The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 18, 1904, Image 3
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CMS FLEf
Sally of Port Arthur
Fatal arid Di:
WERE TEBSI8L! BATTERED
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Russia Enters Protest Regarding
Seizure of Boat
in Neutral Harbor
and Other Powers
are Notified.
A special from Tokio under dar.e
?of Friday, August 12th, says: Admiral-Togo
has reported as follows: "Oa
August 10 our combined fleet attacked
the enemy's fleet near Gugan Rock.
> The Russian vessels were emerging
from Port Arthur trying to go south.
We pursued the enemy to the eastward.
Severe fighting lasted from 1
o'cock Wednesday afternoon until sun*
down. Toward the close the enemy s
fire weakened remarkably. His formation
became confused and then his
^ ships scattered. The Russian cruisers
Askold and Novik and several torpedo
boat destroyers fled to the southward.
Others of the enemy's ships retreated
separately toward Port Arthur. Wre
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pursued them, and it appears that we
inflicted considerable damage. "We
found life buoys and other articles be,
longing to the Russian battleship Czar
evitcn noaung ai sea. iae La<ucvu.j
was sunk. We have received no t*ports
from the torpedo boats and the
x torpedo boat destroyers engaged m
the attack on the ships of the eneciv.
The Russian vessels, with the excep
tlon of the Askold, the Novik, the
r Czarevitch and cruiser Palladia, ap
pear to have returned to Port Arthur.
Our damage was slight. Our fighting
power has not been impaired. The
casualties in the Japanese navy numbered
one hundred and seventy."
WASHINGTON IS INFORMED.
I The following Associated Press.cablegram
was received at the state de
partment Friday from Minister Griswold.
dated Tokio, August 12:
'"According to latest reports receiv
ed ?he headquarters the Japanese
fleet 1 attacked > the Russian flee:
emergfng- from *Port Arthur to the
south of Round Island, off Tallen bay.
. The Russian fleet finally, defeated, fiel
during the night. Cruisers AskoM
Novik and one other destroyer entered
Kiao-Chou bay the night of the lltn.
, one destroyer fled to Che Foo: five
battleships, one cruiser, probably Diana,
hospital 'ship, and several destroyers
returned to Port Arthur, bej
tween dawn and midday of the 11th
Apparently no damage to Japanese
fleet."
A cablegram also has been received
from Mr. Fowler, American consul at
. Che Foo, stating that Japanese torpedo
boats entered the harbor and at
tacked the Russian torpedo boat which
had arrived there several days az">
and dismantled, captured her and took
her out.
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COMPLICATIONS EXPECTED.
The Associated Press report of the
; ' capture by the Japanese torpedo boot
destroyers of the Russian destroyer
Rieshltelni in the harbor of Che Foo.
as conveyed to Washington by the consul
general's cablegram of Friflay was
received with the deepest interest an}
also concern, for it was realized that
there were in this incident the germ
of serious international trouble.
VESSELS MUST BE DISMANTLED.
Russian Boat Takes Refuge at Shang
hai and Goodnow Reports.
Consul General Goodnow has cable l
fVo ctflto department Friday from
* * Shanghai that a Russian torpedo boat
? destroyer had just arrived there, and
that if these vessels intend to remain
more than twenty-four hours at Shan;;\
i hai, they must dismantle and remn.n
tied up until the end of the war. Probably
the treaty of peace which will
finally conclude the war between Russia
and Japan, will contain a paragraph
f making disposition of the Russian vessels
which have thus taken refuge in
* Chinese waters.
MILITARY TAKING A REST.
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Japs are Awaiting Arrival of More
ft Troops at Port Arthur.
A dispatch from An-ShamShan to
the Central News, London, relates
that according to 'Chinese reports the
lull in Japanese military operations
arises from the fact that three divisions
of General Kuroki's force have
been sent to assist the troops besieging
Port Arthur.
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smal Failure.
| Mr. Fowler spoke of the affair as i
"cutting out" expedition, thereby tii:'fering
in an important point from the
press dispatches which at first reading
appeared to indicate the seizure oi
the Russian boat was in at least some
degree caused by the action of the
captain of the craft in attacking the
Japanese boarding lieutenant. It may
be that the paint will turn the decision
as to whether or not there has |
been a violation of Chinese neutrality
by the Japanese.
