The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 22, 1904, Image 1
JAPAN SMS IN THE LEAD1,
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Indications Point t0 the fact That
Hie Islanders Will Win
nil.Y SHOWED remarkable tact
'-'"'f v??-'v hnve
tull(ltrAII condltlons
~fcus#|a Beaten On All Side*.
lift io
4irectlon? rcgai-d'uJ Z*T from a11
^ttpaoefct, iiow t.l; t LtC ,' ,ns of tbft
? <!? **? Wur la n,n?, < T J !
Monaco their ??,? loD*cr t0
1 tt.e a > i " lrai??iwrt8. I
"?c Afcgotiated Preen i.< ? w
from Port Arthur Sun, lav L, 1
I'"8 "> <"* **JLTS yf?lK0",U'a'h"' !
|>rmallon in this , t g ?,? ,n"
F^?mnnr|li,/rh 8p*'t* WouId not
I out to be CO, mi ?0?,'1J,obr,;iRhoT,,t} ????'??
p ???nlior iR steaming there
ft lea., | (hem .
| M?n<lu.rC"thTO^h
> ? -. I1 nt 'ikushan.
Jfr A<,,ml?al T?*?> Immense super- I
v~i
"??? iK? vs ?;!
w'TS T '""" l"? "??' '
wnr?? "mier the Kuns'of the!
1 l)8, as General Shafter'a 1
^-oeed' ,'i C""a- " ,hl? "Ixmld |
:? ^ rion t V, , ' ,m""se Kc in a? ex- I
ctlleut position ,o execute a flaI1j, j
5S~T "" ,'l?? V??? or * !
i Qi t Arthur.
KttropatWn reeemly Inspect- !
tl rv,si'wa"g- 1,0 ?? '?""??'? with !
lateglc position there ntnl (lis- '
POSIHI a slroas force to contest a Jana
nose move a, u,al polIlt a|)(, |f J
o move Is |, i3 l)ellevei] hn wiu
Mm , Prince Hllkolf I
* iniater of Railroads, left St Peters i
-v^nf IrkUUk' Wbore ^ will super
V se-tho completion uf the railroad !
"dlBn t!LI:,ake "a,kal aU<l cxpedite the I
Togo's Report.
"';uT,le Japanese 'nation has received
the following cablegram from Tokio
- April 16: ? '
icports that the com
n!rni?cet 8.8 previ0U8,y planned" com ~
nieneed on the llth of April the elihTi,
"ttack on Port Arthur. The fourth nnll
fifth destroyer flotillas and the four
teenth torpedo Hot ilia," and the Korvo
rrytru reached the mouth of Port Tr
^ of, the fFtir"- ?
fectetf the laying of mln^-nt ,
points outride of the port, defvl
Wemy's ^searchlight.
?'The second dcsuoyer flotilla dfat&v-V
, dawn of the 33th one Ru^t^n
nA/t ff X!yin* 10 onte'- the harbor
, a"er tpn minutes attack. fiv,nk
her. Another Russian destroyer was
discovered coming from the direction
or Laotishan and was attacked but
Phe managed to floe into the harbor. On
our side there were no casualties ex
cept two seamen on the Ikazuch
slightly wounded. There was no time
to rescue the enemy's drowned crews
as the Hayan approached.
"The third fleet reached outside of
Port Arthur nt S a. m? when the Bayau
came out and opened fire. Immediately
afterward the Novik Askold, Diana
Petropnvlovsk, Pobleda and Poltava
Four Itijiiivtl By Explosion.
Baltimore, Special. ? 'Information Just
received here reports the explosion of
a locomotive near _ Marrlottsvtile, \*n
the Baltimore & Ohio llailro&d. It is
said that the conductor, a flremran and
two brakemen and the engineer are
reported to he seriously Injured. Am*
bulancea have hoen summoned to meet j
ft relief train at Camden station to'
take the injured to the City Hospital.
Worx of Sharpshooters.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.? General
fcuropatkln, In a dispatch to the
. jQeror bearing Tuesday's da^e, says that '
General Ivrasnnllnskl, on the night of
?AerJi 8th. ordered a ? detachment of
sharp ehooters to eroes to the left
. bank of the Yalu opposite Wiju. The j
Bharp shooters landed* on the Island of I
Samallnd and surprised a pntfol /of i
fifty tftfpancse scouts juat as the latter !
were approaching the east side of the
island In three boats. The Russians al
lowed the Japanese to land and then
fired on them. Nearly ail the Japanese
wej* shot, bayoneted 6r drowned aad
their boats *"nk. The Uv^8*-?ns sus
tained no losses.
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A Double Tragedy. .
-Water Valley. "Miss., Special. ? A
ftotible tragedy occurred near this town
Thursday. Kd. Garoppon. a young far
ftter, had made arrangements elope
wt&'Mln Fenny Kimsey. when her
father, Jake Ktmsey. appeared on the
2ji$sgot. Gammon *hot and killed him.
