3 RUSSIAN CRUISERS SAFE
Admiral
Enquist's
Manila
Flight Ends io
Bay.
SEEKS REFltiE
FROM JAPANESE.
Ruaaiaa Ship Battered Irom the Effect! of
lb Japanese Fire Many Wounded Mea
Aboard-Rear Admlnl Trilo Will Ore
tor the Wounded la American Hosplta'a
A Problem to Solve.
Manila ( l!y Cable). Rear Admiral
Knquist, who was commander eif the
heavy cruiser .srjttadrcn of tin- Russian
fleet, arrive! in the lay rm hoarel his
flagship, the protected cruiser Aurora,
accompanied by ; he protected cruisers
Oleg and Jcnit.-hv.g. All the vessel-;
were more or lc-. damaged, and there
were many wounded men on hoard.
Rear Ae'.r.t-r.-i! Train, on hoard his flag
ship, the ! ..ttlesliip Ohio, with the Wis
consin. Oregon. Raie-igh and Cincinnati,
was outside Corr-.Mi'.or Island inanecu
vcrmg when the Aurora sainted with 13
puns, and the Ohio answered.
Admiral Train and his squadron ac
companied the ku-ian vessels to Ma
nila. In an interview Rear Admiral F.n
H'jisl's executive ofificir said:
"When the battle' began the Admiral
was aboard the cruiser Oleig, which was
hit a number of times by large shot.
There was an incessant rain of shot
from qui,-k-firi:ig guns, and the ship was
soon badly damaged.
"The Admiral transferred his flag to
the Aurora, which then drew the com
bined fire of many torpedo-boat destroy
ers at close range, and the attack of sub
marines. We were overwhelmed by the
latter. A mist arising, we made a dash
for the open sea and were followed by
the Olcg and the Jemtchug."
kear Admiral Eniiiit is uninjured.
Captain EgoricfT. f the Aurora, was
killed by a yheli which struck the con
ning tower, .m.l he was buried at sea
the day before n aching Manila.
On the An- ra three officers were
wounded. 10 of the crew were killed and
83 were wounded.
The lossy (in the Cleg were 13 of the
crew killed and tK wounded. On the
Jemtchug the ca.:altie: were 21 junior
(dicers killed ;.ud one wounded. 12 of
the crew and 30 wounded.
from their appearance the Russian
vessels are not damaged below the wa
ter line. Their funnels, however, are
riddled by large and small shot. Sev
eral large shells pierced the crui-ers
amidships, and a number of gi.ns were
dismounted. All the Russian officers in
terviewed assert that a large numlier of
submarines caused confusion and de
feat. Rear Admiral Enitiist has cabled
his arrival to the Emperor of Russia.
The battleship Ohio and the cruier
Cincinnati are guarding the Russian
ships, v"o official action as to their dis
position has been taken yet.
The arrival of the three crui-ers at
Manila clears up the cnntlicting reports
about these ships suice the battle of
Japan sea. Admiral Togo at first re
ported the Jenilchiig sunk: then m sub
sequent reports from his commanders it
was dropped from the list of destroyed
ships. Admiral Shimamnra, however, in
a later riport said the Japanese cruiser
Inote attacked the Jemtchug and sunk it
in a minute.
All the ships are first-class modern
protected crui-ir.
The Aurora, the flagship of Admiral
Enquist, is a ves-e! of (1.630 tons, launch
ed in 1900, and a sister ship of the crui
ser Diana, interned at Saigon after the
last dash from Port Arthur, and the
Pallada, destroyed at Port Arthur. The
Oleg is of 6,075 tons, launched in toc.l
The Jemtchug is 3.;o'i tons and 17.
oon indicated horsepower. The combined
crews of the three ve-els numbered
about I.500 men. The Russians have
saved seven ships out of the 3C; com
posing Rojcstvetisky's flat that sailed
into the Japanese trap in Kenan Strait
Saturday, May ..'.
WILL TAKE ITS "NATURAL COURSE."
Employers and Union Leaden Abandon All
Efforts at Settlement.
Chicago (Special). Adjustment of
the teamsters' strike by mediation seems
as remote as it did two months ago.
Peace negotiations have been abande ncd
for the present, and the strike will be
allowed to take its "natural course." ac
cording to President Shea, of the team
sters' organization. All the business
firms now involved in the trot'bie refuse
to concede anything further in the con
troversy, which tiny now regard as a
thing of the pa-t.
"Peace negotiations are off for all
time," said Levy Matter, chief coun-el
for the employirs. "We absolutely are
finished with ail conferences with the
strikers. The only t'.-.ing that prevented
a settlement of the whole trorhle was
pique on the part of Prc-i-knt Shea be -cause
he had been -hi'hted in the con
ferences and because if In- arrc-t in
connection with libel charges fV.d l-y
Mr. Thorr.e, of Montgomery Ward dv
Co."
Tbe Morocco Reform?.
Tangier ( By Cable I. Mohammed el
Torres, the foreign ui:ni-tir, on behalf
of the Sultan, has invited the repre
sentatives of the powers to ask for an
intcrnatieinal conference at Tangier for
the purpose of discussing reforms in
Meirocco. The members of the diplo
matic corps have communicated with
their respective governments requesting
instructions in the premises.