; If the expedition was a genuine cutting
out one, then there is no question
in the minds of the officials in Washington
that the Japanese have commit
ted an offense - against international
j law by violating Chinese neutrality
j and in addition have broken the agreement
they entered into at the beginning
of the war, at the instance of the
United States government to limit the
field of warlike demonstration to Manchuria
and Korea, and their water-*.
Should this prove to be the case, tbs
results probably will be grave aul
*r/vvft f C*
vcAauuuo.
Under the tenets of Internationa:
| law the captured vessel must be returned
for the offense against Chinese
J neutrality. But if Russian lives have
j been lost as reported in the press dis!
patches, a greater complication will
follow, for Russia may in turn hcii
China responsible for the punishmen:
or what caused the death of the sailors
when under the shelter of the Chi
nese port authorities.
Altogether the situation is full or
danger, and the main apprehension cf
the Washington officials is that it may
be the incident that will break down
: tho agreement of the powers anu
{ plunge China into the war as a fullI
fledged belligerent and ally of Japan.
J The' consequences of such an act on
j China's part upon existing alliance.*
! between Japan and Great Britain and
,! between Russia and France can only
be conjectured and the prospect is so
alarming that it is not doubted the
stale department will do its utmos:
'along with the rest of the powers fo.
effect such a settlement of this incident
as shall preserve the agreement
as to China in full force.
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| RUSSIA FILES PROTEST.
The Associated Press at St. Petersj
burg* is able to announce that Russia
j hag already formally protested to; Jar
paifc through France, against the action
of the Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
in attacking the Russian to*[pedp
boal. destroyer at Che-Foo and
towing her away from that port and
I that the protest has been comrnunica;
j ed to the powers. It is furthe? stated
j that Dom i"ranee ana m?u> a.~
supporting at Pekin this protest of the
Russian government.
The Che-Foo incident is discussed
freeiy in Pekin, and it is the general
opinion in diplomatic circles that Japanese
has committed, to say the least,
a grave indiscretion. The report cur
rent that the Chinese warships at Chefoo
did nothing to prevent the capture
of the Ryeshitelni is declared to pla^e
China in an unenviable position.
GERMANY ACTS PROMPTLY.
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J Advices from Berlin, Germany, stat*
that the foreign office confirms the ar
rival Thursday night at Tsing-Chou .;t
the entrance of Kiao-Chou bay, the
German concession on the Shan-Tung
i peninsular, of the Russian battle ship
| Czarevitch, the protected cruiser N*>|
vik and an unnamed torpedo boat. The
Czarevitch is in an unseaworthv con
j dition, having been damaged In Wadj
nesday's fight. The foreign office has
i sent instructions to the German a:i
! tkorities at Tsing-Cbou to the effect
I that the Novik and torpedo boat must
{leave the harbor within twenty-four
! hours prescribed by international law
MINERS MAKE APPEAL TO GRAY
Delaware Jurist Called Upon to Settle
Dispute in Coal Region.
At a meeting of the mining board
of conciliation at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
j Friday, the representatives of the min;
ers offered the following resolution*
"It is agreed by the board of conciliation,
that the entire question of
! check welghmen and el eck docking
j bosses be submitted to Judge Gray,
! goving him full power to interpret
award No. 5. and direct both miners
and operators what they are required
to do to carry out all provisions of
. otrorH oo intftn.-'prt hv the antfcra
j o.nu ai'uiu, co ^
cite coal strike comnr-ssion."
FIRST CAMPAIGN LIE NAILED.
Report Sent Out that Williams Was
Mental and Physical Wreck.
The New York S un telegram hod iv*
Jackson, Mis3., correspondent that ir
is reported that John Sharp Williams
is a mental and physical wreck.
Nothing is further from the truth.
Mr. Williams was never in better
health in his life.
VARDAMAN'S FINAL SHOT
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Postmaster General Payne Promulgates
a Personal Opinion Expressed
by Mississippi Governor.
A Washington dispatch says: Another
rhanter. and probably the final
one, so far as t'ae government is concerned,
was added Monday to the case
office department to name a post
growing out of the refusal of the postoffice
after Governor Vardaman, ot
that state, by the promulgation by
Postmaster General Payne of a statement
which gave without comment 2
letter from Governor Vardaman, published
in The Charles-ton (S. C.) News
and Courier. This letter, which is ac- i
cepted by the postoffice department as
confirming the authenticity of Govcr- j
nor Vardaman's editorial remarks
about the mother of President Roosevelt,
is given in a newspaper publication
as follows-:
Anderson, August 8.?(Special.)?
