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RED FLAG SHOWN
MUTINY ON THE RUSSIAN BAT
TLESHIP POTEMKINE
OFFICERS THROWN OVERBOARD
Guns Trained on Odessa In Support of
Strikers Battleships on the Way
and a Fight Is Soon Expected
ODESSA The red flap of revolu
tion Is hoisted at the masthead of tho
Kniaz Potemkine Russias most pow
erful battleship In the Black sea
which now lies in the harbor in the
hands of mutineers
The captain and most of the officers
were murdered and thrown overboard
in the open sea and the ship is com
pletly in control of the crew and a few
officers who have thrown in their lot
with the mutineers
The guns of the boat are trained on
the city and on the streets masses of
striking workmen who yesterday fled
before the volleys of the troops are
now inflamed by the spectacle of open
revolt on board an imperial warship
and are making a bold front against
the military
All day long firing has been heard
in many quarters of the city A num
ber of barricades have been erected
and tumult and disorder reign
The main squadron of the Black sea
fleet consisting of battleships George
Pobedionosetz George the Victorious
Tri Sviatelia Rostislav and Ekaterlne
II with two cruisers are expected to
arrive soon and a regular naval battle
is in prospect
LONDON The Daily Express prints
the following dispatch from Odessa
timed midnight
A second mutinous warship is re
ported to be at Cape Fontaine ten
miles from here A transport with
Russians from Port Arthur and a Rus
sian steamer were held up by the
Kniaz Potemkine at 5 oclock and com
pelled to lie up under its guns for two
hours
At 7 oclock the rebel warship
steamed two miles off but shortly
afterward returned to its former an
chorage and fired several shots at
the suburbs of Langrand where there
is a detachment of Cossacks It then
swung around until its guns pointed
to the center of Odessa and fired a
blank cartridge
A steamer which the Kniaz Potem
kine stopped was seen to burst into
flames A bomb thrown in a street
this evening killed six persons The
city penitentiary in which there are
2000 prisoners had a narrow escape
from being blown to pieces last night
Five men had just succeeded in plac
ing a number of powerful fuse bombs
in the outer wall when they were ar
rested
THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM
MAINTAINS HER INTERESTS
PEKING The question of Chinese
exclusion from the United States con
tinues chiefly to occupy the attention
of the Chinese The extent and depth
of the feeling astonishes foreigners
and is regarded as an evidence of the
growth of a national sentiment of
public spirit which five years ago
would have been inconceiveable
Among many instances cited as evi
dence of this it is said that a Chinese
comprador has refused a lucrative ap
pointment with an American com
pany Advertisements of American
goods continue to be refused by the
native newspapers and letters and
telegrams from all parts of China as
well as from abroad are being re
ceived uring the central government
to take a firm stand
THE DARK SIDE OF
ARMY SOCIAL LIFE
KANSAS CITY The Star of this
city says Mr Geo W Kinkman ex
captain of infantry United States
Army now a prisoner in the federal
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth is
to appear in the role of author
He has written a book that pretends
to portray the dark side of social life
in the army The book was written
while Kirkman was under arrest in
Fort Niobara charged with enough
breaches of good conduct to dismiss a
hundred officers He was born in a
frontier post an army officer his
father As a West Point cadet in
1884 he began his mad record and he
remained in the academy only after
a verdict of dismissal had been set
1 aside After his graduation and com
missioning as an officer he stood four
more trials by courts martial and in
each instance the verdict was dis
missal In the fifth only did his in
fiuence fail to save him and last week
he entered Fort Leavenworth prison
under a three year sentence The
woman In this particular case the
wife of -a brother officer killed her
self And under the title Thirty
Year of Army Life Kirkman is to tell
all of the scandals that have come to
him as officers son cadet and officer
WILL MAKE TOUR OF AMERICA
- K
Bernhardt tq Play Angelo and
Adrjenne Lecouvrer
i LONDON Shubert Bros tddaj
sigried a contract with -Mine Sarah
Bernhardt for an American tour of
thirtyi weeks to begin at the Lyric
theatre- New York November 6 next
Mmp i Bernhardt vill take hen entire
company from the Theatre Sarah
Bernhardt at Paris and will be seen
