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THE e AMD EN VOLUMK XV{. . CAMDKN, S. (J.. KIUDAV .IUM-: 1(5, l?0f>. NO. ?>:?. Russian Recital of Causes Contribnt tog to Tiieir Defeat ADMIRAL CRIMINALLY STUPID Surviving Officer* Declare that Rojest venaky'b Plana, If he Had Any, Were Known Only to Himself, so That When His Flagship Sunk Demorali zation Followed. Vltidjvostok, lly Cable. ? A series of interviews with yaval officers who sur vived the battle1 of tho Sea of Japan has developed a most sensational story of tho cause# of the RusRian disaster, first of all, and the complete demorali zation which followed tho sinking of tho flagship Kniaz Souvaroff and wounding of Admiral ltojestvensky. It is explained that not a single officer of tho /fleet knew tho commander-in chief's plans. Tho admirals in com mand of tho divisions knew no moro than the sublieutenants, und had to roly only on the signals of tho flag ship. Admiral Nebogatoft', on whom tho com maud devolved, had seen lto jestvensky only once after the junc tiue of their squadrons, and then only for fifteen minutes. _ All the stories ol' oxtonsive target practico in Madagascar, it seems, were false. During tho entire voyage there practically was no training in gunnery worthy of the namo and the 6>i" practice was confined to threo shots per vessel. Ugly stories are told of the happenings at Mada gascar. Somo of the crews certainly wero untrained in gunnery, and, ex hausted by the eight months' voyage under trying moral and physical condi tions, were no match for the veteran Japanese, whose marksmanship was wonderful. Tho Japanese concen trated their Arc on one ship until she was placed out of action and then on another, thus sucessivelv sinking tho Oslyaba, Alexander II r and Kniaz Sou varoff. Some ships developed deplor ablo structural defects. Tho Oslyaba sank without kaving a single hole be low the water line. HeaVy seas enter ed the vessel above the water lino, and the water tight compartments, which were changed several times dur ? ing-the voyage, did not. stand tho strain they had boon calculated to Bland, and burst, flooding and heeling the. vessel over until she turned tur tle. 1 I,ack^of homogeniety among tho wttTfm*fuado it impossible to manoeuvre in harmony. Tho Vladimir Monomach, Admiral Ousliakoff and AdmJral Seniavin had to lag behind on thitk(iccount, becom ing easy victims. >v Finally, the ammunition was ex hausted after tho first day's fight. Even tho very morning of the battle, whilo the buzzing of tho wireless in struments on the Russian ships show ed that tho Japanese scouts wero com municating his dispositions to Admiral Togo, Admiral Rojestvensky continued his careless manoeuverlng, and when the Japanese actually appeared th? Russians were caught in7an impossible formation and were attacked on threo fronts." Rojestvensky's position was cramped and his transports wero bad ly placed and caused confusloru Whilo the Japanese we're training projectiles oven from machine guns on tho Rus sian ships, tho latter were huddled together, blanketing eacl^ other's fire. Only tho leaders of the columns could bring their guns to bear, and even those tho untrained gunners fired wildly. To render matters worse, tho mines and floating torpedoes sown in thofffcths of the Russian divisions add l</ the confusion. Tho Borodino, Admiral Nakhimoff and Navarin fell victims to these obstructions. It is a heartrending narrative, that Russia and the world should know. The sailors, and officers were not al together to blame. The main fault lies elsewhere. There were many he rocs among the Russians. Captain Derkh, of the Oslyaba, committed sui cide on his bridge as the ship sank, rather than save himself. There were thousands of other heroes whose names the world will never know. Negro Fatally Slashes Attorney. Muskogee, I. T., Special.? Following an altercation here this afternoon, a negro slashed Col. Thomas Marcum, a prominent attorney, in the abdomen, causing a fatal wound. "Col. Marcum Js a brother of J. D. Marcum, who was killed some time ago in a fo-Ml at Jackson, Ky. Official Assurance. Washingtap, Special,. ? Official as surance thJW the 1'resi tent's efforts to bring ltussia and Japan together to discuss peace will be crowned wljh suc cess was brought to the White House by Count CassinU the Russian ambas sador, who .calledl^vappointmcnt. and In the name of Empfc'^^.Nlcholas. for mally* accepted the Prestttea^s "offer of good will." The following official statement re garding the conference was Issued at the White House: '.'Ambasgyy^Mfijj^iii has called to express ^faTrawlaiv government's as sent to the PresldentViwopoaltlon. and s