^Thei daughl^r endeavored to Aeape.
'mKmss^ lwon shot her and than made
to la 9wa t
*Tv-, 4',^h
came oia ami made an offensive at
tai-k, one-third of our fleet hardlj
answering and gradually retiring, en
ticing the enemy 15 miie* southeast of
the j>ort, when our llrst fleet, Informed
through wirelesn telegraph from the
third fleet, suddenly appeared before
the enemy and attacked them.
"While the enemy was trying to re
gain the port a battleship of tiie
| Pettopavlovak type struck mines laid
, by us tho previous evening, and sunk
I at 10: 32 a. m. -
' Although another ship was ob
served to have lost freedom of move
ment, the confusion of the Enemy's
ships prevented us from identifying
ber and she finally manged to regain
the port,
"Our tfciird fleet suffered no damnge, 1
and the enemy's damage beside that
above mentioned was probably slight
alt'o. Our first fleet did not reach firing
distance.
"Q%f fleets at I p'. m., prepared for I
another attack. They resailed April 14
toward Port Arthur. The second, t lie
fourth and the fifth destroyer flotilla
also joined at 3 a., in., and 7 a. m. No j
enemy's whips were found outside of
the port. Our first fleet arrived at the ;
port at 9 a. m., and discovered three :
mines laid by the enemy and destroyed
all. The Knsanga aiul Nlsshln were
dispatched to the west of Laotlshln and
made an Indirect bombardment for two
hours, it being their first action. The
new forts on Daotiuhln were finally
sllencedsj Our force# retired at 1:30
p m."
The Kasuga and the Nivtin w?>ro
purchased from Argentine.
Shot By Jealous Wife.
Pittsburg, Special.? -While walking j
along Air Drake avenue in Wilmertling
Hunday evening, Mrs. Laura Rebrlt'h,
aged 82 years, of Pltcalrn, was shot
and killed by .Mrs. Hugh Beningef*,
with whose husband Mvh. Rebrach was
stiollingN^ninger, who first drew the
fire of his wife, was shot In the leg.
Mrs. Rebrach and her husband were
both locked tip in the Wilmerding Jail.
Bellinger's injury Is merely a flesh
wound. The Beningeis and Rebrachs
ere neighbors in Wilmeiding. and it j
is said that Mrs. Beninger was insane- j
ly jealous ??f her husband. He left |
home early in the evening for Wilmer- |
ding, and he protests tliat the meeting']
with tvirs. Rebrach was purely casual, j
Mrs. Beninger, however, Is said to have |
followed her husband, when she learn- j
cd Whither he -had gone, and when she .
met him in. company with Mrs.
Rebrach, without a word she drew a j
revolver and fired at., her husband, I
niming low. The^bcUtt lodged in Ben- j
irger's leg." While he was protesting to ?
his wife not to shoot again, Mrs. Reb- j
rach -Started to flee down the street, i
Mrs. Beninger turned on her and fired. I
The woman'fcll to the ground without
a moan and was dead within 15 min- '
utes. The bullet entered the back of i
her head near the ear. The tragedy j
was witnessed by. many passers-by.
When Mrs. Beninger realized what -she
had done she collapsed.
Aycock for Vice-President.
St, I?uis, Special.? Commenting
upon the suggestion of Governor Ay- '
cock, of North Carolina, that a South- !
erner be nominated for Vice I'resl- J
dent. The Globe-Democrat 6?ys: "If
"the Democrats think there is no
chance to win, in any case a Southern 1
man who is. put on either end of it can- j
not he complimented by that act very
highly, though of course it may bo'
better 4.o be nominated and lose than
never to be nominated nt all. A good
Southern man to select for the second
place on the ticket would be the North
Carolina' Governor jiimaelf. He li
able, h!gh-tone<l( and personally pop
ular, that would mtHe a good preaid
Ing officer of the Senate, if there wero
any' chance for his party to elect that
official this year.
How He Wafer Saved.
St. Petersburg, Special.? It la con
firmed that the Grant! Duke Curli's In
juries consist of burps on the neck and
legs. A private dispatch to hia father
reports that .the wounded officer is bet
ter. A life buoy was thrown to the
Grand Duke by which ho unstained
himself In the water until plrked up by
one of the boats which were lowerod
from the other warships.
The Pope Visits St. Peters.
Ucmo, By Cable. ? For the first
time alneo his coronation the Pope
went Mondays to St. Peter's to say
ma?a in celebration" of the thirteenth
contenntal of St. Gregory tho Great.
The immense basilica of JSt. Peter's
was tilled, more than 70,000 people
becg present. Thfl Pope was In tho
host" of health. Ho appeared In the
Sediu Gestatorio, although tho mo
tion of this chair, carrlcd on the
shoulders of bearers, makes him til.