Adrienne Lecouvrer now running
ire
WANT LAND AND INDEMNITY
Two Japanes Parths Indicate De
mands on Russia
TOKIO The committee of the con
stitutionalist party of which Marquir
Saionji is president met and passed
the following resolution
The constitutionalist party since
the outbreak of the war frequently
has published its convictions for the
sake of realizing the aim aud purpose
of the war by proving the national
unity of feeling
Now that the question of conclud
ing peace has been brought up
though it is not necessary to state the
terms of peace in detail we yet deem
it necessary and oportune to declare
that for the sake of realizing the aim
and purpose of the war as stated at
the declaration of hostilities and also
for the sake of securing a future guar
antee in the interest of our empire
as well as for planting peace in the
extreme east on a permanent basis
the cession of territory and the pay
ment of the outlays caused by the war
be demanded and tfie Korean and
Manchurian questions definitely and
clearly settled
The leaders of the constitutionalist
party after taking this action inter
viewed Premier Katsura and pre
sented the resolution
CANAL ZONE FUNDS
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON The secretary of
war has approved the recommendation
of Governor Magoon of the canal zone
that 30000 of the funds of the canal
zone derived from local revenue be
devoted to public school purposes A
recent census of the canal zone shows
that there are 1836 children in the
villages along the line of the Panama
Railroad company within a radius of
a mile and a half of the railroad Of
this total it has been found that 893
can read and write and 935 cannot
read and write The rest can read and
not write
The plan contemplates the estab
lishment of forty two schc3 in tho
canal zone
SELECT ENVOYS
Russian and Japan Name Peace PIenI
potentaries
WASHINGTON Russia has given
reassurance in the peace negotiations
by placing the president in possession
of the tentative selection of her pleni
potentiaries as follows M Nelidoff
the Russian ambassador at Paris and
Baron Rosen the newly appointed
Russian ambassador at Washington
Russia thus having taken the inita
tive it is believed that M Takahira
the Japanese minister during his call
at the white house formally told the
president that Japans selections also
tentative were Baron Komura the
Japanese minister for foreign affairs
and Kogoro Takahira the Japanese
minister at Washington
Official announcement of the names
of the plenipotentiaries is withheld for
several reasons Mr Nelidoffs health
may not permit him to make the trip
and pressure of official work may
necessitate the presence in Tokio of
Baron Komura Mr Takahira and
Baron Rosen are regarded as the cer
tainties and the belief is that unless
something unforeseen should occur
both Russia and Japan will consent
to the ofScial announcement of the
personnel of the Washington confer
ence within a few days In any event
both missions will consist of many ad
visors including army and possibly
naval officers and officials from the
foreign offices in Tokio and St Peters
burg It is expected that altogether
each mission may number ten or
twelve Should three plenipotentiaries
be determined upon both Russia and
Japan have names under consideration
which will enable them to announce
their third representatives without
delay
Telephones on Canal Zone
WASHINGTON Major Edward
Russell on duty in the office of the
chief signal corps of the army has
been ordered to report to the isth
mian canal commission to go to the
isthmus and install a complete system
of telephonic and telegraphic com
munication in the canal zone
THE REPLY OF GERMANY
TO THE FRENCH NOTE
PARIS Germanys reply to the
French note on the subject of Moroc
co was presented during a conference
between Prince Radolin the German
ambassador and Premier Rouvier at
the foreign office While most friendly
in form Germanys response none the
less maintains the position that the
Moroccan question must be regulated
by a conference of the powers without
any agreement In advance limiting
the scope of such conference This
t
was accompanied by the presentation
of Germanys general point of view in
such an amicable spirit as to disarm
the suspicion entertained concerning
Germanys ulterior motives
Get-Rich-Quick Man Arrested
CHICAGO 111 Justus W Lobb
president of the Continental Finance
company was arrested Friday night
on a federal warrant charging him
with using the mails in a scheme to
defraud and in the conduct of a lot
tery The Continental Finance com
pany was several days ago placed in