Brother and Slater Lawyer.
Franklin, Inel. (Special). William A.
Eaton and Arta M. Eaton were admitted
to the bar of the Johnson Circuit Court
this week. They are brother and sister
and have a brother, Orris M. Eaton,
practicing law in San Francisco. Tin
father, C. M. Eaton, is proud that all
of his hilelren have bcceime attorneys.
Mi Arta has been studying in the
office of William Feathcrgill for feiur
years and has proved herself compe
tent. William Eaton was formerly a
student at Lelaml-Stanford University,
A Philadelphia Tragedy.
Philadelphia ( Special) --The boely of
an unknown Polish woman, with two
bullets in the breast, was found resting
against the embankment of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, near Frankford Creek,
in the northe astern part of the city. The
police say there is every indicatiein that
the woman was murdered. It is believed
slit met death between midnight and
morning. She win about 35 years of
age. There are several Poiir-h settle
merits near the place where the body
fopnd and the police hope soon to
clear up the mystery.
FEW S IN SHORT ORDER.
Tt Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
ReadiBf.
Domestic;
An action to revoke the charter of the
General Paper Company will probably
be brought by the Attorney General of
Wisconsin.
Counsel for James It. Hvele issued a
statement outlining the positiem of Mr.
Hyde in reference to the attack made
on him.
Jeibann Hoch. the convicted wifc-mur-
elercr, was sentenced to be hanged June
23 at Chicago.
Notable discoveries of relics of
Moundbuililers have been mae.'e near
Montezuma. 111.
Douglas M. Kilpatrick. former United
States subtreasurer, died at New Or
leans. Governor Higgins has signed the bill
abedishing fake hotels in New York city.
Rarein Moncheitr, tbe Belgian minis
ter, sailed from New York for Perver.
Rroelic I.. Ihike has ued Mrs. Alice
Webb Iuke for elivorcc in New York.
Gen. 11. V. I'.oyntoii died at Atlantic
City of a coniplicatiem eif eli-eases.
Speaker Cannon and a party of con
gressmen will visit Southern Alaska.
By a combinatiim ot the forces of
President Alexander and Vice Presi
dent Hyde and Tarbcl! the report e f
the Frick committee, which investigated
the affairs f the Equitable Life Assur
ance Society, was rejected by the direc
teirs. The rcpetrt recoinmeiuled the with
drawal ef Messrs. Alexander, Hyde ami
Tarbell from their positions. Mr. Frick
resigned as a director.
The Avenue Theater, in Pittsburg,
was burned, and the Grand Opera House
adjoining was bailiy damaged. The aud
ience was quietlv gotten out of the
opera house without a panic' The loss
is J 1 50.000.
Jimmy Hope, the old safe-breaker and
the man who pulled off the famous Man
hattan Rank reihbery ill New York in
1S7K. elied sudelenly in bis wife's arms.
While engaged in unloading a car of
sand, workmen founel bonrls and securi
ties valued at $300,000. They hael been
stolen freim the Wilmington (111.) Bank.
A committee ef the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce has decided that
the sei'.teezc in May wheat was not a
corner.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will es
tablish dailv train service of 1 hours
each way between New Y'ork and Chi
cago. r'eter Thomas, a negro, was hanged
at Albany, Ga., for the murder ot a
town mar-hal.
Seventeen-year locusts have appeared
in Southern Wisconsin.
The Philadelphia City Councils with
elrew the gas lease ami confirmed Mayor
Weaver's appointments to the places
made vacant by the removal of the di
rector of public safety and the director
of public works.
Judge Tayler, of the United States
District Court, in Cleveland, O., ap
pointed Jacob Ii. Fawcett receiver of the
assets of William L. Davis, vice presi
dent of the closed Canton State Bank.
Jeihn Mitchell has begun his series of
addresses to the miners in Pennsylva
nia with the hope of building up the
membership of the organization, which
has fallen r.rT since the last strike.
The rebellion of the Filipinos on the
Islanel of Samar against corrupt prac
tices of native officials and hemp ;igenU
has been settled by removal of the offi
cials. A passenger train struck an oil wagon
near Stillwater Junction. O., causing an
explosion which resulted in the death
of the engineer anil fireman.
The Seaboard Company has filed a
certificate with the New Jersey Secretary
of Stale increasing its stex-k from $4,000,-
000 to $7J.ooo,rc.
Governor Magoon has appointed for
mer Gov. Facnndo Mutis Duran as chief
justice e.f the Supreme Court of the
Canal Zone.
Samuel I.obley pleaded guilty in New
York to the charge of fraudulently ob
taining $10,000 on a stolen life-insurance
policy.
The fight was begun in Philadelphia
for the estate of the late William
Weightman, the millionaire chemist.
The American Savings Hank, at Trin
iilael. Col., has closeel its doors. Lia
bilities, $170,000; as-ets. $106,000.
C. W. Kindrick, United States consul
at Ciudad Juarez. Mexico, died at E!