On his express recommendation the
audience refrained from applause or
crying out. contenting themselves
with the waving of . hand kerchiefs.
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Senator Dietrich Not Outtty.
Washington, Special. ? Senator Diet
I roth, of Nebraska, has been declared
( by a special committee of Congress to
be not guilty of any violation of the
'tluofcr or thv> TTMI?a States or of any
corrupt or unworthy conduct relating
either to the appointment of Jacob
Fisher as postmaster at Hastings,
NVh., or the leasing of the building in
that lit? to the United States Cot a
postotte*
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CARNEGIE'S HERO FUND
Give* |:|ve Million Dollars to Reward f
Uravery.
( Pittsburg, Special.? It wua made
known bore Friday that Andrew Car
negie has created a fund -of $5,<}00v000
lor the benefit of "the dependc.ita of
those losing their Uvea in heroic effort
to save their fellow men or for the he
roes themselves if injured only." Pro
vision la also made for medals to be
given in commemoration of heroic acts.
The endowment is to ho known as
the hero fuwd and consists of |5,000,
00Q of first collater 5 per cent bonds of
the United States Steel Corporation.
The trust is placed In the hands of a
.commission of which Chaa. L. Taylor
1& chairman, The sohemowas coinee'.ved
by Mr. Carneglo Immediately after the
liardwick mine disaster, when he sum
moned to New York Chas. L. Taylor,
chairman, and F. Wilmot, manager,
of the Andrew Carnegie relief fund, to
discuss with them plans for the re- '
lief of the aufferers from this catastro
phe. In a letter to tho hero fund com
mittee, Mr. Caittfglc outlines the gen
or*l achemo of tho fund which, in his
own words, is-"to place those following
peaceful vaohtlon who have been in
jured in heroic effort to save human
life in somewhat better poeltlons pecu
niarily than before, until again able
to work. In case of death, the widow
and children or other dependents, to be
provided for ? tho widow until she Is
re-marrled and the children until they
reach a self-supporting age. For ex
ceptional children, exceptional grants
may be also made to heroes or he
roines, as the commission think advis
able-each ease to be the Judge on Its
mor.itB.
It Is provided that no grant Is to be
continued unless it be soberly "and
properly used, and tho recipient re
mains' respectable, well-behaved mem
bers of the community. A medal shall
be given to the hero, widow or next of
kin. which shall recite the heroic deed
It commemorates. The medal shall be.
given for the heroic act, even If the
deer bo uninjured, and also a sum of
money should the commission deem
fruch gift desirable.
The field embraced by the fund is '
tho tfnited States and Canada, and the
waters thereof.
"The sea is the scene of many heroic
acts." nays .Mr. Carnegie's letter, "and
no action more KeroTe than that of doc.-. !
tors and nurses volunteering their ser
vices in the case of epld^ml^s. -Uail- i
road employes ar$> remarkable for he
roism. Whenever heroism is displayed
by man or woman, in saving human
life, the fund applies."
Official Version.
8t. Petersburg. By" Cable. ? The Anso- !
elated Press ba? obtained what Js
practically" the official version of the !
sinking of the battleship Petropavlov.sk |
at Port Arthur, and It clears up to a j
great extent the mysterious features of j
that, vessel's destruction. This version j
In as follows:
"Retiring before, the advance of a su
perior Japanese fleet, which was not
fighting its progress, the Russian
equadron approached the entranco to
the harbor. It waa shortly after 8 j
o'clock in the morning, and most of the {
ofBccra and crew were at breakfast on' i
the fl"roh'r ini<"i>1 Milrirnff {
was eating breakfast In his cabin and
the ward room was crowded with otfl-^
cers surrounding the tables. On the
bridge Orarjd Duke Cyril, his friend,
Lieut. Von Kobe, Cnpt. Jakovleff, com
manding the vessel,; and two other of
ficers wero on watch, examining the
narrow entrance preparatory to enter
ing it. '1
"At about 2 o'clock there was a ter
rific explosion of the boilers, followed
a few seconds later by o detonation
from the well-stored magazines. Huge
gaps were torn in the hull of the ship
and the water rushed in. Tho center
of gravity having gone, the ship rolled
on her side and sank.
"All Information tends to prove that
a mine was responsible for tho de
struction of the battleship,
"The scene below will never bo de
scribed, as, so far as is known, not a I
single person between decks succeeded
Jn escaping. The hot steam which
scalded the men on deck indicated
what must have been the character of
the death met by those in the engine
room. The men on deck were thrown
in all directions, those falling Into the
water swimming and grasping the
wreckage, to which some ot them wero
able to cling.
