close range. In Coddington Cove the torpedo boats Morris and Gwynn fired tor pedoes at different ranges and differ ent speedes at the nets, placed above the water, while at Buzzard's Bay the tests were made by firing orved oes under water, the second subma marine flotilla being engaged in the experiments. It was said unofficially that the tests were satisfactory. The nets are designed to be placed abord armored cruisers and torpedo boats for protection in time of was against torpedo attacks. * JOHNSON WRITES BRYAN. Is Ready to Speak for Party Where* ever Wanted. In a letter to W. J. Bryan, mailed Friday, Governor Johnson of Minne sota places his oratorical powers at the disposal of the national Demo cratic committee. He says he will be available about September and will go where wanted. The letter was in answer to one received from Mr. Bryan several days ago, calling attention to the f*ot that there was a desire in many States to hear the Governor. * {<y, S. C . Ti ESI) V N . AU( THE LEMON UNCOVERED. ?PoH LYNCHED BY MOB. NEGRO WHO ASSAULTED LADY LYNCHED BY CITIZENS. Execution Only Accomplished After Eleven Men Had Been Shot Down by the Sheriff. A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla., says two men killed and nine wound ed, some of them fatally, is the re cord of the clash between the mob bent on lynching Leander Shaw, a negro, and the sheriff and his^forces, in which the mob finally overpowered the authorities of that place -Thurs day. The lynching was carried out in the most prominent part of the city. Shaw Wednesdoy assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis, a highly respected lady of that city, during the absence of her husband, and after cutting her throat aimost from ear to ear, club bed her over the head with a revol ver, which he had taken from the house. During the afternoon when it became known that the negro had been arrested, crowds began forming upon the streets and early In the night they were reinforced by large numbers of men from the country. The mob formed about eight o'clock that uight and made an at tack upon the county jail, where the negro was confined. The jail gate vis broken down by the mob, and !.ho sheriff aud his deputies opened Ire. Three men dropped from the lirsl volley of the sheriff's fire. Vol after volley was then fired by 'ic sheriff's force, but the mob was repulsed. About midnight another attack was made, the mob having increased to one thousand determined men. The second attack was successful, for the teason that it was made upon all rides o f the jail. One party forced ?sway ''-o ugh to the rear, overpow ering the officers and securing the enibling :egro. A noose was slipped about his neck nfler being dragged for two blocks he was Strunk up to an elec tric light pele in the centre of the park, where fully 2,000 bullets com pletely riddled his body. T'.ie dead are: Henry C. Kellum, street car :.:otorman; Bud Nicholas,! .1 gfen'.er. T!ie wounded are: Charlie Turner, probably fa:ally; Jos. Brewton, prob ably fatally; Jailer J. H. Beaton, probably fatally; "Bud" Knowles, probably fatally; Sheriff Jas C. Van Pelt, John Van Pelt, a brother; Fred Humphreys, W. P. Brownson and W. P. Bayliss. Probably a dozen or njore others were slightly wounded. The body of Shaw was cut down next morning by orders of the authorities. The baby, who was struck by the negro at the time he tried to kill the mother, it is mid will recover. The fearful cost at which Shaw was secured and made to answer the penalty of outraged people is greatly deplored, and citizens are in a unit in great sorrow over the re sults of storming the county jail. Mrs. Lillian Davis, Shaw's victim, is in a desperate condition and her life is despaired of. The wounded men in Wednesday night's battle are receiving every attention. The coroner's jury investigating the riot found that Leander Shaw, came to his death at the hands of men unknown to them. The jury is also to Investigate the death of Kel lum, who was shot and killed in the scuffle at the jail. ? i Kills Girl and Rival. Because his sweetheart went to a dance with his rival John Newherg, a young farmer of La Crosse, Wis., waylaid and shot the two. 3TJST 4. H?o* tor in New Orleans Times-Democrat. BAFFLES POLICE TWO MEN CONCERNED IN THE \ MURDER OP WOMAN. Laborer Tells of Seeing Them Trying to Burn Mattress Widch Contained Her Body. That at least two men were con cerned in the murder of the unidenti Jfied woman whose half-charred' and acid-scarred body was found on the Green Point avenue dumping ground in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N. Y., early Wednesday morning, was es tablished Thursday night; ? Philip O'Brien, a laborer of Green Point, saw a covered wagon driven to the dump at dawn Wednesday. Two men got out and lifted from the wagon what the witness supposed to be only an old mattress. He saw the men pile a heop of brush on the mattress, pour oil over it and set I fire to it. Bleieving the mattress was being destroyed because it was dis ease-infected, the man avoided the spot There cau be no doubt but that the mattress was the one iu which the body of the murdered wo man was concealed. This important development led to the discovery that the wagon was seen by several other persons and the police now have a minute de scription of the two men who were in it. They were foreigners. Another startling feature of the case was disclosed when Coroner's Physician Wurst made a second au topsy on the corpse. His first autop sy revealed a deep cut across the woman's throat. The second autop sy shows that this cut was made