Paso, Tex., of tuberculosis.
State Senator A. W. Covington, of
Little Reck, Ark., was arrested on the
charge of accepting bribes.
Mrs. Frances Wertz was murdered by
a burglar in Newark, O.
foreign.
Lord Edmund Talbot (Conservative),
who was seeking re-election to the
House of Commons from Chichester m
his appriintmcnt as junior lord of the
tre-a-nry. was re-e!ecteei at a be-elec-ti
n by a majority eif 412.
The Duchess Cecilia, bride-elect of
the Crown Prince ot Germany, entered
ftcrlin in royal style' with quaint and
beautiful ccemony. The marriage con
tract was signed at the palace.
In regard to Pn-sitleiit Castro's recent
ihe-s.ige to the Congress of Venezuela
the Briti-h government adheres to its
position regarding the agreement with
the foreign bondholders.
The British battleship C.t'ar collided
with the Uritish bark Afghanistan in a
fug off Dungiiiess. The bark sank, and
it is feared 13 men were elrowned.
ling Alfonso attended the French
military review at Yiiiccnncs and was
greatly interested in the evolutions of the
25.000 troe.ps.
Representatives of 24 anthracite col
lieries in Wales decided to form a com
bination with a capital of $10,000,000.
Six persons were killed and 79 wound
ed anil 33 houses destroyed by an earth
quake in Hiroshima Province, Japan.
Whitelaw Reiel, the new Uniteel States
ambassador to Lonelon, and Mrs. keiJ
arrived in England.
Five hundred Hiniloo laborers and 50
Europeans perished in the hurricane that
swept over Natal.
Again it is reported that the Czar has
determined to call a Zcmsky Sobor to
meet in Moscow to decide on peace or
war and determine a form for a future
Russian Parliament.
Foreign Secretary Lansdowne stated
in the House of Lords that the forcir.n
relations of Afghanistan were under
British guidance and control.
- Should France and Great Britain de
cline to enter an international Confer
ence for reforms in Morocco, a serious
difficulty may arise. The action of tbe
Sultan is considered a check on the en
tire F'rench policy.
In a fight between Servian and Bul
garian bands near Kitsheno, Macedonia,
20 Hulgarians and 12 Servians were
killed and many on both sides were
woundeel.
An earthquake in Montenegro caused
the collapse of several houses and the
death of one person and the injury of
several others. At Scutari, Albania, 500
houses cedlapsed and 200 persons were
i filled or injured by the earthquake.
BAD FIREJNEAR THEATER
But the Audience, However, fas Gently
Led Out.
THE SCENE WAS A THRILLING ONE.
Avenue Theater, Pltttburf, Burned and Ibe
Grind Opera Home, Adjolnlnf , Damazed
Burned Theater W'ai Cloied Audlenca Ool
leu Out ol tbi Orahd Opera House by tbt
Prompt Action of Ushers.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). One of the
most exciting and spectacular fires that
has visited Pittsburg ill recent years
broke out in the Avenue Theater short
ly before 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and
before it was subdued had completely
destroyed the Avenue and partially
wrecked the Grand Opera House ad
joining, but fortunately no panic re
sulted and no lives were lost. The loss
will reach $150,000, fully insured. The
cause of the fire is believed to be trace
able to crossed wires.
The Avenue was probably the oldest
show-house in the city and recently has
been used for vaudeville. The building
fronts on the south side of Fifth avenue,
midway between Wood and Smithfield
streets. The Grand Opera House, which
is partially under the same roof, cx
tenels through to Diamond street. The
Avenue had been closed for several
weeks and no one was in the building
except the watchman, but in the opera
house a matinee performance was in
progress when the fire broke out. The
house was about half filled, but through
the prompt and systematic work of the
ushers the aueliencc was gotten out with
out the semblance of a panic indeeel,
the majority did not know there was a
fire until they reached the street. Sev
eral weimeti fiinted when they came to
realize what might have happened.
For some reason there was consider
able delay in getting engines to the
scene, and when the firemen finally
reached it dense smoke and flames were
belching from every window on the
Fifth avenue front and the side next
Smithtield street.
The Newell Hotel and the Antler
Hotel, opposite the Avenue, suffered con
siderable damage from broken windows,
resulting from the great heat. Employes
of the hotels and firemen kept water con
stantly playing on the fronts of the
building and in that way saved them
from burning. The guests of the hotels
prepared themselves for a quick exit,
but were saved -this trouble by the good
work of the firemen confining the flames
to the one building.
The Avenue Theater building was
erected in the '50s and was valued at
$75,rjoo. It is completely ruined. Harry
Davis was the lessee of both the Ave
nue and the Grand Opera House. His
loss will be in the neighborhood of $70,-
000. The damage to the Opera House,
which was caused mostly by water, will
represent probably $10,000.
BIO FAIR IS OPEN.
President Roosevelt Starta the Lewis and
Clark Exposition.
Portland, Ore. (Special). With the
touch of a hand on a golden telegraph
instrument, President Roosevelt from the
White House in Washington gave the
signal which formally opened in Port
land, more than 3,000 miles away, the
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition,
a monument to the memories of Capts.