"The remainder of tho squadron im
mediately stopped and lowered small
boata, end the torpedo boats Btcavned
an quickly as possible to tho rescue of
the survivors. Tho escsipe of Grand
Duke Cyril and Lieut. Von Kobe was
nothing short of miraculous. Tho force
of the explosion sent Grand Duko Cyril
flying across tho bridge, and the base
of his skull struck on an Iron stancn
lon. Fortunately he did not lose con
sciousness. Believing tl\?t the ship
was about to sink, ho clambered hastily
down Its stde and boldly plunged into
the water. He succeeddo In reaching
a piece of Wreckage, to which, ho clung
joibm ?qi u\ a nii. OJiiXl ptriUD oqx
about twenty minutes before hc^as
picked up by a torpedo boat. Lie#*.
Von Kobe was also found swimming
and was picked up. Capt. Jacox'leff
was thrown against a stanchion with
such force that he* was killed.
"Grand Duke Cyril's injuries wero
severe. Besides^. receiving *a blow on
the neck, his lcjjs were burned and ho
suffered a serious shock, fie waa takon
Immediately to a hospital, where his
injuries were attended to. He will re
main there for three days, and then
will be brought to St. Petersburg.
Giant' Lobster Found.
The grand patriarch of the lobster
tribe was recently brought to Glouces*
tor. Mass., by tho crow of the schoon*'
er Ella M. Goodwin.
While engaged in hauling _jMls!r.
trawls off shore two of the , crew
brought him to the surface flrmty
hooked. He was nearly two feet long
afed Weighed IS pounds. One of the
crew has removed the meat and his
shell will be. placed on exblMUoa as
the jumbo of hi* tribe.
PARKHR ISEMIORSIil)
New York Democrats Meet in Con
vention and Adopt i'latfurm
A STORMY SESSION WAS HELD
The Chairman Indicated That Parker
Should tij (hit Selection of the
National Convention.
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Albany, N. Y., 8|)e<.,lal,<>*Tlio Demo
cratic State convention was called to
order In Harmanua Blooker Hall Mon
day afternoon. Great confusion re
sulted from orders which had been
given to koep the doors ejosed until
tho last moment. The result was
that when the doors were opened at
throe minutea before, 2 o'clock th<*
crowd "burst In with a yell and a rush.
In three minutes the top gallery was
lllled with a stamping and shouting
masa of men and boys. In the gal
leries were a number of Hearst ban
ners nnd a running fire of shouts and
comments was maintained by the gal
lery. The crush before the doors and
In the h^U was tremendous. The aisles
Were {Wlod with a scrambling crowd,
demanding scuts at the ratio of about
throe persons to one seat. The police
were all but helpless. Hats were
smashed, crething torn, faces scratch
ed and feet trampled In the rush.
Order was finally secured and for
mer State Senator (Jeorgo Haines, of
Monroe county, was introduced as
chairman, and lie delivered a speech
to the convention. Ho discussed na
tional issues, nnd referred to the lead
ership of New York Democracy.
Without mentioning his candidate by
name. * he referred to Judge Parker i
an "one whose Democracy- has never i
been questioned."
After the roll call the matter of eon
(tested seals was referred to a com
mittee and recess was taken until
evening. ? *
Wlii'ii (lie doors of th? convention
opened at 6:45 at night, there was r
rush that swept before It ushers, door j
tenders and police. The. word had I
gone forth that there would be a fl?ht
on i h<? lloor of the convention and
within a few minutes the balcony, gal
lery ? and stage were jammed.1 v?The j
police ejected hundreds of people who j
had pre-empted the delegates' seats, j
It was not until almost 9 o'clock that
the convention . was called to order.
Senator Mc-Carren presented th? re-'
port of the committee on platform.
When Judge Parker's name was
mentioned in the platform the audi
ence rose to the occasion, with the
exception of the Tammany delegates,
and cheered loudly, but not long. Mr.
McCarren moved the adoption of the
platform, and Senator Orady ofTered
a minority amendment providing that
"ttye delegation here elected is left
free to take such- action at St. Louis
as a majority tHeteof may consider
_piost likely to insuro the success of
thr? can(ff3ineH~8eT^ytTtd trr-the natlon
*1 convention."
The convention selected the follow
ing delegates at large to the national
convention t David B. Hill, of Albany;
Edward 'Murphy, Jr.. of Troy; George
Ehret, of New York, nnd James w.
Ridge way, of Brooklyn. As altei
naV* It selected C. N. Bulger, of Os
wego; N. W. Carlyl Ely. of Buffalo;
C. H. Afikerman, of Brooklyn, and
Francis Burton Harris, of New York.
ThO delegates were instructed ijy r
vote of 301 to 119 for Alton B. Parker
us tho State's candidate for President
Tammany was not treated as badly as
had been predicted, being allowed to
name a delegato at large, Mr. Ehret.
and an alternte, and ono of the two
olectora at large, Harry Payne Whit
ney, the othor boing John T. Wood
ford. ? ? i
Tho platform adopted Is brief and
Jn addition to instructing for Parker,
compels tho delegation to voto as a
unit.