to state that they would appoint plen > ipptentlarlea to meet the plenipoten tiaries of^Tapau Both Faat Trains Won. ? NeflKYork/^ Specta^? ' The first ' bouHd thrtn of the P^nsylvanla road's new clghteen-pour service , nw Ia* In Jersey City at* 9:22 Ik* three tainuleg. ah??d or schedute time. The n?itac?a? of the train from OUcaso to Jersey City was 1? howi 'wd t? minutes. The engineer at tkt UttanaM. on arriving, that a short dls wt of (Mint, Ind., the trail w. W( N 1 H HOP'S GOOD WOHK The State Industrial and Normal Cob lege For Girls is Expanding Its Use fulness. The following leading facts are I'lcHiiod from Cro-iitlt'iit Johnson's an nual repott oi the work of Wiuthrop College; "Winthrop College closes its 10th year In Hock 11 ill with these com mencement exerclsoH tonight. It will ho Interesting to thin large and repre sentative audience, I know, to have some account at this time of the work mid growth of the college, "Up to J8!tf the itiHt itut ion was con ducted in Columbia, from 1 8S<i to 1&'J2, as the Winthrop Training School for Teachers, and from 18J>2 to 1X1)5 ?'ih Winthrop Normal College, under the act creating the institution as now urguuisted. "At tho time of tho establishment of the Winthrop Training School for the '* lining of womou as leathers in 1886 nothing wan being done by South Carolina for tho higher education and training of her daughters, although annual appropriations had been made by the Legislature fcr some 80 years for the higher education of hoi sons, nor was there an institution for the training of ^hii# teachers in North Carolina, (iforgia or Florida. The founding of the schoool at that time was made possible by an appropriation fiotn tht Pea body board, made t hrough the interest and sympathy of Its chair man, the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, the orator and statesman, after whom the school was named In grateful rec ognition of the great services of him self and the I'eabody board ^ tigered to education in tho Smub, Hyifitfa,.'.. .. cally, unselfishly and unremittingly during all the dark years after the Civil war, when the needs of our deso lated, Impoverished, prostrate South land we're great and urgent. "The school had a small beginning in 1 MSG. It opened with two teacheis and 19 students iu one room, and thai was a borrowed room. Today ii has ?It! officers, teachers and assistants, iik students, not including the pupils in the practice s liool, and a plant costing over $.100,000. "The college clones iliis 10 .years^d its life nt Rock Hill with much pro gress made and with a bright on'. look for tho fiitm e. its material equip ment, including buddings, grounds, furniture, machinery and. apparatus, has been added lo and greatly im proved; the courses yf study have boeii' developed and i enriched ; the scholarship standards raised; the fac ulty Increased from 23 ollicers and teachers to AG; the number of students increased from 325 to 4X1, the utmost capacity of the dormitory accommoda tions; very many communities in this State have been reached and bciictitcd in their schools and homes; and Ui.* whole organization better adjusted to the work to be done and greatly im proved in many particulars. w in stitutions have enjoyed greater pros perity and growth in the same time. "The member of students applying for admission to tho college has stead Jly increased each year. This la.U year the total number applying waS 937 ? the greatest in the history of the college. The enrollment in the school has been thoroughly representative of the people of South Carolina. A num ber of the students have always paid their own exponsej. Over half of the students each year have stated that they would not have attended any other college than Winthrop. "The total number of matriculate? in the college from the beginning, ^including the new students of this year, is about 2,500. The total en rollment, including the full -enrollment each year, iu 4,137. . "The college has emphasized more strongly each year teacher training apd industrial work in accordance with its charter. There are 3!M! iu iho normal department, this session ? an Increase of 25 over la.-U session. "The total enrollment in the differ ent departments from the begin ninjr, including thia session, is: Normal 2,MiM Literary L'i i - Stenography and typewriting . *S8y Dressmaking, millinery and sew ing 1 ,?>ii I Cooking <'?(?!