Merrtwether Lewis and William Clark,
who too years ago blazed tbe trail which
opened to the world the Oregon coun
try. A more auspicious day for the op
ening of the Exposition could not have
been desired.
The literary exercises which preceded
the formal opening of the Fair were ex
cellent. The speakers were Vice-President
Fairbanks, Speaker Joseph G. Can
ivn, of the House of Representatives;
Senator Clark, of Wyoming ; Congress
man Tawney, of Minnesota; H. A. Tay
lor, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Department ; Governor Chamberlain, of
Oregon, and Mayor Williams, of Port
lanei. TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF.
George Naylor, Despondent Over Loases,
Wanted to Cut Throat.
York, Pa. (Special). George Naylor,
a wooel de'tiler, 55 years old, while brooel
ing over losses sustained in a fire, at
tempted to commit suicide at his home,
23O South Howard avenue, and was pre
vented from carrying out his intention
by the interference of his wife and son.
Foiled in his attempt at self-destruction,
Naylor became frenzied, and streing
men from the neighborhood had to be
called in to guard him.
Naylor hail made two previous at
tempts to kill himself. Once he trieel
to hang himself by using his suspend
ers, anil upon aiuitlier occasion he sought
fraud by adding names to the poll lists
of two windows of his bedroom. .
Two Enlncmen Cremated.
Dayton, Ohio (Special). Pennsylva
nia passenger train No. 2H, from St.
Louis, struck an oil wagon at Stillwater
Junction. As the oil tank burst the
engine fires ignited the oil and Engi
neer Edward Gimbey and Fireman Chas.
Pryor, of Columbus, Ohio, were burned
to death, the driver of the wagon escap
ing uninjured. The train was not dam
aged. Poison la Prisoners Food.
Columbia, S. C. (Special). As the
result of chemical examination State
Chemist Burney has found arsenic in
remnants of a cabbage dinner which
was given to the prisoners in the state
prison, and which made over 100 of them
i'l, while Superintendent Griffith dis
covered traces of parij green on the
windowsill of the kitchen. The men are
now out of danger. Suspicion points
strongly to one of the convicts as having
poisoned the food.
Legislator Accused.
Little Rock, Ark. (Special). Three
members of the Arkansas legislature
were arrested on bench warrants issued
upon indictments returned by the Pu
laski County grand jury at Little Rock,
charging bribery or conspiracy to bribe.
They were Senator II. K. Tonty, Rep
resentative George F. Chaplineof Mon
roe County, and Representative C, B.
Andrews. All gave bond and iwere re
leased. Representative Chaplain was ar
restrd some weeks ago on similar
cnarne. 1
TO START SOUTH OCTOBER 17.
President Roosevelt Poatponea Extra Session
Until November.
Washington, D. C. (Special). It was
officially announced at the White House
that President Roosevelt would depart
on his Southern trip October 17. He
will be absent from the city about 12
days, returning about a week before the
November elections."
This will necessitate a postponement
of the proposed extra session of Con
gress, which will probably be called to
meet Monday. November t.t, immediate
ly after the State elections have taken
place. The definite announcement set
tles the fact that the extra sessiem will
neit be called for October, and will not
be hrld until the midelle of the follow
ing month.
The trip will he made over the South
ern Railway anel preliminary arrange
ments were made by Col. A. R. An
drews, vice president of the road, and
Mr. L. S. lireiwn, the general agent,
who bad a conference with Secretary
Locb.
The journey will, in addition to Vir
ginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, in
cluele Louisiana, Florida and Arkansas,
which are the only States that Mr.
Roosevelt has not vsiteel since he became
President of the country. Details for
the trip have not been finally determined,
but it is understood that the tentative
arrangement includes stops at Richmond.
Va. ; Raleigh and Charlotte. N. C. ; Jack
sonville and perhaps Tampa, F!a. ; At
lanta. Ga. ; Birmingham. Montgomery,
Ttiskegre and Mobile. Ala.; New Or
leans, La., and Little Rock, Ark.
The stop at Richmond will be the
only important one in Virginia. Th;
President has been invited to visit Nor
folk and will do so when he has had
the opportunity, but will lie unable to do
so on this journey. At Roswell, Ga., he
will visit the old homestead of his moth
er, and at Tuskcgee, Ala., he will visit
the Rooker Washington Institute.
A delegation from Charlotte, N. C,
called on the President to urge him to
spend a day there. He told his callers
that so long a steip would not be possi
ble, but promised to cxtenel his cordial
re'ctings to the people of Charlotte. The
elelegation was headed by Mayor S. S.
McNich anil included Daniel A. Tomrt
kins, R. M. Miller, Jr.. B. D. Heath,
George Stephens. T. S. Franklin, Htriot
Clarkson and G. C. Huntington.
WAS INFLUENCED BV SERMON.
Keller Then Confessed ilia Part In Election
Frauds.