Arrest of Leaders. N
Houston, Texas, Special. ? Sheriff
Lipscomb and his posse arrested Aaron
Washington and Jim Williams, the al
leged leaders of the negroes who killed
Tucker PLnckney, brother of Congress
man Pinckney. The sheriff eluded the
enraged citizens and has landed his
prisoners in jail at Houston for safe
keeping.
Damage to the Missouri,
Washington. Special.? Rear Admiral
>tfapps, chief constructor pf the navy,
who. while In Pensaeola, made an in
vestigation of the damage to the Mis
souri. has made a verbal report to the
Secretary of the Navy, which Indicates
that the damage to that vessel as a re
sult of the recent explosion, are con
fined almost wholly to the electric
| motors In the vicinity or tlio explosion;
that the wiring, panels, instruments,
etc., in the turret proper, will require
renewal, and that all motors will re
quire overhauling, as a result of dam
age either from nre or water. The
rammer to the left-hand gun also Is
seriously damaged, likewise the left
hand ammunition car aud fittings
Above the Danger Line.
Washington, Special. ? The Weather
Bureau Issued the following special
river forecast: The Mississippi river
id 3.9 feet above the danger line at
Memphis ami -f&Ulng; it is J5.$fect.
0.8 foot above the danger line at Vicks
burg, and wttl r*?ch a stage at Vicks^
burg of about 47 feat within a week.
At New Orleans the river la 0.2 feet
above the danger line, 16.0 feet, and
rising slowly with a prospect o< 16.4
to \t feat hy April 26th.
LIVE ITEMS OP NEWS.
Many Mutter* of tlcncral InVncut In
Shod Paragraphs.
Down in Dixie.
A dyimiiillo cap blow up a boy in
Richmond and aerloualy injured hiiu.
Judge W. ii. Mann has definitely de
cided to run for (lovernor of Vir
ginia. ? ?
A plot Jitudo by five negro convict a
to blow up the State prison ut Nash
villa, Tenn., wan discovered, anil one
of the. negroea out bis throat.
Congressman llarry O. Woodyard
wa? renominated by the Republican
district convention ut Parkersburg.
A mob of negroe* near Newport News
threatened to lynch a black charged
with burglary, but officers rescued him
Twenty-six men wcro hilled by on
fxploaion In the aftor turret of tho
battleship Missouri, near Ponsacola,
Fid.
At The Natloonl Capital.
The (Jencral Poflelency Appropria
tion bill carries an Item of $1,000,000
for pensions, a part of which Is to pay
pensions under the order issued re
cently by Commissioner Ware.
In the Senate the bill for the gov
ernment of tho Panuma Canal zone wan
considered. Mr. Morgan (I)em., Ala.)
attached the Panama policy of tho ad
ministration.
The House had under consideration
tho bill amending tho law relating to
the Philippine Islands.
Indications arc that Capt. Richmond
i\ Hohson bus been defeated by Con
gressman llankhead, in tho Alabama
primaries, for congress.
A sharp exchange o! word a took
place in the Senate belwpi ' McKBrn,
Teller (Win., Col.) and Hopkins (Hop.,
III.)
T% MeCall Investigating commit
tee reported that it found no evidence
to Implicate members of Congress in
any unlawful postulflce transactions.
The Senate passed tho pOHtotllce ap
propriation bill.
Mr. Robinson (Dein.. lnd.) ma.io a
point of order in the HouSe alleging
iireaoh of conftdonce by tho conferees
on t he Indian appropriation bill, but.
the point of order waa overruled.
At The North.
Hearit delegates to the Democratic'
Ffato Convention In Connecticut were
chosen In New Haven.
The Democratic campaign in tho ^
West was Inaugurated at the Iroquola i
* So!) banquet. fn Chicago.
About two-third q of the Massachus
etts Democratic delegation will he wt I
Rich a ?*d Olney. but W. R. Hearst will I
get G to 10 vote* an the result of the 1
caucuses hold there Tuesday night.
lite New York Republican conven
tion chose Senators Piatt and Depow,
Governor Odell and ex-Governor Black
delegatea-at-large. and "directed" thorn
to voto for tho nomination of ftoo?p
velt.
The motion of E. (l. Harrtman and
Wlnalow & pierce to Intervene In the
settlement of the Northern Securities
liquidation decree was taken up before
-Iho .IluiteJ States District Court at St
Paul, Minn. ? i
Governor Peabody, of Colorudo, de
clared that Adjutant General Hell and
Captain Wella, of the militia, would not
appear in court as ordered and would
ignore the writ of habeas corpus in
the Moyer case. ^
Senator W. A. Clark, of Mrtntann,
sailed from New York on a slx^fconth
cruise In the Mediterranean for his
diggjth.
Ijolita Armour left Now York with
her parents on her way to Vienna,
where Dr. Lorenz will give her letf
poua in walking.