> Floriculture 2! Bookkeeping 1 -13 Drawing and designing I ,<>(>:> Two Boys Cremated. Atlantic City, Special. ? The bodies of tyvo boys who met a horrible death by cremation on the beach have been identified as those of Ordncr .f. Delan cv and William Jeffries, both of this city, aged 7 and 5 years respectively. The two boys were inseparable com panions. They had gone to a brush heap of plr.e trees on the beach front at New Hampshire avenue, which trees were to be used to build a jetty. They dug a hole beneath the pile alid crawled under. y It is believed, they had matches, for soon the brush' was ablazo. and before the hoys could crawl out they were cremated. Mrs. Reesevelt Visits the Wilmera in Virginia. Washington. Special. ? Mrs. Roose velt will be fentertained fort several day? by -Air. and Mrs. Joseph Wilmer at their old Virginia home at Uipl dan. She left Washington for her outing unaccompanied hy any cf hor children. The visit in a repetition qf one several years ago when the Presi dent, and Mrs. Roofcovelt spent several days at the Wilmer home. "Many of these young women, though not completing the coursc liwie. ? re yet doing acceptable work in teaching and in other lines of employ ment Qpcn to women in this Htativ jVe estimate that over 1,000 or r2.0Ql> young women' nave been helped by the college to become bettor teacher*, and that th$y are teaching a large per centAf* of tho white children In the common schools of the Slate. \ It is gratifying to note that the demand for J teachers trained here increases every I hi Occurrence.^ of Interest in Varices Parte of the State. Geneal Cotton Ma'ket. M iddling (lalvcstou, firm. . .. .. .. sv{, Orion its, (inn 8 5-1 C Mobile, steady s ' Savannah, steady s :m& Charleston, quiet S nn Wilmington, steady.. . . S.oo Norfolk, stead v Baltimore, uotliinul s :'-/H Now York, quiet S'.r>r> Boston, quiet s.rjf/ Philadelphia, steady N.su Houston. steady s V Hi Augusta, quirt S', Mom phis, steady St. l/mls. quiet ? ;,s l.oulssllle, linn s Charlotte Cotton Market, Those figures represent prices paid to wagons: Good middling s'/t Strict middling ^ < . Middling - > * Tinges 7 to .7 1 \ Stains (j (t, 7 ? ., State Board of Equilization. '1 ho State Hoard <;f Kquaii/.at ion ad journed Thursday night. Thursday thr hoard listened to extended argument.. on Ute matter of assessing the Coir.jr. Ida canal and upon raising Hi.* ; :?es inentH of the mills in Chester. Mr. J. I,. (J. White, of Chester, fo;/g!ii for a dollar for dollar valuation on th ? mills there, hut Mr. T. K. Fdliott. (>? Winnsboro and Mr., a. C .Brio, of , HiRiiwi in nenatf oi the mills, and the assessments were redmed. In regard to the assessment of the Columbia canal, the following resolu tion was passed : "Whereas, article 7, chapter l !. ?>f the code of laws of South Carolina, 1 1)02, providing for the assessment for the purpose of taxation by the ,Sti:e. Hoard of Equalization of < a na Is pro viding power for rent or hire Is not sufilciently broad to provide for the assessment by said board of inli viduals, firms or corporations pro*, d ing power for ro:it or hire dire. .!> from the natural water powers, rivers and slieams in the State; and. where as. such individuals, firms or corpora tions so engaged should be taxed iimoti the same basis as c orporations furnish ing like power from canals: "Be it resolved by the Slate Board of eqtiailzation. Ttt'ot the General As sembly be memorialized to amend sec tion :}(H) of the code of laws of South Carolina, 1902. Thy striking out the words "and eanajs providing power for rent or hire' and Inserting in lieu theie of the words, 'ami all individuals, firms or corporations wigaged in furnishing or providing for rent or hire power do rived from canals, water powers, riv ers and strcanrts In the State, so that ail individuals, firms or corporation:* engaged in /urnishing power for i :-nt or hire derryed.from water powe in this State slwiH, lie assessed >an>l taxed upon the same h>*ds.. May Die From Horse's Wicks. ? Chester. Special. ? A fearful, horrible and possibly fatal aecdiUnl oeeurrerl here Thursday afternoon about. 7:0'; o't !uc.lu Mr. P. (1. McCorkle was driv ing with his wife and little boy out n"ar the park and the horse very s: :d den.ly became frightened and g"l be yond control. I |e van from the street across the hills near the park and t'.irc >v the occupants out of the buggy. Mrs McCorkle escaped with sliglft injury, nut was fearfully shocked; little Bi'ly was unhurt, but Mr. M^Corkle s-.e-. tai led several kicks in t lie face Jirit ihe doctoi s think will prove fatal. I! ? held t<> the lines and the horse kicked him twice, the blows landing just nn ler the left ? ye, breaking the eye lid and ? 