Knoxvillc, Tenn. ( Special). Influ
enced by a sermon which he heard from
the lips of Rev. Sam Jones, the evangel
ist, William S. Kellar confessed his part
in recent election frauds. The Knox
county judgeship is now being contested
in court. Keller had twice been on the
witness stand and had twice refused to
answer certain pointed questions.
Thursday he appeared and asked to be
allowed to testify. The privilege was
granted him, and he then told how, as
an officer of election, he had stutted tne
ballot box in the Eleventh ward, had
marked between 200 and 300 votes and
had shoved them into the box. In his
confession he implicated several city offi
cials in trying to cover up evidences ol
fraud by adding names to he poll lists
of the ward to make them conform to
the number of votes polled.
KILLED BV A BURGLAR.
Mrs. Frances Wert! la Beaten to Death With
Club.
Newark, Ohio (Special). Mrs.
Frances Wertz was murdered by an un
known burglar, who escaped. Mrs.
Wertz lived with her husband and 15-year-old
grandchild seven miles from
this city. Mr. Wertz had gone to the
home of a neighbor. About midnight
.Mrs. Wertz heard a noise on tbe lower
floor. Picking up a pitchfork, she went
downstairs. As she opened the stair
door leading into the sitting room a
tall man struck her with a heavy club
and then hit her repeatedly after she
hael fallen. When help reached the
house the woman was dead.
Pullman Car Company's Status.
. Topeka, Kan. (Special). The Pull
man Car Company, replying to a com
plaint filed against the company before
the State Board of Railway Commission
ers, alleging excessive rates, declares
that the Pullman Company is not a com
mon carrier, and not under the jurisdic
tion of the Railroad Commissioners.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Diplomats in Washington are not sur
prised at the apparent futility of the
conference between President Roose
velt and Count Cassini.
The battle of the Korean Straits has
excited much comment among the naval
officers at Washington.
President Roosevelt has been pre
sented with two Japanese flags and an
ancient Samurai sword.
Brigadier General George B. Davis
has been reappointed jueigc advocate
general of the Army.
The War Department has been in
formed of the death, from malarial
fever, of Edward Green.
Secretary Hitchcock is determined to
enforce the law at Muskogee, 1. T.
The Cabinet decieled that the body of
John Paul Jones shoulel be transferred
direct from France to its last resting
place at Annapolis, and should not lie
in state in cities making the request.
Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, who will
become secretary of the Navy on July
t, delivered an address to the graduates
of Trinity College.
There is a well-defined rumor that
Secretary of Interior Hitchcock con
templates resigning.
Representative Paarre secured a re
scinding of the order passed to remove
Charles W. Adams as keeper of Antie
tam National Cemetery.
Secretary Morton has located the orig
inal commission of Paul Jones as a cap
tain in the Navy in the possession of
a Philadelphia laely.
The i postofiice inspectors in charge
of divisions, who were called together
by Postmaster General Cortelyou, have
returned to tneir respective headquar
ters, alter a two-wee-K conlerence 111
Washington.
John A. Renson, of San 'Francisco,
uneler indictment tor bribery and con
spiracy in appropaiating public lands to
his own use, gave bond 111 the sum of
si s.ooo.
It is believed that Minister Bowenhas
failed to make out a case against Loomis
and will loke his place in the diplomatic
service. .
THE JAPAN SEA SLAUGHTER
More Than 7,000 Russians Went Down
With Ships.
JAPANESE LOSSES PIT AT ONLY 800.
Admiral Voclkcrsham Killed In Conning Tower
by Firat Shell That Struck His Flafshlp
Further Details of the Great Naval Battle
Japaneaa Completely Enveloped lb Rui
alaa Ships,
Further authentic details of the naval
battle in the Strait of Korea and Japan
show that torpedo boats wrought fhe
greatest destruction among the- Russian
ships. When the flag of action was
hoisted on the Japanese flagship the
signal read :
"The destiny of our empire depends
upein this action. You are all expected
to elo your utmost."
The Japanese fleet gradually inclosed
the Russian on all sides and the torpedo
beiats sunk one ship after another. The
Russians were unable to repel the attack
at night.
While the Japanese suffered a loss e f
less than too men in killed and wounded,
it is estimated that the Russian losses
were from 7,000 to g.ooo, not including
nearly 4,000 taken prisoners.
The first shell that struck the con
ning tower of Admiral Voclkcrshain's
flagship, the battleship Oslabya, killed
the Admiral. The ship was sunk.
Nearly 3.K00 Russian prisoners have
landed at Neyasaki.
Vice Admiral BirilefT, who started for
Vladivostok May 25 to take command of
the Baltic Station, is reported to be re
turning to St. Petersburg.
It was reported in St. Petersburg and
Paris that M. Bompard, the French am
bassador, was returning to St. Peters
burg at the request of Russia to ar
range for peace negotiations, but the
story was not confirmed in official cir
cles. Tokio (By Cable). Admiral Togo's
supplementary report makes the Rus
sian's defeat a staggering disaster un
equaled in naval history. Practically
every fighting ship of a once splendid
fleet was either sunk or captured, repre
senting a loss of tonnage excceeling 150.
oocr tons. The remaining units of the
Meet, consisting largely of auxiliaries
and transports, have been elisperseel,
some going to Vladivostok, others to the
China coast. Admiral Reijestvensky,
gravely wounded, occupies a cot in a
Japanese hospital, a prisoner of war.
