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VOL. XLII. NO. 7 1 NEWBERRY. S. 0.. TUESDAY -MAY 30, 190,5. TWICE AWE.$.0YA RUSSIAN FLEET ANNIHILATED TWELVE RUSSIAN WARSHIPS DESTROYED BY JAPS. One May Be Flagship of Russian Ad miral-The Report Seems Au thentic and the War Should End. Special to Herald and News. Charleston, S, C., May 29.-it has been officially announced in a dis patch from Tokio that the Russian Beet has been nracticaliv annihalated by the Japanese. Twelv warships sunk or captured. two transports and two torpedo boats des:rovers also sunk. Later reports awaited with inter est. There is no doubt of the auth-nticitv of the news. -News and Courier. The following specials are taken from The State of yesterday: Tokio. May 29. 2:15 p. .-It is of ficially announced that Admiral Ro jestvensky's fleet has been practically annihilated. Twelve warships have been sunk or captured, an I two trans ports and two torpedo boat destroy ers have b'een sunk. According to'he ;est informatio: the battle b'etween the Japanese an: Russian naval forces for the supre macv of the oriental seas. on which hangs the outcome of the far eastern 'tggl e. has begun. if it has not ter nmated decisively. All teli dis patches received by .Ae Associated Press point to a Japanese victory, though it is not vet known whether the full force of Vice Admiral Ro jestvensky's fighting ships took part in the contest which. according co the dispatches. took place in the c,n paratively narrow waters of the Straits of Korea. The first informa tion came in a dispatch from the American consul at Nagasaki to the state department at Washington tell ing that the Japanese had sunk one Russian battleship, four other war ships and a repair ship in the Korean straits, and this was followed by a dispatch received by the state depart ment, the date of which was not given, that the "Japanese government had made the announcement that its fleet had engaged the Russians in the Straits of Korea Saturday and had held them.". The state department also received information that two of the vessels reported to have been sunk were the sister battleships Orei and Borodino and that three of the other ships were cruisers. Fronm Tsingtau, the German port on the Shantung peninsula, came a report that a running naval engagement took place near the island of Oki in the sea of Japan, 2oo miles northeast of the Straits of Korea, and that the whole Russian fleet did not partici pate, the slow vessels having been sent around Japarn. Russian sources give no news of the battle, while the Japanese government, following its custom, is silent as to either the bat tle or its outcome. Washington, May 28.-A dispatch was received at the state department today saying that the Japanese gov ernment had made the announcement that its fleet had engaged the Rus sians in the Straits of Korea Satur day and had held them. The reported sinking of the bat tleship Borodino is mentioned in a dispatch received at the state depart ment today from the consul at Na gasaki. The belief in naval circles in Wash ington is that the Japanese resorted to a free use of their torpedo boats in their attacks on the vessels of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. The Japanese have a large number of torpedo boats in their fleet and they demonstrated their effectiveness in the operations around Port Ar thur. Naval officials here tonight express the opinion that it was un likely that such serious losses as those reported could have been in flicted by ordinary fires. The following is the text of the Nagasaki dispatch to the state de partment: "Nagasaki. May 28.-Japanese sunk the Russian battleships Borodi no and four more warships and a re pair ship." The other dispatch reads as fol lows: "Tokio, May 27.-Japanese fleet engaged the Baltic squadron this af ternoon in the Straits of 'su Sima. which was held. Cannonading heard from shore." The News in London. London, Mlay 29.-The correspon dent of Th! Morning Post at Shan ghai says that a telegram has been received from Pekin announcing that Rojestvensky's fleet has been defeat ed off the Tsu islands and is fleeing northward and that four Russian ships. including the battleship Boro dino, have been sunk. The Destroyed Russian, Ships. Washington. May 28.-From in formation which has been received in Washington today it is believed that two of the Russian ships report e'd to have been sunk in the Korean straits by the Jaranese are the Orel and her sister ship the Borodino. They are battleships Of '13,000 tons. Tl-ree other vessels reported sunk are believed to have been cruisers, the remaining one being a repair ship. The Orel and Bordino are of 13. :;6 tons displacement each. heavily armed. well protected and were de signed to make iS knots. They measured 397 feet by 76 feet, with 26 feet draught and bo:h have a lofty spar deck fully. 30 feet above the water line extendingr from the how to the quarter deck. Forward is mounted a pair of 12.44 inch guns in a turret protected by ii inches o: Krupp armor. Another pair of guns. of same size, is mounted aft. There are 30 other guns on the intermediate battery, and the vessels carry two submerged torpedo tubes and two above ,ter. A special feature of the vessels is their vertical longitu dinal bulkheads of inch armor. run ning throughout the whole length of the ship at a distance of 9 or o1 feet in board from the ship's sides. de signed to localize the effect of a blow from a torpedo. Carolina Summer School. The Carolina Summer school will be held at Wrightsville Beach, N. C., from June 15th to 21st, inclusive, un der the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, for the training of Sunday School workers. Prof. H. M. H:amill, D. D., of Nash ville, Tenn., will be in charge of the work, assisted by Bishop A. Coke Smith, of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. H. M. Hamill, Bishop W. WV. Duncan and other prominent speakers and lectur ers. The Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets from all points inl the.states of North and South Caro lina, June 14th. 15th and 17th, good to return until June 24th, 1905, at one frst-class fare plus twenty-five cents. The rate from Newberry is $7.30 "'My dear. I'll not be home to dinner tonight, and you had better not sit up for me. as I shall be de tained very late at the office posting my books.' " Very wvel1.' the woman answered. 