1 Ciieek bone, and directly in the mouth and nose, lie is terribly mangled and at this hour I* unconscious. l)rs. Cox and McConnoll are unending, bin: and everything in their power will be done to save the patient. Want Southern Railway Enjoine:!. Cliarlestcn. Special? -Kui? was filed in the United States Cir<aM Court on behalf of If. M. Cummlngs. of Augusta, asking that the Sour hem Railway be restrained from operating the South Carolina and Georgia rail road. and that a receiver for the latter prcpei ty be appoinlod, and the road soUr at public auction. The suit is based upon the alleged conflict of the Southern Railway's operation of the South Carolina and Georgia with the anti-trust laws of the United States. it being held that the operation of th road is In restraint of trade. Tin ease will be heard before .Judge Prltch aid at Ashcville dune 2G. Editor's Convention Elects. Guthrie. Olcia., Special.- The nnpuj'i session of the Nation.;! lidltorJol A >". ? soriatlon adjourned after these officers: President. John Oy taond, New* Orleans; tirst vie- pr< . dent, John K. Jiinkln, Sterling. K*.. ; second vice president. Henry II. vkr nor. Lexington, N. 6.; correspond in*; secretary. W. A. Ashbrook, Johns town. Ohio: recording secretary, W. j Cock rum, Oakiaud, Ind.; treasurer, J, trvin Steel, Af>hiand. Pa $500 ?or Howard Cot lego. Birmingham. Special. ? President Montague.. of Howard College, ?? Kan i,ak?, hag Juat been notified by Wil liam J. Bryan that Howard College will bo given a fund of 9600. tho in come of which in to provide an ah nual prlte for the boat essay on $omt eeonnrole subject. The money Is to be taken from the Phllo S. Bennett fund, ol which Mr. Bryan la trustee. 1 PALMETTO CHOP CONDI HONS ! | Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. There was a wide vuiik*- of tempera- j ; tine during the week ending u. in. June 12th, from 99 at Florence on the Mh to a minimum of -i'J at UreenvlJJe I i on the 1 Ot li, after which the tempera- i lure rose slowly to about normal at 1 the close of the week. Tho cool nlghtK were damaging to cotton und tobacco. Fresh to brisk northeast winds prevail- j od during the night of (lie Sth and on | the 9th, wliich in places, was somewhat detrimental. A severe hail storm occur- I red in York county. Sujishine was in excess. * With the exception of light showers in York and Greenwood counties and a trace of rain in places on tho coast, tho week was without rain, and in places there lias been no rain in over two weeks. The ground has become baked and crusted in place**, rendering them hard to cultivate, thus imrea.sing (ho dllffculty of ridding fields of grass and weeds. Although but few crops are ac tually suffering tho need of rain is felt in all parts of the State. There is but slight improvement in cotton, und that only whore cultiva tion rtas early and thorough. There is some yet to be chopped, and many fields continue grassy and some have been abandoned, although the greater part of the crop has been cleaned. The cool nights checked growth, and the plants are generally undersi/,ed. and in places have a yellow* east and lack thriftiness. Ijce continue damaging in the central and eastern counties. The first upland bloom was reported from Bamberg county on the 4th. and the first sea-island from t'ha; le.,ton on the tdh. Sea-island cotton i.-; in a promis ing condition, being clean and grow ing rapidly. There has been no marked improve ment in corn which, as a rule, is small, in places yellow, and many fields lack cultivation and are foul. Karly corn is tasselling and being laid by dn the eastern and southern counties. Bottom lands have about all been planted in the west, but bud worms have been destructive so that stands are badly broken. Rice is doing well, and June planting is nearly finished. Tobacco was adverse ly affected by tho cool nights; in Marlon county tho tobacco crop is poor, and very unpromising. Melons improv ed recently. "Wheat harvest made rapid progress, under I'avorahlbe conditions, but the yields are poor, owing to the prevalence of rust. Oats harvest is fin ished in places and nearly so in all parts of the Stale. While generally poor, in places the yields are good. The commercial reach crop is ripening fast, and shipments are heavy. The rpiaiity of the fruit is good. Gardens need rain. Minor crops are, a rule, doing welh ? J. W. Bauer, Section Di rector. Fatal Affray. Greenville, Special.? Ah a result of an attack made upon Special Officer Kli ' Pitt man by New-men Hums and George Rigdon Sunday night at midnight, Burns Is dead aifd Uwj officer In painful ly wo^Hlided. The killtTT|jv occurred in tiny/ American Splivntiia^ Company's village, on the Buncomlje ' road, oppo site the Reuben Smithv< residence. Several men standing nearby rusueil to the officer's aid and dragged Rig don. Burns fell unconscious and died in HO minutes. Drs. Wright, and Barle