Tokio, astouneled and elated at the
first measure of victeiry, seems unable
to clearly grasp the still greater triumph
that Admiral Togo brings to the na
tion. Before the combat a partial victory,
with operations around Vladivostok dur
ing the summer, was generally expected.
No one dreamed 'of annihilation at the
first meeting. Later reports indicate
tha tlje fighting was of the most des
perate nature. On Saturday and Sun
day were persistent torpedo attacks fol
lowing heavy gun fighting.
Admiral Rotestvensky appears to have
been hopelessly outclassed in gunnery.
It is reported that it was necessary for
Admiral Rojestvensky to change his
flagship five times during the battle. He
finally took refuge on the torpedo-boat
destroyer, where he was captured.
Admiral 1 ogo s later dispatches given
to the public created the highest enthu
siasm. High officers of the army and
prominent officials hurried to tile Navy
Department and offered congratulations.
I he entire staff of the Bank of Japan,
headed by a band, marched to the Navy
Department and cheered in honor of the
victory.
The Navy Department made the fol
lowing announcement :
Later reports from the different di
visions of the fleet engaged in the naval
battle of May 27 show as follows:
1 he Russian battleship Oslabya was
heavily damaged in the early part of the
fight on Saturday, going down at 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
'The first Russian vessel sunlc was
the battleship Sissoi Velikv.
I he armored cruisers Admiral Nak-
himoff and Vladimir Monomach, after
being in the general engagement during
the daytime, were still further damaged
by torpedeies during attacks by night
and were eventually completely disabled.
They drifted into the vicinity of Tsu
I stands, where they were discovered on
Sunday morning, May 28, by the auxil
iary cruisers Shilano, Yawata, Tainan
and Sadei, which were about to capture
them, but they all sank.
"The crews of our auxiliary cruisers
rescued gi.t of the crew of the sunken
Russian ships.
"The battleship Navarin was torpc
doed four times after sundown on Sal
urday. May 27, and sunk. The sur
vivors of the Navarin's crew confirm
the story of her destruction.
"The cruiser Niitaka and Otawa elis-
covered the Russian cruiser Svietlana at
9 1 'clock on Sunday morning in the vi
cinity of Chappyan Bay and immediately
attacked and sunk her. J he command
er of the Nntaka reports the fact.
"It is suspected that the Russi
cruisers Almaz and Aurora were sunk
by torpedoes on the night of May 27.
"The former report includes the state
mem that the Russian cruiser Jemtchug
was sunk, but as yet this remains un
confirmed, and the cruiser's name has
been excluded from the revised list of
Russian vessels destroyed.
"Judging from this and former re
ports, the enemy's main strength, con
sisting of eight battleships destroyed
or captured, three armored cruisers and
three coast-defense ships destroyed or
captured, with the second-class crui.scrs
and other vessels destroyed, the enemy's
lighting power is thus annihilated.
Illinois Congrtsaman Dead.
Warsaw, 111. (Special). Representa
tive Benjamin F. Marsh, Republican
member of the United States House of
Representatives from the Fourteenth
district of Illinois, died at his home
here. Representative Marsh had served
eight terms in Congress, and had been
elected to a ninth term. Mr. Marsh
served in the Union Army throughout
the Civil War, suffering several wounds.
He was a lawyer and farmer.
, Slain By Angry Mob.
New Orleans (Special). A special
from Batchellor, La., says Ernest La
cour, a white liveryman, has been shot
and killc A by a negro and the murderer
hanged by infuriated citizens, as the re
sult cf a dispute' with Lacour's driver.
The murderer and four other negroes
belonf to a band of musicians that came
from Natchez. Miss. All five had armed
themselves anel laid in wait for the
driver. The four companions of the
murderer were delivered over to the au
thorities.
PRESIDENT'S MOVE FOR PEACE
till Frank Talk to Coant Caialnl, Russian
Amliatiador,
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
President struck a blow for peace in the
Far East. In a conference at the White
House with Count Cassini, the Russian
ambassador, the President expressed the
earnest hope that Russia would forth
with conclude peace with Japan.
Prolongation of the war, he believes,
will not result in victory for the Rus
sian arms, and can only serve to increase
Japan's demands and render more dif
ficulty the drafting of a treaty of peace
which the Czar, as well as the Mikado,
can sign. The President spoke, he said,
as the friend of Russia, no less than of
Japan, and on behalf not only of the
Washington government, but in the in
terest of humanity.
Until his words have fenched Tsar-koc-Selo
and have been communicated
to Emperor Nicholas in the friendly
spirit in which they were uttered their
effect cannot be estimated.
Soon after reaching his embassy Count
Cassini began the preparation of a dis
patch to his government. Neither at
the White House nor nt the Russian
Embassy could a formal statement re
garding the conference be obtained.
I hroughout the Diplomatic Corps
there is a strong hope that this confer
ence marked the first step toward peace;
but the general opinion is that weeks
may elapse before even preliminary ne
gotiations can be begun.