thTe hands of a receiver on the com
plaint ofs a number of people who had
invested mohey in the concern on the
proniise of quick and large returns
which they had in many instances
dp t rapeiveiiul
CHIEF ENGINEER
JOHN F STEVENS WILL DIG THE
PANAMA CANAL
SUCCESSOR OFJB WALLACE
New Official Will Have Direct Charge
of Construction Work The New
Appointee Was Formerly Vice Pres
ident of Rock Island Railway
WASHINGTON Secretary Taft
has appointed John F Stevens of Chi
cago chief engineer of the Panama
canal with residence on the isthmus
Mr Stevens succeeds John F Wal
lace
Mr Stevens also will be made gen
eral manager of the Panama railroad
He will not be a member of the isth
mian Canal commission His salary
will be 30000 a year
Mr Stevens is now in the service
of the Philippine commission as gov
ernment expert in the construction of
1000 miles of railways about to be
built under government aid He was
to have accompanied Secretary Taft
to the Philippines but has been trans
ferred to the Panama canal work
An official announcement was made
by Secretary Taft in part as follows
Mr John F Stevens has been ap
pointed chief engineer of the isthmian
canal with residence on the isthmus
to take effect at once The technical
plans are to be determined by the
commission as a body with the ad
visory international board of en
gineers recently appointed by the
president and whose plans as decided
from stage to stage will be executed
on the isthmus by the chief engineer
With the chief engineer confining
himself to the actual worK of construc
tion and operation and concentration
upon the execution of the plans as
adopted by the commission it is be
lieved the canal work will be more
actively prosecuted
Mr Stevens is to accompany Chair
man Shonts to the isthmus in the im
mediate future and it is anticipated
all necessary data will be available in
time for the board of consulting en
gineers September 1 A meeting of
the canal commission will be held
here Saturday
W A Darling of Chicago who is
connected with the Rock Island rail
way has been tendered an appoint
ment to succeed J F Stevens in the
work of railway construction in the
Philippines His appointment has not
yet been officially announced but it is
understood he will accept the place
Once With Great Northern
CHICAGO Mr John F Stevens was
formerly connected with the Chicago
Rock Island Pacific railway as sec
ond vice president He resigned that
position and was appointed as an ex
pert for the United States govern
ment to go to Manila with Secretary
Taft and his party to make a report
on the feasibility of the construction
of about 1000 miles of railway in the
Philippines Prior to his connection
with the Rock Island system Mr
Stevens was vice president of the
Great Northern railway
UNCLE SAMS TREASURY
SHY ABOUT 525000000
WASHINGTON The following
statement of the operations of the
treasury for the fiscal year ending
June 30 has been made public
The government fiscal year is end
ed The treasury -deficit for the year
will be approximately 24500000
This amount is subject to a slight but
aot material change The last report
of the secretary of the treasury esti
mates a deficit for this fiscal year of
518000000 The actual deficit ex
ceeds this by 0500000
The receipts for the fiscal year
aave been about 543000000 2000
000 more than the receipts estimated
by the secretary of the treasury in
his last report The expenditures have
been 567500000 or about 8500000
more than was estimated The month
of June just closing shows a hand
some surplus of nearly 13000000 and
reduced the deficit from 37000000
to 24500000
ARRANGINC A NATIONAL
RECIPROCITY CONFERENCE
CHICAGO Prominent representa
tives of the agricultural commercial
and live stock industries throughout
the country met here and completed
arrangements for a national recipro
city conference to be held in Chicago
Some time during the month of Aug
ust The conference is for the purpose
of devising plans to combat the
threatened European commercial war
so evident in the prevailing and pros
pective discriminating taxes against
the products of the United States ac
cording to Alvln H Sanders chairman
of the executive committee of the in
ternational live stock exposition who
was named as chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements for the com
ing convention
WAR IN PASSENGER RATES
Michigan Central Precipitates It on
Eastern Lines
CHICAGO The threatened war in
passenger rates to the east was pre
cipitated Friday by the -Michigan Cen
tral which field notice with the inter
state commerce commission that on
July 1 it would sell tickets between