were railed and gave the officer's wounds attention. The wounds, while painful, are not dangerous, [lis upper lip was laid open and several gashes were cut across the back of the head. Officer Pittinan is a regular deputized officer, and in attempting to arrest Burns and Rlgdon the two men made a murderous assault' upon him, Rlg don seizing and holding the officer, while Burns slashed him with a knife about the' head and face. The officer, by a superhuman effort, freed his right, ami and seizing bis pistol, fired threo Shots at Hums, t wo of which took ef fect, one in the center of the throat, the other on the xide of the neck, severing the juglar vein. Rigdon was lodged in jail and Officer IMltmaii, after his wounds were dressed, came to the city and surrendered to the sheriff. The men cursed the officer and t lie at tack was unwarranted, so the witnesses state. Rigdon is known to be a bad character. Street Cars Collide. Columbia, Special. ? Three passen gers. two-woihen and a child, were in jured in a head-on collision Monday afternoon between street cars on the bend of the union station line at the corner of Main aiid I'endelton streets. All escaped serious injury and the ears were not badly damaged, because of the oui' k application of. the air brak??K, tb<> injuries being Htislirined by the suddenness of tho stirp- For tunately both cars werf- almost empty. Monument to General Boynton. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Special.? At a meeting here it was decide<H^Tlnt a handsome monument should be erected in honor of the late General Henry V. Boynton. The pla<-e for its location will be decided later. The monument will probably cost in the neighborhood of $20,000 and subscriptions will be so licited from all parts of the country in order to make it national in scope. I Rockefeller Backs College. New Orleans, Special. ? State Bank j Examiner L. K. Thomas, who Is a i member of the Ixmieiann Baptist com mittee appointed to choose a site for a Baptist college In Louisiana, announced that J6hn I). Rockefeller had promised the institution liberal financial support. The location of the Institution will be announced at & meeting in November. In Memory of McKlnley. Canton. Ohio, Special,? By permis sion of fire.' McKlnley, a memorial ser vice In honor of the late Preeldent Mc-V Ktnley was held here In connection with the State convention of Sunday school work erf. Mr. McKlnley was at one time a Sunday school teacher and superintendent. ROOSEVELT WANTS PEACE Direct Plea to Russia and Japan to Cease Warring* NEUTRAL POWERS ARE BARRED Wmiltl Not J'oniMil t? Any I ?t? r ventkon? Mr. Ilnntovull Tl?*t h Note ?>n tlu< I'uMlnltllloa ??' h fill Kettle tit ?*it C WdhM ?*?< Aoc#lHiilil<' Id llntli I'otffl'i Hufor* H?< Sf"' Washington, D. l' T,1? t,,x< of a ! note KL'Ilt l?.v President Hoosov.lt to th> Russian and Japanese tjovern- ! YUCIUS WHS Dtillll' public Jit the NMilto House. note whs dispatched t!?r??. iuIi diplomatic "liann<'l? its the re sult of the President's oonfer emes Willi il ip loina t s during the last week i) iiit of f.il'lo messages inter eha nged W.I ' 1 1 f'o (wo (Soverninents conccrned. The nolo Is as follows: "The President feels tluil the time has come when In tin- interest of nil mankind lie must endeavor t ?? see if it possible to bring ?o a.i enil the Terrible ami lamentable oentliot now being waned. With hotli Russia ami Japan I he 1 ' nited Stales has inherited ties of friendship ami food-will. li ! hopes for thr> prosperity and welfare | of o;i eh. and it feels that the progress of the worhl is set hack h.v the \n ai between thoM? two groat la lions. "The President aeeotdi.'gly urges the Russian ami ."Japanese t Jovernnients not only for (heir own s-tkes hut.". th'? interest, of the whole civilized wor'd. to open direct nogo' .la lion# tor peaee with one iinother. '?The 1 'resident snirzesls that these peaee nogot iat ions he conducted dl reedy and exclufl vel v between the belligerents: in other woids. that there he n meeting of Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries or delegates wiliionl any intermediary , in older In see if il is not po? sihle for these representatives of the two powers to agi\e to terms of peaee. "The l'resident earnestly asks that the (Japanese) (Russian) Oovernntenl do now agree lo such meeting, and is now asking the (Russian! (.laprtiifset (Jovernineut likewise to agree. While the l'resident dors not feel that any intermediary' should he called in in respect to peaee .negotiations theiu selves. he is entirely willing to do what he prop i rlv can ? J" the two pow er* concerned feel '.hat his services will he of aid in arranging the preliminaries as to the time and place of meeting. "But even if thrse preliminaries can he arranged directly hot ween Uus two powers, or in any other way, the.