'Before I go to bed I'll say good night to you over the telephone:' -The man had forgotten, you see, that a telephone now connects his office and his house." "A certain man, at breakfast one morning, said to -his wife: MUREDERED NEAR HOME. Mr. Wittie Walter Killed And Rob bed Within Sight of His Home. The following account or the death of Ir. Isaac W. Valter, in Wood lawn, a suburb of Birmingham, Ala., Thursday night, is republished from the Birmingham Ledger of May 26. Mr. Walter was a son of the late Capt. Geo. H. Walter. of Charleston, and was well known and highly esteemed in this city. The tragedy is still un explained, although search has been made for the murlerer, and a reward has been offered for his capture. A brief account of the tragedy was giv en at the time. The Ledger says: In sight of his home, and within forty yards of the car track, while East Lake cars were still passing. and in the most tliicklv settled residence section of Wodlawn.. Isaac William Walter, connected with the Miller Real Estate company, of Birming ham, was shot to death early this morning by an unknown highway man. The tragedy occurred on North 59th street, Wood.awn. Three shots were fired at 12:35 o'clock and the dead body of Mr. Walter was fount lying in a pool of blood and brains this morning at 5 o'clock. First hand investigations made shortly after the discovery of the prime point to rob b-rv as its motive. The watch of the d,tad man was missing, its chain hav ing been broken, and his money was gone. What sum he had with him is no(t known. The killing ,ccurred on the west, side of the sidewalk, some 150 feet from the front gate of his residence. It was directly in front of the corner formed by the adjacent lo:s of Col. Hughes B. Kennedy, No. 112 and of a house, now vacant, occupied recently by A. R. Wilson, the real estate man, who has moved to Tullahoma, Tenn. Walter's residence. No. 124. was next beyond, on the same side of the street On every side here are residences and the inmates of nearly all these heard he shots. W. P. Wyatt, who works in Birmingham. usually goes to his employment on the first East Lake car in the morning. 'As customary he this morning walked from his house toward the car track. At the place mentioned above he saw the body of a man, his face down and head par tially shattered, lying as he had fallen from the sidewalk. The dead man's feet were outside the sidewalk and his head was turned towards it. iIn the pool of blood about the head iwas impossible to distinguish at first who the dead man was. Mr. Wyatt went to the residence of Mr. WValter and called out to his son, G. C. Walter, a young man 23 years of age. The horror-stricken son recog nized the dead lineaments as those of his father. The nearest approach to an eyewit ne s was A. R. Barton. Mr. Barton described what he knew of the matter to a Ledger reporter this morning as follows: "Mr. Walter and I had .-ome from town on the East Lake car leaving there at 12.15. We had been talking on the car and got off at 39th street station together. I boar. with Mrs. Frank S. Dotzheimer. on the corner of the street and the car line. WVhen we separated Walter started walking briskly toward home. Just after I went into the house I heard two shots fired and thought someone had shot my dog; I heard a sound like a dog's cry. Running out on the back porch I looked out just in time to see a third shot.. which ap peared to have been fired in the air. IHearing no further disturbance 1 Iwent to bed." The generally accepted theory is -hat Mr. Walter was killed while ;rying to resist a highwayman. His son said this morning that he had re cently heard his father remark that he intended going armed when going out at nig-ht in future For this nur )oC he carried a 38-calibre Smith and \ esson old model revolver. Thit p:stol was one of two found by the dead man. Walter went to town last night stating that he had real estate busi ness to investigate, and that he might go to Mississippi if he met a certain friend whom he expected on a night train. His failure to return home created no uneasiness. It is thought that he got off the car and started home with his pistol still in his pocket. The man who did :he shoot ing was either in one of the two ad jacent yards or was standing on the sidewalk. This man was armed with a 38-calibre Harrington and Richard Sn revolver. This weapon also lay beside the corpse. He is thought tO have ordered Walter to halt when the. Ia:ter attempted to draw his pistol. The highwayman's revolver had two chambers empty and that of Valter had one. Three shots were counted by all' who heard them. The dead man's money was missing and his watch was gone. A gray slouched hat was found near the body. Isaac William Walter removed to the Birmingham district a number of years ago from Newberry, S. C. Be sides his widow he leaves two sons, G. C. Walter, aged 23, and Lamar Valter. aged 14. Deceased was 52 years of age. He was