Several days ago the editor of The
Anderson Daily Mail wrote to Governor
J. K. Vardaman, of Mississippi
and asked him about the truth of the
assertion made by Postmaster General
Payne that Governor Vardaman had,
while editor of a newspaper in Mississippi
some years ago, published an
editorial making a disrespectful allu
ion to Mrs. Roosevelt, the mother of
the president. The following letter has
been received in reply: ,
Executive Department, Jackson,
Miss.. August C.?My Dear Sir: Your
very kind favor of the 4th instant has
beep received. If I had a copy cf The
Commonwealth you desire. I would
take pleasure in sending it to you, but
the files of the old paper are 100 mile3
away. There was nothing in that editorial
offensive to Mrs. Roosevelt, or
that reflected upon her in the least. I
simply undertook, upon scientific
grounds, an explanation of Teddy's degeneracy
and general cussedne-? without
holding his ancestors responsible
for it. I thought I owed it to his ancestors.
Really. I should be ashamed,
to charge the devil himself with the
responsibility of the Infamy of that:
distinguished accident. Sincerely and
cordially. J. K. VARDAMAN.''
ATLANTA'S BOSSES DETHRONED.
Council Step3 in and Breaks Up Ranting
Factions in Police Board.
Backed by a crowd of prominent At*
lantians as large as ever filled .ha
council chamber, who cheered and ape
plauded the members on to their goof
work, the eity council Monday settled
the police situation by passing crdi-'
nances making it unlawful for any
member c-f the police commission
succeed himself in office and requiring,,
a three-fourths vote of that body to''
'impeach the chief of police or any other
officer or member of the depart*,
ment. *
The passage cf theie two ordinances
means the end of factional politics
in the police department. It means,
lhat three new members of the police
board will be elected next March to
succeed Chairman S. W. Day and;
Commissioners W. H. Brotherton anl
J. W. English, to whom most of the;
factionalism has been charged.
It means that the present polic^
board cannot suspend or discharge*
Chief John W. Ball without the -vore.
of - six of its members, a vc* e. which
it w'ill be impossible to secure withe
ihe present composition cf the police
I bo*rd.
It mains that no man or set of nfMEin
will remain in power on the board atiy
longer than the length cf their te^m
of office: in short ft sounds the dea.th
knell of factionalism and faction ppiii
tics.
. KNOWN DEAD EIGHTY-FOUR.
More Bodies of Frightful Wreck Near
Eden, Colorado, Are Found.
Two more bodies of victims of the
Eden wreck have been recovered, oae
being the remains of Rav W. O'Bf.nnon,
of Washington. D. C. The body
was found several miles 'down the Arkansas
river, but has "no*, yet beeD
identified. This brings the list of identified
dead to eighty-four.
OVER FOUR THOUSAND CARS.
Previous Estimate cf Georgia's Groat
Peach Crop Are Verified.
The movement of Georgia peaches
is practically over. So states L. I.
McCleskey, division freight agent ot
the Southern Railway.
The reported movement from the
state, up to midnight of the 13th instant,
was 3.991 cars. There are a few
cars unreported, and yet a few cars
of Elbertas to move, besides, there
will be several carloads of late pear-he?
from the northern part of the sfete
This will easily make the movement
from the state of Georgia 4,000 cars
for this season.
NOW ASSAILING PORT ARTHUR.
Japs Returrn to Attack Upon Fortress
With Renewed Determination.
That a general land and naval at- J
tack was made on Port Arthur Monday
is indicated by information reaching
Che-Foo from various sources. The
statement that the naval attack was
made at four, in the morning comes
from an authoritative but not diplomatic
quarter.
ISOLONS GO HOMEll
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Georgia Legislature Quits j f
With Much Work Undone, j
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BALLOT BILL RELEGATED V
The Assessor Measure Also Fails to j C
Go Through?Much Good Work
Was Done, Hov/ever During
the Session.