Diplomats express the hope that Em
peror Nicholas will receive the Presi
dent's words "as the counsel of that
government which has for years been
Russia s traditional friend, and will
weigh it accordingly.
Lnaccompanieel, Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador, called by appoint
ment at the White House at 2.30 o'clock.
He was ushered at once into the Blue
Room, where he was joined immediately
by the President, and a conference fol
lowed until after 3 o clock.
Appreciating the natural feelings of
the Ambassador on Mich an occasion,
the President began the conversation by
a frank personal expression of sympa
thy for Count Cassini, alluding to the
severe strain under which he has been
for the past few days, and deploring the
terrible loss of life and consequent sor
row' caused by the recent battle in the
Sea of Japan.
Without further preliminaries a gen
eral and entirely informal and personal
conversation upon the whole situation
followed. The President informed the
Ambassador that he earnestly hoped for
an early peace in the Far East, anel that
in expressing this hope he voiced not
only his own strong personal sentiments
anel those of this government, but he be
lieved these were held by all of the pow
ers. His opinion was that it would be
mistake for Russia to continue the
$20,030,000 IN SL'QAR.
Extensive Cuban Investments Arc Planned
By Americana.
New Y'ork ( Special). Capitalists in
New York and elsewhere are taking a
lively interest in the development of the
sugar industry in Cuba. It is estimated
that something like $20,000,000 will be
invested by Eistcrn men within the next
vear in the purchase of plantations and
equipment of mills, railroads, docks and
other improvements necessary to sugar
production and its marketing.
One of the most extensive operators
will be the Nipe Bay Company, controlled
and operated by the Same men who
compose the L'niteel Fruit Company. The
headipiarters -if the company is in Bos-
Ion, and Andrew U. Preston is presi
elent. In the vicinity of Nipe Bay, on the
north coast of the island, the company
owns a tract of 130,000 acres. During
the present summer the company is to
build one of the largest sugar works in
the world, with a capacity for grinding
5,000 tons of cane daily.
Mechanical equipment now being con
tracted for will cost about $2,000,000,
which, together with the land, will repre
sent an outlay of $8,000,000.
Mr. Bnnaparte In Ibe Cabinet.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Mr.
Charles J. Bonaparte will become secre
tary of the navy when Secretary Paul
Morton resigns, on July 1. Mr. Morton
issued a formal statement announcing
that on July t he would resign the Navy
portfolio to associate himself with the
Ryan syndicate in New York. Later in
the day, when President Roosevelt was
asked whom he would appoint to succeed
Mr. Morton, he smiled and announced
that he hail' selected Mr. Bonaparte, of
Baltimore.
Five Men Killed in Tunnel
Montrose, Col. (Special). At least
live men were killed and two seriously
injured by the caving in of the Gunni
son Reclamation Mine Tunnel. C. Tay
lor and Fred Groff were pinned under
heavy timbers and terribly injured. They
would have been drowned but for the
efforts of their entombed companions,
who improvised a dam to hold back the
water which poured into the tunnel for
a time. Twenty-one men were rescued
uninjured, but exhausted.
Broke Naval Target Record.
Vallejo, Cal., (Special). In a' target
practice in Snn Pablo Bay, Kempste
horne Scott, an apprentice on the tor
pedo boat Preble, broke the American
navy record with a six-pound gun. While
the Preble was moving at a speed of ten
knots Scott struck the target at 1,000
yards nineteen times out of twenty-one
shots.
FINANCIAL
The Erie has ordered 14000 tons of
steel rails.
Holzman & Co., New York Stock
Exchange brokers, failed.
The death of B. II. Gaskill, head of
B. II. Gaskill & Co., caused widespread
regret.
It is reported that three directors of
the International Marine Company will
retire next month.
Burnett, Cummings & Co., street rail
way promoters, have filed a petition in
bankruptcy with liabilities of $1,700,000.
A director of the Pennsylvania Steel
Company declares that the steel rail poel
has not been dissolved, as was reported.
Lehigft Valley general 4s to the extent
of $jo,ooo,ooo will be listed in Wall
street.- The stock is only listed in Phila
delphia. The wild tpeculation in May corn at
Chicago was a depressing influence upon
securities. Corn rose to 68 cents, and
then tumbled 8 cents.
A leading bond broker of Philadel
phia said: "Banks have a great deal cf
their money loaned put at 4 per cent
and they are not in the market for
bonds to any great extent.
BOMB AT KING ALFONSO
Deadly Missile is Hurled at Royal Car
riage in Paris.
flE AND PRESIDENT LOl'BET UNHURT.
. t
Bnl Several Soldlera of lha Eicon Ara Injured
French President and HI August Quest
Were Being Driven In a Gallup From tha
Opera Amid Culrasilera When the Attempt
lo Assiiilnalt Spaln'a Ruler Waa Made.
Paris By Cable). As the King of
Spain, accompanied by President Loubet,
drove away from a gala performance of
the opera after midnight an anarchist
threw a bomb in the direction of the
royal carriage.