Charlea Albert Ifcwfcher. friend of
Uncoln and who aided in obtaiulng
a commission in the army for U. 8.
Grant, died at Maryaville, Ohio.
Prom Across The Sen,
The funeral of ex-Queen Isabella of
3paln took place in Paris.
Colonel Marchand, the hero of Faaho
da. resigned from the French service.
The House of Commons, by 'iTifvotes
to G1, sanctioned tho employment of
Indian troops In tho tlhet mission.
Caricatures of President Roosevelt
nnd Miss Alice Roosevelt, by name on
tho stage, were stopped by the Herman
police. . ^
The Rusk', an battleship Petropavlovsk
waa wrecked by striking a mine at
Port Arthur. 'Vice Admiral MaJtarofI
and' over GOO of her crew being killed.
Prince Hugo Hohenlohe was married
to Mme. Helga, a circus rider, In Ber
lin.
It is reported that fighting between
ihe Russian* an<f Japanese has begun
along the banks of tho Yalu river.
^Extraordinary precautions have
he*n taken recently at Port Arthur to
guard against a surprise. <
Premier Maura waa stabbed In the
breast nt Barcelona by Joaquin Miguel
Artao, an nnaichtst youth, but was not
severely injured.
Tho House of Commons reassen^
blod and Premier Balfour gave notice
that he would Bring up the Thibet
question.
The Relchattig reassembled and
Chancellor Von Bulow in a speech dis
cussed Germany'#, foreign policy.
. Mlacallcneoua flatter*.
Tho Knlghtq of Columbus of the
United States presented to the Catholic
University a check for 130,000 to en
dow,* chair of American history in the
University.
H thought likely a now and more
liberal treaty affertinr Immigration .
will be negotiated with China.
It la believed the proposed naval
dcimnurtrMion in the Mediterranean
United states is aimed at tho
Sultan ot Turkey.
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ROMINENT PEOPLE,
Kdward hafc his face set against
long dinners of numerous courses, and
lias declared war on dluucr* of move
than .?!\ I'ums-.vs,
Sir Samuel Montagu lias pla.Vd at
the disposal 01' i he l.oi.doti County
COUHcil $.'>0,0<><l (*. ?k" WOl'kiOgniCU'b Cot
lages nl i'Mmonton.
M. l'ierro 1 I?-.s* drama, "La
Itaillonuce," which has jusi bc^n pro
duced in Paris, is one of the greatest
biieeesses of the season.
l???l e I'iiis lias I'toi itn'.l i he Venice I
Municipal Council that In* will be glad
to contribute to tho i tun's for ihe re
construction of the Utyinpanile.
Wiltlani Buchanan, our Minister to
i'ahanni, w as hoi it mi an Ohio farm,
mat is ii'?\v liliy-oiie .wars ohl Flom
LS'Jl I i UMH) lie wan Mini.su i to ihe
Argon t'tne ltepuhlic,
Ur. Hubert s, MacArthur, of New
York, lias heen chosen hy Chancellor
D?,v, of (lie Syracuse University, to
deliver the baccalaureate bcnnon tor
that in.stUuilon oh June f?.
Mestag, the eminent 1 Mitch marine
painter, has presented tln? Dutch
tioverumeiii, for the nation, a princely
collection ot art objects. This entire
collection is valued at |tii)0,'K>p.
Mr*. Mary Mclntyre, of I loll Coun
ty, Mo., Is a granddaughter of Will
lit m Moiitgonury ltlair, who was a
sta II' otlleer of Anthony Wayne ami
helped ui Ihe rushing at Stony Point.
l'llderevvskl, the pi.nil.st, in order to
allow his disapproval oi ihe rriisslau
t.'ovenmieiil's Polish pOttcy, har. tor
hidden his new opera "Manru" to he
produced in the (.iorman theatre of
l'OKCI),
William Moi l Keplcy, of Washington,
Iowa., Iia.s heen hMnuvd hy the I nl
versily ot Chici.uo vfath :t degree of
"cum laude," having Wtulinited from.,
the Institution, it i.s/suld, Willi tin,1
highest honors v\ ef lVeelv eil liy a law
graduate from a "Western school,
LAHOH WORLU
Albany, N. Y., union tailors will sub.
in i t a new scale of wages.
itrilish India now employs over 1,^
(H)ii.O(H) ftrople in ils eollon industries
The Western Flint (Mass Workers'
Union hart attain Joined llit: American
Federation of Labor. (
I The union label has been discarded
I by thirty wholesale clothing tuanu
| facturers of ltoehestor, N. Y,
I Knglish workmen In the engineering
I and (pilled trades are but moderately
| employed at the present time.
i Copper mines in Michigan have In
i creased in iiiiiilblT i'nnn I"** than 7u?ii)
! in 18SK5 to more than in 100U.
t in .lanuar.v and .February- the mem
I bershlp of the order of Hallway Clerks
| of America Increased l'J'-O lu mem
! bership.