by a person who is expert in surgery. The incision, sa^s the coroner's physician, is such as is made in des perate cases of diphtheria, where it is necessary to pierce the windpipe to prevent strangulation. Whether this wound caused death or not Dr. Wurst is unprepared to say. Dr. Wurst will make a careful analysis of the stomach to discover whether a drug was administered to the woman. Besides the incision In the woman's throat her skull was fractured and the police believe that poison may have been vtd to make thrice sure of her deatn. Failure to identify the victim is the greatest obstacle the police have to overcome in solving the mystery. A general alarm has been sent out for Mrs. Mamie Muskovitch and her husbund, Stanley, who have disap peared. There is a possibility that the mur dered woman may be Mrs. Musko vitch. Muskovitch and his wife left Green Point last Monday, supposed ly for Stamford, Conn., and Mrs. Mv.Bkovitch hr.s not been seen since. Her husband returned to Green Point on Tuesday alone, it is said. * MR. CLEVELAND'S FORTUNE. gaid That Former President Left Estate Worth 8250,000. A dispatch from Princeton, N. J., sj.ys while nothing in Mr. Cleve lands will, which was filed several weeks ago, indicates the amount of his fortune, and although no official announcement, has been made as to its extent, it became known Friday that his personal and real property amounts to $250,000. * Killed by Train. Two men were killed and six more injured, one of them probably fatal ly, on the Ontario and Western Road at Mayfield. Pa., Friday. The dead: Michael Duggon and Samuel Ander son. The men were repairing cars on a siding when another train crashed Into them. * rXANS CAMPAIGN. MACK'S ACTIONS PROMISE ENER GETIC CARD?AIGN. The Committee Appointments An nounced Friday, Have Been Made With Much Care. That Mr. Mack intends to wage an energetic campaign is indicated by the announcement Friday in New York of a strong advisory committee, made up of Democratic leaders re presenting all sections of the coun try, under the chairmanship of David R. Francis, of Missouri. The mem bers named are all drawn from out side of the national committee. The executive committee, whicil was announced Friday, numbers 20 members, more than twice the usual size. In addition, there is a labor committee named, and through this body special attention will be directed toward reaching out for the vote of laboring classes, i Campaign argu ments of a special character win be printed in all necessary tongues for distribution by this committee. The chie f headquarters of Mr. Mack will be in Chicago, but he ex pects to divide his time so as to keep in close touch with the iflast. The Committee Apointmcnts. A d'spatch from Buffalo, N. Y.p says Norman Mack, chairman of he Democratic national committee, Friday appointed committees to serve during the campaign. The members of the labor committee are all mem bers of the national committee. He will r.nnounce next week the commit tees on finance, press and speakers. The appointment of the sub-commit tee for the Eastern and the New York headquarters will be taken up on the return of Chairman Mack to Chicago in about a week. The com mittees named are: - Executive Committee. Executive Committee?Norman E. Mack, chairman, New "York; P. L. Hall, vice chairman, Nebraska; Urey Woodson, Kentucky; Martin j Wade, Iowa; Josephus Daniels, North Caro lina; Thomas Taggart, Indiana; John T McGraw, West Virginia; George W Green, Rhode Island; R. M. John son, Tex?s; Clark Howell, Georgia; T. E. Ryan, Wisconsin; J. F. C. Tal bott, Maryland; John W. Tomlinson, Alabama; John E. Osborne, Wyom ing: James S. Keer, Pennsylvania: F. B. Lynch, Minnesota; / Edwin O. Wood, Michigan; Nathan Cole, Jr., California; Robert Ewing. Louisiana; j. Harvey Garber, Ohio. Advisory Committee. Advisory Committee?David R. Francis, chairman, Missouri; J. G. Johnson, secretary, Kansas; Alton B. Parker, New York; John Sharp Williams. Mississippi; Gov. John A. Johnson, Minnesota; Senator C. A. Culbberson, Texas; Senator John W. Daniel, Virginia; Senator Isadore Raynes, Maryland; Governor George Chamberlain, Oregon; Hoke Smith, Georgia; John E. Lamb, Indiana; M. 3 Ingalls, Ohio; Joshiah Quincy, Mass chusetts; George Earhart, New Y .rk; Irving L. Handy, Delaware; Archi bald McXeil, Connecticut; James K. McQuire, New York; J. K. O'Donnell, Illinois; James E. Campell, Ohio. Labor Committee. Labor Committee?Martin J. Wade chairman, Iowa; Rodger C. Sullivan, Illinois; T. E. Ryan, Wisconsin; Robert S. Hudpeth, New Jersey; W. A. Rothwell, Missouri; E. S. John son, South Dakota; Edwin A. New man, District of Columbia. Campaign Text Rook Committee. Campaign Text Book Committee? John E.\ Lamb, chairman, Indiana; Josephus Daniels, North Carolina; Richard E. Metcalfe, Nebraska. CAN'T SEEK WHISKEY ORDERS. Not Even By Mail, Says the Georgia Court of Appeals. At Atlanta Judge Richard B.' Rus sell Friday in the Georgia Court of Appeals, with the concurrence of the entire Court, rendered an opinion to the effect that the solicitation of or ders by mail in another State for whiskey or other intoxicating bever ages in the State of Georgia, as well as in the State of Georgia by any in- j dividual or corporation. Is a violation! of fhe law? of the State of Georgia,! as well as in the State by any Indi vidual or corporation, is a violation of the laws of the State of Georgia, and any preson making such solicita tion is guilty of a crime against the State. NEGRO BRUTE TO DIE. Execution of John Finney Will Bo Virginia's First Electrocution. A dispatch from Roanoke, Va.. says