Chicago and eastern points at the dif
ferential rate awarded it by the board
of arbitrators It was not generally
expected that this action would be
taken before Jvv 92
SECRETARY HAY IS DEAD
Passes Away Suddenly on Saturday
at His Home in New Hampshire
NEWBURY N H Secretary of
State John Hay died at 1225 Satur
day morning The signs immediately
preceding his death were those of pul
monary embolism Mr Hays condi
tion -during all of Friday had been en
tirely satisfactory
Mrs Hay and Drs Scudder and
Murphy were at the secretarys bed
side when the end came The secre
tary bade good night to his wife and
to his attending physicians about 10
Friday night at the end of one of the
best days he has had since his Illness
At 11 oclock he was sleeping quiet
ly A few minutes after 12 oclock he
called the nurse who at once sum
moned Dr Scudder Both Dr Scud
der and Dr Murphy hastened to the
bedside The secretary was breathing
with difficulty and expired almost im
mediately afterward at 1225
FILIPINOS BEINC SUBDUED
AND OUTLOOK PEACEFUL
SAN FRANCISCO Major General
Leonard Wood and wife arrived here
on the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria
from the Orient on a flying trip to
the east
General Wood says that conditions
in the Philippines are improving rapid
ly The insubordinate natives are be
ing subdued and the entire country
soon will be peaceful He declares
that Manila Is much more healthful
than is generally supposed and as an
evidence of his belief in this state
ment said he had left his children be
hind
CREW GIVES UP SHIP
Mutineers on Kniaz Potemkine Sur
render to Admiral Kruger
ODESSA Without firing a gun or
making the slightest show of resist
ance the mutineers on the Kniaz
Potemkine hauled down the red flag
and surrendered the battleship to Vice
Admiral Krugers squadron which ar
rived here at noon today
It was an anxious moment for Odes
sa as the squadron of five battleships
and seven torpedo boats with their
crews at quarters and their decks for
action steamed within range of the
Kniaz Potemkina the flagship flying
signals which read Yield or be
sunk
The display of force was too over
whelming for the mutineers and all
thought of resistance was abandoned
Admiral Kruger ordered the Ekaterina
II to place a crew on board the Kniaz
Potemkine and the other vessels of
the squadron immediately sailed
away
Iowa Man Commits Suicide
CHICAGO A man believed to have
been Thomas Meehan of Clayton la
throwing off his coat and poising him
self on the highest point of the Jack
Knife bridge at Harrison street
plunged fifty feet into the river
Bad Omaha Boys Abroad
ROSEBURG Ore Two youths
each about 17 years old are under ar
rest here charged with highway rob
bery of a drunken man The young
fellows gave their names as John
Thompson and Frank Reed and state
that their home is in Omaha
Bomb Thrown in Warsaw
WARSAW A bomb was thrown at
a carriage occupied by the chief of
police K M Pavoloff of the town of
Czenstochowa government of Piotr
kow The chief of police and seven
other persons were seriously wound
ed
GOVERNMENT PRINT SHOP
TO BE INVESTIGATED
WASHINGTON An inquiry into
the letting of a contract by Public
Printer Palmer for seventy typeset
ting machines for use in the govern
ment printing office is being made by
the special committee recently ap
pointed by the president to initiate re
forms in the conduct of the business
affairs of the various government de
partments
Complaint reached the president
that the contract for the typesetting
machines had been let in an irregular
manner
SCARED ABOUT LINEVITCH
Feared That His Army Is in a Hope
less Situation
GUNSHU PASS Manchuria The
most disquieting feature of the stra
tegic situation of the Russian armies
is the persistence of the reports that
Japanese cavalry and light infantry
with field and machine guns are work
ing northward east of Kirin and west
of the Grand Trade route toward
Bodune The Japanese cavalry on the
west is under the command of Gen
erals Tamara and Akiama
General Linevitch is now attempting
seriously to oppose the Japanese ad
vance along his front but is drawing
in his outpost lines upon pressure
Panama Claims AH Mines
WASHINGTON Consul General
Lee at Panama has notified the state
department of the unanimous passage
of a resolution by the cabinet council
of the Panama republic holding that
all mines whether found under the
surface of private property or not be
longed to the government of the re
public Mr Lee adds that Panama is
undoubtedly very rich in mineral re
sources and the number of Americans
arriving there for the exploration