The engravers of America are organ.
l/,lng an internal'.oual union. The
headquarters of the org^nlxalim Will
probably be In Now- York.
The Musicians' Union of Toronto,
Canada, in aid to be Ihe largest ovgan
l'/tlou of tin? kind in the dominion,
The membership 1? about ram.
February returns of the Knglish boil,
ermakers and tho iron shipbuilder*
show a tolal of nr. 59 ineuiWv* on tho
funds, as agulust 1U,HC>2 lu January.
It is said that *4ho attempt of Sully,
the American "Cotton King," to corner
the cotton market baa cut down tho
wages of tlio lOngllbh eotlon spinnera
?2,000,(W)0 u week,
Muskegon, Mich., union carpenters
ha ve^ agreed with local contractors to
tho wage Is to be 32V0 cents an U^r,
with an tight-hour day.
Hetties frorii the local trade un:ona
and from branches of tho amalga
mated bodies show a general Increase
Innbc number of unemployed among
the machine-tool makers throughout
ISnglauiL
NeWsY OtEANINQS.
A monster oil well hn* boon struck
Just sonth of Upper .Sandusky, o.
Thus far all levees o'i the Mississippi
near Memphis, Venn., lu\ye withstood
the Hoods.
Quarry owners In Monty oiler au<l
Barro, Vt? have looked out 1SCH) gjgfin*
Ito cutters. A
It Is claimed iQnt the total cost o?
(ho Iirltlsh nnny this yeav will be
?140,000,000. ?' *
Census bureau reports show that
254,045 acres of 'and were under Irri
gation In Now Mexico In 1002. "
An extensive deposit of coal, acces
sible to the Pacific Ocean, has been
found near Controller Hay, Alaska.
Ore unloading barges on the Lakes
will bo lower thin season because of
tlio rut in wagon of ^ic fcliovelers.
l)e;; lbs of bulffes frOfil convulsion*
have decrenved 'nearly sixly per cent,
in the last three deeades in Chicago,
111.
The season's Caleb of flslt among
Alaskan Indians have been so Ktbali
that tiiey will have to bo supplied with
food.
It was decided that IheroJ* no pun
ishment im Colorado for fraud al
special electrons such as the recent
charter election In lhnver.
Fifty of the largest posiofltccs In
the United Stat fa hbo.wed n net "lu
crvase of thirteen per OOlit, In receipts
lor March pycr the emuo month last
year.
' A committer of -three WAi appointed
by tho City Councils of lluffnlt*. N. X?
to Investigate President Smith's as
sertion t hut ^'JOO.O'JO ba\l been spent
Illegally. v .. ^y*-. .
Count Kapnltrt, tho Russian Ambas
sador to Austria-Hungary, In .in Inter
view on the Macedonian question says
ho is convince^ Jhe Slav race* and
States will not move while luusla Is
busy lu the Far Kast.
To Aid Escaped Prisoner*.
IS Siberia the honsos In every vil
lage upon main street facing the
road have little windows with shelves
about six feet above tho ground, and
an these shelves the inmates place
whatever XooOTiMLliWO Iff' jpare^
Tills le a custom handed down from a
former period to aid escaped prison*" j
em. the shelves Being placed at that
height ao as to prevent dog* Item
getting at the food.
29 MEN ARE DEAD
A Charge cf Powder lilies Setting
Off 1,600 Pounds r
rnvn r?i
NAVAL DISASTER AT PENSACOLA
Hie lJie*euce of Mind and Prompt
Action vi Captrtln Cowles Save*
the Sli?p.
Ponsacola, Flo., Special. ? While on
tho tin got rap#? W?diBQj|$Sy* Mt#r
noon l,(jUO pounds of powder exploded
on tho battleship Missouri, killings
live officers und twenty-four men and
injuring u number of others, tw
whom will die.
'I'ho M ism mi I waa on the target
range with che Texas und Brooklyn
at pi action about noon, when a chargo
of powder in tho twelve-Inch left
hand Run exploded, ignited from gas
es, und dropping below, ^g^tod four
chargcs of powder In tho handling
room, and all exploded, untjl only one
n?an of the entire turret and handling
crew survives. Hut for (ho prompt
aud eJlU lent work of Capt. Cowltw in
closing tlio handling room and tfflVgR
zltie, one of the magazines would
have exploded and the ship would
have been destroyed. Capt. Cowlos,
completely ovorcome with the dla
outer, referred all newspaper men to
Lieut. Hannner, the ordinance oftlrer.
riie latter guvo out a atutonioni. of
ilits ox id qh tun and Its probable cause.