John Finney, the negro, who two weeks ago beat eleven-year-old Mary Jamison almost to death In Franklin County, In an attempt to criminally assault her, was Friday convicted in Conrt at Rocky Mount. The jury was out five minutes. Fin ney Is the first criminal sentenced to be electrocuted In Virginia. Train Killed Aged Man. John Gilder, aged 91 years, and the oldest living employe of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, was run down and killed by a locomotive of an in coming passenger train on that road Wednesday near Whistler, Ala. His neck and legs were broken and the pilot of the engine knocked a hole in his head. ?1.50 PBR ANVUM. WANT FINE RESTORED GOVERNMENT TO ASK REHEAR ING OP STANDARD OIL CASE. The Case Is Going to Be Carried to the United States Supreme Court. Other Cases to Be Pressed. At Lenox, Mass., W%- dnesday after an all-day conference of the leading Government prosecuting officers and Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota, one of the special counsel for the Govern ment in certain civil suits, it was aunounced by Attorney General Bon aparte that every effort would be made to secure a revision of the re cent decision and opinion of the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals in the case of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and that an ap plication for a reargument of the case and a motion for a modification I of the opinion would be submitted to that Court. Although no time is fixed, this ac tion by the Government will be taken at the earliest possible moment, whilei [the pending prosecutions against the Standard Oil Company and all other prosecutions in which the giving or receiving of rebates is charged will I be pressed to trial. | The decision to take this action was unanimous. Attorney General Bonaparte called to the conference Solicitor /General H. M. Hoyt, of Washington; Erwin M. Sims, of Chi cago, United States district attorney for the Northern district of Illinois; Jas. H. Wilkerson, of Chicago, Mr. Sims's first assistant, and Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota. Mr Hoyt, Mr Sims and Mr Wilkerson have arrived and had a conference in the after noon with tfct Attorney General. Mr. Kellogg arrived also and participated in the two conferences which were held Wednesday, and which ended with the giving out of the following statement by Attorney General Bona parte: "The Government will make every effort in its power to secure a revis ion of the recent decision and opin ion of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the 7 th circuit in the case of the Standard Oil Company, of Indiana, either by the Court of Appeals itself or if necessary by the Supreme Court of the United States. The gentlemen who have been in consultation with me all unite in my opinion that in. the interest of the Impartial and ef fective administration of our laws such action on the part of the Gov ernment is imperatively demanded by the circumstances of the case and the possible consequence if this opin ion should stand as authority with out, question by the Government. To this end an application for a reargu ment of the case and a motion for a modification of the opinion will be submitted to the Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the United States at the earliest possible mo ment. Other appropriate steps will be taken afterwards, their character to be determined by the Courts ac tion on this application. The pend ing prosecutions, in which the giv ing or receiving of rebates or offences of like character are charged, will be pressed to trial and judgment by the Government with all possible energy and as promptly as practicable In view Of the Government's legal ad visers the reversal of the judgment in the case recently decided in no way affects the merits or tnat controversy or the necessity and duty of bringing to punishment in possible in this and cases any individual or corporation shown to have evaded or defied the laws." In discussing the various aspects of the case Attorney General Bona parte took occasion to refer to the report published in certain newspa pers to the effect that W. Parmelee Prentist, the son-in-laW of John D. Rockefeller, had given, or was to give, a dinner to the Attorney Gener al, Mr. Rockefeller and Judge Gross cup. Mr. Bonaparte said in this con nection: "The tale is wholly free from any taint of truth." ? THREE HOURS IN BALLOON. Successful Trip Made '-om Baltimore to Hagersu>. a. Ernest Gill, a young man of Balti more, accompanied by Lincoln and Hlllery Beachey, professional aero nauts, made a successful balloon voy age from Baltimore to Hagerstown, Md., Thursday. The air craft ascend ed at 1.16 p. m. and 4.56 o'clock the party landed safely about four miles north of Hagerstown. Its passengers, reported" that the experience was pleasant, with no untoward Incidents. A man In Hagerstown, watching the baloon from the roof of his house, lost his balance and fell to the ground and was killed. Negro Lynched in Georgia. Alfonso Williams, a negro, who is alleged to have assaulted Miss Clare Brown last Fridav nicht near Ohoo pes, Ga., was Wednesday night tak en from the Tooms County jail by a mob, carried to the woods nearby and riddled with bullets. The sher iff was placed under guard whire the mob broKe into the jail and took the negro away: Battleships Beyond Wireless. A dispatch from Honolulu says. fPn ??>>? flrct timp since the American Atlantic battleship fleet sailed front that port for Australia, the wireless station failed to communicate with the Connecticut Wednesday night *