and working of mines is constantly in
creasing
KILLED BY A MOB
SEVEN MEN ARE SHOT TO DEATH
IN A GEORGIA TOWN
A MOB ATTACKS THE JAIL
The Jailer Compelled to Give the
Key Under Threat of Death One
of the Prisoners a Negro Escapes
with His Life
WATKINSVILLE Ga Eight pris
oners were taken from the jail here
Friday morning and seven shot to
death by a mob of masked white men
within 200 yards of the center of the
town
Eight men were carried to the scene
of the lynching but one miraculously
escaped death by falling to the ground
when the volley was fired and feign
ing that he had been killed The
names of the prisoners who were
killed are Lewis Robertson Rich
Robertson Sandy Price Claude Elder
Bob Harris Jim Yearly all negroes
and Lon Aycock white Joe Petter
son negro feigned death and the mob
left him thinking he too had been
riddled with bullets
Four of the prisoners were charged
with being implicated in the murder
of Holbrook and his wife several
weeks ago and one was held for at
tempting criminal assault The others
were in jail on minor charges The
members formed quietly just after
midnight and marched in order to the
jail where the keys were demanded
of the jailer The demand was made
at the point of rifles and the jailer
realized that resistance was useless
With the keys the mob opened all the
cells ordered the trembling Inmates
out and lined them up in single file
tying them with ropes The prisoners
eight in number were marched to a
corner lot within 200 yards of the jail
and in the heart of the town where
they were bound to a fence with their
hands tied behind them The work
had been so quietly done that the
sleeping residents of the town had
not been arounsed
At a command by the leader the
mob stepped back a few paces took
deliberate aim and fired a volley from
rifles shotguns and pistols into the
line of prisoners Every man in front
of the mob fell at the first volley
Believing its work had been made
complete the mob quickly dispersed
THE POSTOFFICE OFFICIALS
GET AFTER PUBLISHERS
WASHINGTON Third Assistant
Postmaster General Madden has is
sued an order intended to put a stop
to the practice of some publishers cf
periodicals of using their publications
as the vehicle or cover lor the trans
mission at second class rates of sam
ples of paper to the detriment of the
postal revenues from matters of the
fourth class This is accomplished by
printing jments upon sheets
of the paper to which the advertise
ments relates and attaching them as
advertising pages to the periodicals
After declaring the practice to be an
abuse of the second class mailing
privilege the publishers will be given
until September 1 next and after
that time any one found disregarding
the order will be charged fourth class
rates for his periodical
A STERA REBUKE
TO EUGENE WALLACE
WASHINGTON Charging him with
changing his position over night
for mere lucre and with being in
fluenced solely by personal advan
tage Secretary Taft in his confer
ence in New York with John F Wal
lace chief engineer of the Panama
canal after addressing a severe re
buke to him requested his resigna
tion on the ground that public inter
ests require that you tender your
resignation at this- moment and turn
over the records of your office to the
chairman of the commission This
fact is disclosed in an official state
ment issued from the office of the sec
retary of war
TWO MILLIONS FOR YALE
John D Rockefeller Gives a Million
Dollars to Endowment Fund
NEW HAVEN Conn President
Hadley of Yale announced at the
alumni dinner that a gift of 1000000
had been recently made by John D
Rockefeller President Hadley also
said that 2000000 in all have been
given to the university within a com
paratively recent time the other mil
lion being subscribed by graduates
in sums verying from 50000 to 250
000 The names of the latter doners
were not made public
President Hadley said that the only
condition of any kind underlying Mr
Rockefellers gift is that the money is
to be invested in income producing
securities and preserved inviolate as
endowment for the institution the
annual income only to be used for cur
rent expenses
TOWN PROBABLY DESTROYED
Metlakahtla on the Coast of Alaska
Reported Burning
SEATTLE Wash The town of
Metlakahtla on the southeastern
coast of Alaska has probably been
destroyed by fire The officers of the
steamer Cottage City arriving from
the north reports that the place was
burning the night of June 26
Metlakan is situated on Annette is
land near Ketchikan and has a num
ber of large buildings
MAY AMOUNT TO MILLIONS
Failure of Chicago Brokers Assumes
Gigantic Proportions