The Georgia legislature adjourned j
Thursday night, having reached the i ^
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limit of fifty days. J i
When it was finally agreed by tu3 ^
li
house and senate conference commit- a
tees to fix the common school fund at g
$1,000,000 and the senate adopted that j c
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recommendation, the work of the body I L
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was practically completed. |
The house and senate finally agreei j 0
to adjourn sine die at 10:30 o'clock p. j<
m, and when the formal notices were e
passed, the president of the senate ^
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and speaker of the house formally de- 0
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clared the jreneral essembly of 1904 i
at and end. Owing to several presei- n
saticn speeches in the house, however, t:
the final adjournment did not take o
place until some twenty minutes later t<
than that hour. c
But from the time the agreement on e
the school fuad was reached, the mem- ?
bers seemed to have litHe interest in a
anything else before them. Every ef- b
fort was made to get the house to act b
on the senate hills piled up on the d
clerk's desk, and a great many or t
these were disposed of, most important
of which was the money lenders j
bill, which the house put through with- I
out debate. When the end came, how- i]
ever .there were some twenty-five or t
thirty senate bills still on the clerk's F
desk unacted on, which died with the
session. t
The Australian ballot bill and the s
Hall tax assessors' bill were killed by t
failure of the conference committee io f
reach an agreement, or where an j
agreement was reached by the failure L
of one or the other body to adopt the a
report. Three conference committees t
were appointed on each of these meas- h
ures, but despite all the efforts made
to bring about agreement, both the c
house and the senate held out for a
their respective views on each meas- t
ure and ho final action was taken. i
The closing scenes of the house and f
senate were less disorderly, perhaps j
than has been the case in years. The^e a
was the confusion of conversation and e
general lack of attention to the pro- i
ceedings, but outside of this practical- j
ly nothing that exhibited a'lack of' c
dignity or evinced a taste for horse f
play. . f
Numerous matters were acted on d
during the closing day, and it will x
keep the clerks of both houses busy t
for several days to straighten out the j
tangle of the last day's work. t
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UP TO JUDGE SPEER AGAIN. f
He is Petitioned to Release Negro Wo- t
men on Valdosta Shaingang. (
A Macon, Ga., dispatch says: Once 1
more will Judge Speer be asked ?.o *
release prisoners sentenced by a re
corder to work the streets, and this a
time it will be negro women whom c
he will be petitioned to free from a '
municipal.-<jourt sentence. Judge Not- tingham;
"however, does not figure-, in *
this case, but it is . Mayor J. "L. Finch- s
er, of Fort Valley. a
,.y .. ; v.
MILLION FOR GEORGIA SCHOOLS.
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Senate, at Closing Session, Recedes c
from Demand for a Reduction. a
The direct appropriation to the 8
schools of Georgia for the year 1905 c
will be $1,000,000, the senate having s
given up its demand for a $100,000 cut. *
This action of the 'senate was by an s
overwhelming majority, and was taken c1
during the morning session Thursday, ?
and was based on the report of the
second conference committee appoint- t
ed on the general appropriations bill. c
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BRYAN LOSES HIS CASE. *
Will Not Get $50,000 0n Behest of h
Late Millionaire Bennett*
A decision adverse to William J. 8
Bryan in the contest over the will of f
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the late P. S. Bennett, of New York, I ?
and New Haven. Conn., was handed *
down Saturday afternoon by the su- T'
preme court of errors, after an all-day
session. The decision virtually denies c
;:hat Mr. Bryan is entitled to the $50,- .
000 mentioned in the sealed letter 3
written by Mr. Bennett and addressed
to his widow to be read by her af- ?
ter his death. By this letter the widow *
was asked to give $30,000 to Mr. Bryar
and his fami'y.
ILLEGAL VOTES CHANGE RESULT
Macon County, Georgia, Has Strenu- C
ous Prohibition Election.
After consolidating the returns in
the prohibition election held in Oglethorpe,
Ga., those of Hicks district 3
vrere found illegal and weTe thrown | f
out, making Macon coui>try dry Ly 23 I
majority. It is rumored there will be c
a contest. The county went wet on E
the face of the returns by three majority.
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N EICHT MINUTES!
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:irst of Hodges Murderers is I
Doomed at Statesbcro.
VILLCATO FOUND GUILTY
ourt Dees Quick Work at Opening j
Session?Horrible Details of the
Bloody Work of Fiends Told
by Witness.
The special session of'the Bulloch
ounty superior court convened in
tatesboro Monday morning at 10
U o'clock for the trial of the murerers
of the Hodges family. By dayght
the people were coming frcm
li the surrounding copntry, in bugies,
wagons and all manner of vehiles.