+Presi dent will he glad, as his sole purpose is to Iniiig about a meeting which the whole civilized world will pray may result in peace." Before sen. ling it the President had ascertained that such a note would not he offensive to cither (Jovernineut. Jnpttn WhiiIo No Intrrfrrcncp, All efforts to learn Japan's peace terms have been balked by the deter mined opposition which Japan has pre sented to any such course. At every stage of the negotiations site has ab solutely assumed the position that she could not admit the intercession of any other power nor present her peace terms in any way except directly to Russia. The President's identlcnl note is framed In accordance with this at titude of Jn pan. At the rtrst nliempt made by the President to broach the subject of peace, a ditlk'Ulty was found In the suspicion with which Japan regarded every attempt made by any other na tion than Russia to bring about peace. The l'resident learned that front the very outset of the war Japan had been determined that the peace of lSOH. when mediation robbed her of the "fruits of victory, should no! he re peated, and she was leady to look askance at oven lite friendliest offers. [? Three different cable messages have come from Japan to Minister Takahlra in the last three days. In two of them j Japan's attitude on this question was set forward with sutllclent clearness to enable the President to frame his note in connection with it. Japan's final message en the subject was delivered by Minister Takahlra after the JVesldont'Bvdcparture. The Minister arrived i:t lite AVhlte House tn the afternoon with the message from Toklo and Secretary Taft, as acting head of the (Jovernineut, was at once sent for. lie came to the "White llousc, received Mr. Takahlra's message, and communicated with the President by telegraph. It was as a result of that communication that the President i>u thorlzed the publication of the note. BOY KILLS TWO (JlllLX. Lad Whom Victim's Father Had Aided Then Ends Own Life. Hillshovo, Ohio.? Madge Dines, four teen years olU, and Nellie Ilart, sixteen years old. tlie former the daughter and the latter the servant of Kdward Dines, a farmer, living a mile from here, were killed by David Baldwin, a farmhand, nineteen years old, who then blew off his head by means of a shotgun. Investigation showed thnt It was thought at first that all three had been murdered by some unknown as sailant. The girls were found shot dead in their night clothing in their bedroom. There was evidence of a desperate struggle. Ba^Jwin, who had beer, taken In as a tramp by the farmer, was found In the living room with a dis charged shotgun by his side. He hadV tied a small bottle on the trigger to aid I him in discharging tho weapon. I Unndtt Gets Fifty Years. Clarence Young, who tried to rob an express car on the Northern Pacific . road, ncai- B<uuu*ou*U, <m May -j 27, after dynamiting the car, has been sentenced to Deer Lodgo Penitentiary for fifty years. ? Big Kanaaa Apple Crop. B. F. Cootbs, of Parker, Kaa., says hla prospect for a big apple crop this year la tba best be ever bad. Ha ex pects to raise MO cars, wblcb repre atw C7?? taurrtf* < PERISH IN A SUBMARINE; Uvor ft Uozon Mon Kille-l in British ' | War Boat. l)l?HMrr Orrur* Oft 1*1 yiiwml It, I' n^. ? TIiIkI Accident of Him KIikI. > Plymouth, England. ? Fourteen ofll cers anil Mien of tho British Navy | ? ?? i - islicil under lln* waters of this historic harbor when Milium line boat A-S, hi which they had boon sent down to par ticipate in son u? naval nianeuvres, ex ploded. Only four of those in the orfift escaped. The saving of one of them adds another heroic deed to tin' many recorded to tho honor of otlicers of the myal navy. Tho Iosk of submarine AH Is the third disaster that lias happened to I In'so freak vessels in English waters within a year lClovon moil wore on tombed at the bottom of the Knglish Channel In one and six were killed off Qneeitslown in anoiher. This latent disaster occurred about lo .'lo a. 111. A S had been ordered, in company with a sister boat, A^~, and a' torpedo boat destroyer to proceed out side the breakwater and practice, .lu.