CHICAGO The failure of the grain
and stock brokerage firm of Knight
Donnelly Co which occurred sev
eral days ago has assumed gigantic
proportions
Although Receiver Potter has not
yet finished examination of the books
of the concern enough was learned
today to approximate the liabilities
They will aggregate not far from three
million dollars The assets may sum
up two and a half million dollars al
though these may dwindle consider
ably owing to the character of many
of the loans made by the firm
The assets are made up largely of
stocks many of them not listed Some
are securities in promoting schemes
such as gas companies in small towns
which the firm undertook to float Con
siderable of the liabilities are notes
on hand for money borrowed from
friends and business associates These
notes on hand may aggregate one half
million dollars
The magnitude of the failure was
discovered at a meeting of the banks
creditors today Upon comparison of
the bank accounts the total was found
to far exceed all previous estimates
The failure was precipitated by specu
lative operations
GOULD NOT TURN DOWN
A 60000 SALARY
OYSTER BAY N Y The resigna
tion of Chief Engineer Wallace of
the Isthian Canal commission has
been accepted The resignation was
tendered at a conference in New York
between Mr Wallace and Secretary
Taft
Mr Wallace received while in Pana
ma an offer of a position with a great
corporation the name of which is
withheld at a salary of G0000 per
annum His salary with the Panama
Canal commission and as chief en
gineer of the canal was 25000 a year
When he told Secretary Taft that he
desired to accept the offer which had
been tendered to him the secretary
expressed to Mr Wallace his feeling
in the matter but he accepted the
resignation after a conference with
the president at Boston to take effect
immediately
Mr Wallace suggested to Secretary
Taft that he would remain with the
commission two months longer but
after considering the matter President
Roosevelt directed Secretary Taft to
accept the resignation at once
RESUMES EIGHTEEN HOUR RUN
Fast Schedule of Lake Shore Traino
Restored
NEW YORK The eighteen hour
running schedule for the Twentieth
Century Limited between this city and
Chicago temporarily abandoned fol
lowing the wreck at Mentor O will
be restored at once The following an
nouncement was made by President
Newman of the Central
The rigid investigation of the
wreck on the Lake Shore road at
Mentor O which has been made by
the officials of the Lake Shore and
by the state railway commissioner of
Ohio who made personal investiga
tion at the scene of the accident
0
ing shown conclusively that the
dent was not caused by the speed of
the train it has now been decided to
continue the eighteen hour schedule
pending a thorough investigation of
the accident Its schedule of eighteen
hours between New York and Chicago
will be resumed Monday
PANIC AT ST PETERSBURG
Consternation at Admiralty Over Sit
uation at Odessa
ST PETERSBURG More serious
in its possible effects than all the de
teats in Manchuria or the destruction
of Rojestvenskys fleet was the news
which reached St Petersburg early
last evening that the standard of open
rebellion was floating on board one
of the emperors battleships in the
harbor of Odessa and that with
shotted guns the mutinous crew
headed by eight officers was holding
the ship against all comers The au
thorities are in almost a state of
panic and at the admiralty consterna
tion reigns
THE APACHE WARRIORS
WANT BACK TO ARIZONA
LAWTON Okla Geronimo the
Apache warrior recently circulated
a petition among the members of his
tribe asking the government for their
transfer to Arizona Only six Indians
of age out of about 130 refused to
sign The petition was presented to
the war department and is receiving
consideration Owing to the fact that
the department has under considera
tion a plan to increase Fort Sill to
regimental proportions and that the
Apaches term of imprisonment of
twenty years expires in a few months
it is probable that the Indians may be
removed
Two Murderers Are Hanged
LANCASTER Pa Lee Furman
and John OBrien were hanged here
for the killing of Samuel Ressler an
aged toll gate keeper on the night
of July 1 1904 Furman OBrien and
a man named Craig after shooting
and slightly injuring several persons
at Gordonville were pursued by citi
zens Craig was
captured and sen
tenced to twenty years In the peniten
tiary but Furman
and OBrien
es
caped They reached the Ressler toll
house after dusk Russler answered
their knock and was shot
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