Every train that entered the
Dwn brought tremendous crowds,
loth railroads put on several extra
oachss to accommodate the crowds
oming from a distance. All the ad>ining
counties were well representd,
there being no less than 200 men
torn Tattnall, nearly as many from
imanuel and a large number from
Icreveh, Laurens and Bryan.
Rev. Hermon Hedges, of Texas, forlerly
cf Bulloch county, a brother of
he murdered man, was present and
pened the court with prayer and arerwa.rds
made a short address to the
rowd, in which he begged his listen- i
rs not to do anything rash, but to let
he law take its due course. He made
, very eloquent and touching appeaJ
o the people of the county, and it is
elieved that his address had a great
~ A /-> + trnaplnor H rv-rcn onv dij.
cai IU KXIS V> XUU uw V u I
urbance.
On the opening of court, the grand '
ury was quickly called, and Judge
)aly charged them as to the special
nvestigation before them and they re- !
urned a bill before noon against Paul
teed and Will Catoe.
A number of witnesses were put on
he stand for the state, the two
trongest being J. C. Deal. who wa3
he nearest neighbor of the murdered
amily, and Harriet Reed, wife of Paul
leed. one of the defendants. The
atter was allowed to testify as
.gainst Will Catoe, tne court mling
hat she could not testify against her
lusband.
Mr. Deal told of going to the scene
if the fire on the night of the crime
nd of his discovering the fact that
he bodies of Mr. Hodges and his famly
were in the flames. He told of
inding blood in various places in the
rard and in the lane near the house,
nd of the search made next day for
widence in the case. He told of findng
the tell-tale shoes, a mismated
vair being found near tbe premises
if the crime, and their mates being
ound in Paul Reed's house. He testiied
that Paul Reed's -wife had on a
Iress of the same material as a string
vith which one of the shoes was laced
hat was found at the scene of the
u'lling. One of the shoes was found
o have blood on it, and they were
lamp, showing their recent use. it havng
rained on the night of the crime.
Harriet Reed, wife of Paul Reed,
estified that her ht&band and Will
?at.oe went from her house to Mr.
lodges on the night of the crime,
hat they made two trips there tegevh;r.
the second trip having been male
ifter they had -killed all the family exept
one of the little children, and that
t. was on this second trio that they
ound her hid behind a trunk and killed
ier and set fire to the house. She
aid they came back af'er matches
>nd that Will Catoe told her they had
filled Mr. Hedges and all his people.
She testified that when they finally
:ame back, after the burning, about 1
('clock in the night, they told her ail
ibout the killing and she gave all the
;ruesome details cf their horrible
rime just as they told it to her. She
aid they threatened her if she ever
oM it that she would be killed, and
he explained that was the reason she
[idn't tell anything unTTl after they
iad both been caught.
Her story corresponds in every deail
with what she told before the
oroner's inquest. Both of the defend.nts
showed signs of restlessness durng
her testimony. Reed seemed at
imes to be greatly amused at parts of
ier story.
Catoe made a short statement rad
f-imitted that he was asked by Reed
o go with him and three other ne;roes,
whose names he did not give, to
dr. Hodges' house, but that he did
LOt gO, DUl Weill IU HIS UWU U'jiuc. nc
enied having anything to do with the
rime.
At 7:18 o'clock Monday night the
ury returned a verdict of guilty
gainst Catoe, after being out eight
cinutes. Judge Daly immediately cdourned
court until 8:30 o'clock Tuesay
morning, without passing senence
on the prisoner.
PARAGUAY HAVING TROUBLE.
lonsul Ruffin Cables That Martial Law
Has Seen Declared.
A Washington dispatch says: Con- J
ill Ruffin cables the state departmentJ
rom Assuacion that martial law has |
ieen declared in Paraguay. The forces
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>f the revolutionists and the governcent
have had a fight and cons'idtra- 1
>le disorrder prevails. j
SECOND FLEET*!