According to him. about noou, after
jho fl rut pointer ei" the after twelve
ln< h piece }>nd II red his string und
thtv r.crond pointer hud tired the
third allot of hl? string, the charge,
J united. The fourth tshot wan being/
loaded ami from all ind'eal Iojih, the
fit >! half (if tlu? charge had been i-ayi
Hied homo and tho second ae^tlon
Was being routined home, when gasctt
li' ill ill., jdiot provlbu dy Orel, or por
f'< nr, iif tf.n chuli eovw, ignited tho
powdor. Tho breech was open and
v dull thud gave nolIe'O of nomothing
unurtual. No loud report wan made,
but iho llrtinrs wore r.een to leap from
every portion of tho turret. A few *
.Heeond.'i later another explosion, more
i i re. olcui i i'd Tills WHB< ill the
TfinYdllrrg i\~nm below, whote IjQjQjfiL ?
pounds of powder, -<>r four- charges,
ready to be hoisted above, had \lg
lilted. ' -V* ?
Fire rpiartera were Bounded, arid
every man of tin* whip responded;-'
eager (<> j>,j Infcri the turrets and ren
<H?e the crew. ("apt. Cowlos gave
bis commands, and but for IitS pros*"
once of mind, together with the offb
cera of the ship, tho Missouri would'
have #ono do,wn. Tho second explo
nlon occurred near one of the niaga
s'.luoa, and uo hot was the flre that
the brass-work of tho magazine, wan
melted. Smoke and the fumes of tho __
burned powder made it almost ltti
poasiblo either to ^enter the turret or
handling room, but bfficors and men,
with handkerchiefs over their faces,
made efforts to rescue the men Inside,
lieadlng the rescuing party was Capt.
Cowloa (the xjtflicoTB- endeavoced to
koep him from gotng below, a hi men
fell unconscious as tlrby ottered, and
tunl to >.n pnlU /1 ?Mt 1>Y their COm> ^
rades); but, unheeding their ad vice^ ~
tho commanding offlceY Yuehed^ below,
followod by Lieut. Hammer, the orttr
nnnrc oflleer, and Lieut. Cleveland
Davis. Capt. Cowles caught up a
dying blue-Jacket in his . arms and
transferred him to the dock. The
blue-Jacket, with twqt others from the
handling ioom, had crawled partly
from their place of duty when they
j bad been overcome. Before the
fumes of the burning powder had
loft the turret, officers arid T&on wero
in, lifting out the dying ami dead
men. Three minutes aftor the explo. '
slou all were on declc and the sur* '
goons from the Missouri, Texas and
Brooklyn w$r? attending to those not
dead,
The twonty.flve men of the turret
were fdund lying in ? -heap. Thtx
had started for the exit when tho
first explosion occurred and had Juit .
reached there when tho ? more
terrible explosion In the handling
room had occurred, which burned and
Htrangel them to death. Lieut, Dav
idson, the officer In charge of the tur
ret. had evidently given eomo com
mand to the men, aa he wus in top
of tho heap of men, having fallen
tbero after he had allowed themto
pass him To get" PTrtrtflh-the - 4urret?
The bodies were hardly recognisable,
tho terrible and quick flro ha*lqg
burnt the fclothlna from tho bodlea of
tho men, and tho fleah. hung from
them In shreds. - ' ?
The facos we^e mutilated by the
emoke and flames. Only one man
was breathing when tho turret erew
wn? rescued, and ho died a moment
after he reached deck.
Tho dead: Lieut. W. C. Davidson,
Jn churgo of tho twolVe-1nc.h tttr&if
HnRgn R. A. Welkert, U, 8. M. C.;
Lieut. Thomas Ward, Jr., dlrb*kn?
officer ; J. K. PederSon,. boatswain
mato, second cT6?m;~W. Bottgard. op.
dtnary seaman; J, . JrtoxapulTan, Cox?
awatn Charles Rice, fieamat* J. C.
Hardy, apprentice, second class; K.
J. Klvlln; Seaman J. Gftdrla; Ordin
ary Seaman J. F. Rolands; Elcctrl
clan (second clats) H. B. Franks.
Coxswain J. P. Star t. Ordinary Boa
man" J. C." Nunij, B?nm^n N, Soder,
Seaman C.. H. Meyer, otdlnary Sea.
man P. R. Cantler, Apprentice
cnd-elesay R. H. Allison. Ordinal*
Seaman It. C; Tobln, Ordinary Sea*
men J. J. Mulligan, Landsman J. W.
Cole, Ordinance Sef|$ftVrt" A. flftlttv -
(Junncr'a Mate iflnt eiassF
Shlpman, Private Marine P. J. Browst*
Chlef Gunner' b MiTfe J. y^' K?saed9F*
Ordlnary, Seaman J. M, Roach. yfe
The Injured are: J. B. Ipilj 1
art, may roeow j.-. J. T.i
dlnary aeam*?; Oytos^Ad
wossr; F. C.
prent claaa^
and a man suppose "
apprentice, seeoo*
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