The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 16, 1905, Image 1
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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.
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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 '
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War Boat.
l)l?HMrr Orrur* Oft 1*1 yiiwml It, I' n^. ?
TIiIkI Accident of Him
KIikI.
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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
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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.
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