Vladivostok Sqadron Knocked Out I
b 1 Japanese Cruisers. fl
WILD JUBILATION IK TOKIO J
Mamirai r\amimura vaeis in a icinng r-ja
Blow on Russian "Raiders" After
Months of Waiting and % ygm \
Watching ? One Armored
Cruiser Sunk and Oth- ? /IjaH
ers Put to Flight f
in Straits of -.- rn'/iJBi
A Tokio special says: Vice Adm*ral
Kamimura encountered the Russian
Vladivostok squadron at dawn -j
Sunday north of Tsu Island in the U|i %
strait of Korea and attacked the
my at once. The battle lasted for five
hours and resulted in a complete Jap-,
anese victory. ' The Russian cruiser
Rurik was sunk and cruisers Rossii
and Gromoboi fled northward after J
having sustained serious damage. Vice -iMj
Admiral Kamimura cables the nary
department that the injuries inflicted ^11 <-1
upon his vessels were slight. v
japs^extremely happy. ||
Flags were flying, lanterns glimmering
and cries of "Banzai" were ringing,
in the streets of the Japanese capital J?|ij|
Sunday night in honor of the victories'
gained at sea by Admiral Togo and yjaffi
Vice Admiral Kamimura.
* Underneath the jollity of the popalace
is a feeling of deep satisfaction .;3plj
and gratification at the disposal of a r-'M ':M
desperately serious problem of the <||B1
The Russian sauadron, which con- ,'^^h
fronted Admiral Togo, refused battle 1 -Jpjttl
It was stronger than Admiral Togo'a~J|B||
squadron in battle ships and armored ; | \/-jj|
cruisers and had it elected to fight, the
result might have altered the fortunes '
of war. The strength of the squadron
which opposed Admiral Togo compeiled
him to draw vessels from the
squadron under Vice Admiral Kami* vJSg
mura and this left the Japanese nav7
powerless to operate against the Ruasian
Vladivostok squadron and unable
to prevent the raids of fhese vessel3.
The raid conducted by the Vladlv<Mtok
squadron in July was extremely f||i
expensive and not only was reUliatfonc^J^K
tempting, but it was demanded "Wk'll * 'k
commercial interests. * 1
The navy, however, grimly refused }<M
to make a diversion and stuck to Port:^B
Arthur. It was confident that the harv ^
bor soon would be untenable for the
Russian warships, that it eventually - ^
would get a fair fight in the open sea away
from the Russian land batteries Vjili
and that the Japanese would win. ?
These calculations of the navy were :|?5|
correct, and the Russians with the
chances even have been hopelessly deAdmiral
Kamimura, after man7
months of waiting, finally got his -M
chance at dawn Sunday off Tsu islan!
He sunk the Russian cruiser Rurik
and sent the cruisers Gromboboi and
Rossia fleeing back from the fight. ;
The best possible naval force thai.^|1 ; >
Russia can now concentrate at Vladh
vostok is four cruisers. ^
In the fight of August 10 the squad- gjKj
ron under Admiral Togo was practical- ?
ly uninjured. The battle ship Mikaaa
suffered the most, but she continues
on the fighting line. ^
The cruisers Yakumo. Nisshin and Kasaga
also were hit, but temporary : ~||j
repairs already have ben made and
they are fully serviceable.
The following casualties have been
reported on the Japanese side during,
the action of August 10th: *. i
The battle ship Kikassa had four of*. "sB i
ficiers killed and twenty-nine men se-.'
riously wounded. Six officers and
twenty-nine men were slightly wound- ^j||g|
The armored cruiser Yakumo had r$mm
one officer and forty-nine men killed ?|h
and one officer and eleven men' '
wounded.
The armored cruiser Kasuga had
two officers and fifteen men wounded. 'M '
Torpedo boat No. 8 had on?r man ? %Jia
killed and eight wounded. ;3U
FIRST MESSAGE FROM ALASKA.
Telegraphic Communication With Un- 'jll
cle Sam's Ice Fields Established. /-'|h
General Greeley, chief signal officer ./JjS
of the United States army now at
Seattle, ha3 received th? first tele- *|?1
graphic message sent direct from
Nome, Alaska. v Vila
It marks the inauguration of the Vag
government wireless line from Nome, _
-Thp reoeint *&BL
: iu< mxiea, uu ~ ,
of the message indicated that tho \N0fe
J wireless line was working perfectly.
I From St. Michaels the message came
by the wire line up the Yukon to
Dawson and thence to Seattle, travel* ^
lng 3,500 miles altogether.
NO CHANGE IN STRIKE. "|S
Packers and Meat Cutters as Fa*
Apart as When Struggle Began.
A Chicago dispatch of Thursday
says: The stock yards strike seem3 -i*
no nearer a settlement than it did
the day the struggle began. Efforts of ,
a committee composed of retail butch- ^
era and grocers to bring about a con- -^|gj
ference between the packers and th*