The projectile struck a soleh'rr belong
ing to the cuirassier escort on the shoul
der, and then fell to the ground and ex
ploded without injuring His Majesty or
the President, who continued their drive
to the Palais d'Orsay.
Several soldiers of the escort were
thrown from their horses and injured,
while fragments of the bomb struck a
number of persons in the crowd.
King Alfonso and President Loubcl
had been cheered along the entire route
to the opera by enthusiastic crowds, the
young monarch having completely gain
ed the hearts of Parisians since his ar
rival here.
The gala performance comprised
"Samson anil Delilah" and "Maladctta,"
When King Alfonso and Presielcnt Lou
bet entercel the building, surrounded by
a brilliant staff and followed by nearly
the entire diplomatic corps and superiot
officials, the house, which was composed
of the elite of French society, rose and
cheered, while the orchestra played the
Spanish and French national anthems.
Tbe performance went without a hitch.
His Majesty chatted gayly with Presi
dent Loubet during the intermissions,
and at the close of the performance tbe
orchestra again played the national
hymns of the two countries as the King
anil the President arose to leave.
They proceceled down the grand stair
case and arriveef at the gayly illuminated
and elecorateel Place de 1'Opera, where
the royal carriage awaited them. The
King and the President took scats side
by ?iele, and the vehicle started on, sur
rounded by several squadrons of cuiras
siers, toward the Avenue de 1'Opera.
1 he space around the opera house was
cleared for 200 yards, but the avenue
was packed with a dense throng, which
while awaiting the passage of the royal
and Presidential parties admired the
charming scene, the decorations extend
ing as far as the Palais Rotyal.
When the Kings carriage passed at a
gallop, followed by others containing
the diplomatic corps and the ministers,
the crowd cheered itself hoarse, shouting
"Long live the King 1 "Long live the
President !"
The procession arrived at the end of
the Avenue de 1'Opera and passed the
Place Theatre Francais, where were as
sembled at least 1.500 persons in the
Rue de Rohan, a short street forming
practically a continuation of the Avenue
1 Opera, just opposite the arched gate
way of the Lourve leading to the Place
Carousel.
There, just a few yards before reach
ing the Rue Rivoli, a man sprang for
ward with his arm raised in the air, and
before the cordon of police could pre
vent him he, without uttering a word,
threw a projectile in the direction of
the royal carriage.
The police immediately rushed toward
him. At that moment a deafening ex
plosion occurred. Cries from the crowd
were heard, and a scene of intense ex
citement began, the crowd surging to
and fro.
Soldiers were seen to fall, but as the
flash from the bomb died out it was ob
served that the King and the ' Presi
dent had not been struck, and their car
riage proceeded on its way.
The bomb had been thrown with too
great force, anel passed over the royal
carriage, and struck the shoulder of a
cuirassier and" then fell to the ground,
where it exploded, fragments of it strik
ing the horses of the soldiers, causing
them to bolt and throw their riders.
Captain Schncidcr,"who was riding at
the right side of the carriage, and Cap
tain Gamier, who was on the left, were
both thrown. Fragments of the bomb
also struck five persons a sergeant, two
policemen, a woman, who was seriously
injured, and a child, who was struck in
the eye.
Onr horse of the escort was killed
outright and six ofhers lay about maimed
and bleeding.
The force of the explosion was terrific
and caused a derangement of the electric
lights, which were all extinguished, add
ing darkness to the scene of confusion.
Women ami children screamed and A
panic was for a time threatened in tha
vast throng until the police succeeded
in restoring order.
HEART ON THB RIGHT SIDC. '
Extraordinary Dislocation Revealed Bj
Autopsy on Sprinter.
Fhippcnsburg, Pa. (Special). A re
markable case f cardiac dislocation has
been brought to light by an autopsy on
Burd Duke, about 45 years old, of this
place. About 20 years ago he won in a
foot race, and the exertion, it is thought,
caused his heart to change from the left
side to the right. He fell at the end
of the race and had since been a great
sufferer. .
The post-mortem examination showed
his heart to be on the right side and the
stomach in the place where the heart
should have been on tle left side and
grown fast to the left lung, with a con
nection between the lung and stomach.
A Reported Revolt.
Chicago, 111. (Special). The Daily
News publishes the following St. Peters
burg cable: "General Linievitch wired
the Czar that the news of Rojestvensky'
defeat was spread throughout the army,
in Manchuria, 'and that the troops are
in open revolt. lie points out that un
der such conditions the continuation of
the war is impostiUle. This is the crown
ing disaster m the series of calamities
that have overtaken Russia since the
opening of the war, February 8, 1904."
Mother aud Child Killed.
New London, Conn:, (Special). Mrs,
James 'Clark, aged twenty-nine yeara,
and he five-year-old daughter were
killed at Poquotmoc by the Merchants'
Limited Express, en route from New
York to Boston. Mrs. Cl.uk, with her
daughter, had started in search of her,
other child, John, a boy of nine years.
They were yalking along the east track,,
when the; express swooped down upoi
them and swept both down the embank-,
ment, Death was evidently instantans