-t as she reached thefl5j>en sen. with only her conning towel* above the surface, something went wrong on board. Those on the destroyer ami naval otlicers ashore were startled by signals whi'di read : "We are submerged and cannot come to the surface." Illlrm ."Soil I I- or. Instantly orders were Hashed ashore for diving parties and apparatus. While they were being organized and collect ed other signals were made conveying a message thai served to allay the Im mediate fears of those on the watch and at the same time tell of the cour age and coolness of the men who in a few seconds were to be pluugod into eternity. They read: "All right up to the present." The crew of the destroyer and com rades ashore heaved a great siyli of re lief. They redoubled the efforts in hurrying to the rescue, but worked Willi lighter hearts. Suddenly a innllled explosion was heard ami all signs of the submarine vanished. The destroyer on the sur face and the A 7, which was following, were shaken like leaves. Two other explosions followed in (juiek .succes sion, And then four men were shot to the sivfacc and above it like rockets. I'ersons standing on the heights of the lloe saw them hurled in the air and disappear. Fishing boats entering the harbor picked Until up. Tliey were Lieutenant Tandy. Hub-Lh utenant M unlock and two of the crew. The four were near the conning tower when the explosion occurred. One of the survivors said he was un abh? to explain the cause of the acci dent. The boat suddenly dipped, tilled and sank. The man said; "Lieutenant Candy came to my as sistance \yhen I was almost exhausted ahil hltyt inc afloat until wo were pickrd up by the trawler." The bodies of those who were cHrrried t > death In the wreck lay in the shat tered hulk, which was under eighteen fathoms of waler. Divers were sent for them. They consisted of the reg ular crew, of tho A-8 and some men who were being trained for submarine work. Cnti?f> of tlio Accident. The accident, It Is believed, was caused by the explosion of camping gasolene. It serves to accentuate tlio extreme danger In which a submarine crew stands at all times. In each of the three disasters to vessels of this type the boat was taklng">part In mnueuvres to exemplify the mobility and usefulness of the craft in warfare. The A -5, which was blown up off Queenstown on February 1(5, was ac companied by her convoy, the Hazard. An explosion occurred that was heard miles a way, sent up great volumes of water and rocked tl>e Hazard as if by the touching off of a mine. The cock jilt of the sulupnrinc was above water, and a rescuing crow forced their way through the smoke nud gases, to (lnd every one on board either dead or woundrd and only one man able to speak. While taking out the bodies a second explosion occurred, wounding several of I lie rescuers. The total re sult of the two explosions was sl.t killed and twelve injured. The submarine A-l was submerged near the Nab Lightship, outside Ports mouth, and was run down by a South African liner. Nothing was known of her fate for several hours and t lie steamship's captain reported that, he had run into a torpedo. .She was sub merged in seven fathoms of water at th?? time. The crew must have met death slowly by suffocation, with no means of saving themselves. (" PRINCE LEOPOLD DEAD Ilis Nomination For Spanish Throne Led to Franco-German War. Berlin, Ciemiany.? Prince Leopoht*^?f~l Hohenzollern, whose nomination for the Simnish throne led to the Franco deraian War, died here at the resi dence of Ids son, Prlnc? Wilhelm. IIo came to Herlin to attend the wed ding of the Crown Prince. He was born in 1835. Cigarette Law's Flaw. Judge James Leathers, of the Marion County (lnd.) Superior Court, decided that the anti-cigarette law Is constitu tional, but smokers may Import cigar from other States and smoke them, but It Is held unlawful to sell or give tb4m away. SMITHSONIAN FUNDS SHORT. W. W. Karr, Disbursing Officer, Placed ? ? - Virttwr Arrmt. ? Washington, D. O.? A shortage fan the fundi of tbe Smithsonian Institution covering a period of orer fifteen yeara was discovered and was followed by the arrest of the disbursing officer, W. W. Karr. ? 5~n Accordlng to Ntatewente by oMcialt |Ka ?luirif h ? -i lifl * III# MKiniflpBBNnraii iOUU | f j tbe money was tafce* freest!** to 7 BIG EQUITABLE SHAKE-UP Paul Morton Chosen as Hoail ol Lilo Assur ;nce Society. HYDE AND MEXANDER RESIGN Thi-Im-II unil ? 'i her l.nmci omii>r< Al??? Out? CioviT ( Ifvt'lttiiil, OorKD liiBlioiiau itnd .) iixt It o O'llrlcu Am Aitlivil to .Sci-vn an Triulfifli)~|{)il? itc. i ii i ii m Seventy -flvn Simi'fn ol 11 1 H Slork Kew York Clly. ? Mailers of the greatest Importance to tho policy hold ers ol t l?o 1'!<| ni t n I?1 ?? I, iff Assurance Society n ml lo 1 1??* pubiii* generally wore nn noun cert after the mooting of ? tlif society's Hoard of Directors. Briefly, they wore: 1. James llazen Ifyde. (he society's first vioc-prosideni ami (lie oontrolling tai lor in its management, has sold a inajorily of ihe so?I> ty's capital stock l<> a group of policy holders represented hy 'riiomns I'. Ityan, vice president of the Morion Trust ('ompany. . 