recently con nected with the I. WV. Walter Paint conpany. on 2d avenus. Birmipgham. A short time ago he entered the real estate bu-siness. going with the Mil ler company. He was widely known in Voodlawn and Birmingham. He had 1ost his right leg and wore a cork limb. but this scarcely impeded his movements, and fe.w of his friends knew of his misfortune. Mr. Walter was a well-known member of the Grace church congregation. The above is from the News and Courier of yesterday. The news was received in N.,:berry Friday morning by Col. 0. L. Schumpert. who is an uncle of Mrs. Walter. Mr. Walter lived in Newberry for several years and while here married Miss Cora Kingsmore. From here he went to Birmingham where he has been for a good many years. This editor remembers very pleas antly a visit to the home of Mr. Wal ter while in attendance upon the Con federate reunion when it met in Bir migham some years ago and the courtesies and kindnesses extended the Newberry contingent by Mr. Walter during our visit and we learn of his tragic death with sadness and extend our sincerest sympathy to the be reaved ones. Letter to Mrs. Wells. Mrs. 0. S. Wells an aunt of Mrs. Walter received the following letter: May 26th, 1905. My Dear Mrs. Wells: At my dear friend's request I write you a re.ply to a telegram received, but Mrs. Wal ter asked that I write: we are shock ed. grieved and infuriated that our dear Mr. WValter should have met such a death. He left 'home at 9.30 last night ex pecting to run over to Greenville, Miss., with an eastern capitalist on a lumber transaction. No one knows as yet whether he met the gentleman, at any rate, he returned to Wood lawn on a 12.30 car, when with in fifty feet of his gate he was assaulted and killed. There were three shots fired. The neighborhood was aroused but everything became so quiet and a rain set im so no one thought it any more than someodefiringoffapistol. Mrs. Walter and Lamar went to the' front door but thinking nothing of it went to sleep again. At 4.30 a neigh bor going to catch an early car found the body. Terrible to think he was shot at 12.45 and lay there all night in he~ rain. Mr. WVai:er's pistol with one empty shell and the robber's with two empty shells along with a dirty cap was found. His watch and $20.00o taken from his person and his valise one throgh.I Tis supposned to be the work of a negro. Mrs. Walter is prostrated, but her friends, Dr. anZ Mrs. Rector are with her-Clarag and Lamar seem heartbroken, but are so manly and such a comfort to their mother. Mr. Walter was greatly be loved and respected. The entire com munity are aroused. I think his bust ness is in good shape and his insur. ance 0. K. He looks as if only asleep. Rests in a handsome broadcloth casket and the numerous floral offerings speak for themselves of the tenderest love of his friends. The funeral services w:ll be con ducted from the residence at 10.30 in the morning, and we lay him to rest by the side of dear Mrs. Kingsmore. Mr. Will Kingsmore reached here at ii o'clock a. m. Mrs. Walter asks that I say that no one ever had such friends as she. Poor dear soul, is wild with grief. She asks that I write at nce knowing your anxiety. I have been a warm friend for sixteen years and no one could sympathize L:ith them more than I. It is truly a frightful tragedy. Senator Tillman Hurt. An Edgefield spcial to The Au gusta Chronicle says: There was a perfect jam of people in the auditorium of the South Carolina Co education Institute last night to wit aess tle graduating exercises and tc hear the address of Senator B. R. Tillman. Every seat downstairs and in the gallery was occupied and stand ing room was at a premium. After the close of the exercises Senator Tillman had a riarrow escape from being killed. He and his daugh ter. Iiss Lona. wer: in his carriage tarting for Trenton. The driver was not familiar with the grounds, and'in. tead of going out of them along thi road he dtove directly over a steep embankment. The fall of the carriage and As occupants was about ten feet. r. Tillman was bruised zrd cut slightly about the face. Miss Lona, o far as known, was uninjured. They went on to Trenton. It was almost a miracle that the h.orses, driver and the occupants of the carriage were not killed. Edge ield is about the most poorly lighted town in the state of its size. Teams and pedestrians have to grope their way in the dark or use,hand lanterns. We have some street lamps, but they are so far apart and so dim that they afford no aid except when a person is immediately under them. Though but a short distance from .the public square, there was no light at all where the senator met with his accident. Pointed Paragraphs. It's tough when you order a steak in a resturant and can't get it-and it may be tougher if you do get it. *~ A wvoman's ideal photograp-h is one that represents her as looking at least ten years younger than she really is.. . Women seldom fall asleep in : church because the sermon is ended before they finish sizing up what the other women have on. A woman's ideal of a successful politician is one who succeeds in get ting the pictures of his wife and child ren in the newspapers. The man who pays for a book on the art of making money gets the in Formation-but the other fellow gets the money. There isn't very much hope for the man who has reached the age of for ty and isn't more or less of a crank. Ne York Tribune. Congresstaan Bingham, at a dinnd >f the Philadelphia Clover spoke of modern life in the ~most aptimistic vein. "The world is growing better," he aid. "Daily it becomes cleaner, kinder and more upright. Nearly - everything makes for reform. Even the telephone has a tremendous