'J. One of the Conditions of the sale J Is that the stock /-hull lie placed in I he / hands of tru>tcck In perpetuity, t lie's*/ trustees lo be vWl?*d with power to elect I wenly eighl directors as ilo^'ig nalod hy (lie policy holders. Paul Morion, .i'cci utary of tho Navy, has been elected Chairman of the Equitable Board of Directors, with plenary power over all Ihe officers ami affairs ofthe society. The resiguattwiis of James YV, Alexander. president; .lames llazou Hyde, vice-president; (Jauo 1*3. Tarhell, second vice-president ; < Jeorgo T. WII-. son.SJhlrd vice-president, and Win. ,,11. MciuYyro, fourth vice -president', have been placcd in the hands of Mr. Mor- * toil, subject to whatever action ho niajs deem necessary after State 8l?pei'lti- *-? temmnt Francis R. Hendricks has ~ made public his report on the investi gation of the Equitable'# affairs. Secretary Morton was the almost unanimous choice o? the board. Bray ton Ives, who was :i member of the Flick investigating committee, voted against bjin. It was reported that C.haiios BtewaVt Sun 111 also voted against Mr. Morton, nut ho said that as soon as the move was fully explained lie Joined the majority. , August Belmont voted for Mr. Mor ton. II*? had opposed in every, way in, the meeting of the nominating . com mittee any change which would lead to the selection of i'aul Merlon or of the trustees who are to rehabilitate tho so ciety, and It was not until Mr. Belmont saw that ho could not stem the Nla? - Kara which Insisted on u thorough^ ... l.ouse-oleaning so that the society may begin nil over again with economical measures Quit strict life Insuranco methods that he succumbed. As u mat ter of fact it was only at lb? ,Y.O'jLltiHt IllOUlCnt that Mr. Belmont seemed to see the handwriting on the waif and accepted It. Mr. Morton wasf- cscorhufc into board room by u committee of tllrjku^ directors, and accepted the place atUtv lie had mnde It plain that be would come Into Iho'soiioty only with the un-, _ derstandlng that there sho?ld be no strings ou him and that be would bo Creo to recommend the retirement^ the present officers as be saw fit. ' V Mr. Morton announced Qtfter thoV meeting that be would resign the l>09i tlon which he accepted recently as head of tho Metropolitan syndicate for iho"" construction of the new subway ih tbiar city. At that time be said that he' would retire from the Cabinet on July 1, and it Is understood' thiUhewTIl not assume control of Equitable affairs un- ? til after tha(i date. ?' ltynii'a Kleven A?no<-l?te*. Asfchclnted with Mr. lty an In the group of policy holders who have bought Mr. Hyde's stock are eleven men. Among them nro George Weat Inghouse, who carries $100,000 insur- -- ance In tho Equitable; Samuel New-" house, of Salt J-nko City, wlio ha$ ft policy for $430,000, and Justice Mor- * Kan J. O'Brien, of tho Supreme Court, e. who Is Insured for $100,000, Tho exact number of shares which tho group bought from Mr. Hyde In 501, the total Issue of the capital stock being lodb shares. The price paid was not stated officially, but it was re- 0 ported to be between $3,000,000 and, $4,000,000. On behalf of Mr. ITyde it was said that bo was well satlstlcd with tho deal, although more than he got from the policy holders' syifdleato bad been ? offered by two other persons, both rep resenting railroad Interests. . E. Horriumn nud George J. Gould. It was said that each bad offered Mr. Mr. Hyde $5,000,000 for his holdings. ??* UjtjTo Keep#. SeveiVly-HVn Misrri. Mr. H$t1e retains seventy-five shores of stock and is bfmsrelf a member of (he policy holdera' syndicate. If Mr. Morton dcchles to accept Ilydu's resig nation, and It was satd that Mr. Hydo-^* was pretty thoroughly reconciled to ^ the belief that he will,. Mr. Hyde will continue to be a director of the ao^:. fclpty. . , Mr. Ryan announced later \the r names of the men who had befen to *erye as trustees of ttentoOt power ;o elect the i wenty-eight'dlrect^ prs designated by the policy holders. They arc Grover Cleveland. < dent of tho United States; Justice gan J. O'Brien, and George W? house, of Pittsburg. Justice O'Bfien and Mr. house, as stated above.i are of the policy holders* group wl chased the stock. - These was said the other vested with the fmwer of elegit successors. - ?- ?' - -? Tie (fetalis o t how. the policy ^ directors are. to be designated " been arranged \>t. but, *1 by s proxy committee or I vote. pmnuUsM* will It was aecfared, to prevent of the election from fn hand* of lU* society's ecotiri officers. 3 l* ? - v>^