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LIVES SNUFFED OUT
Fr gh'.fvi Accident en ' A'woiri Wbila
Battleship iiil Ti . otioe.
TWENTY-NINE MEN INSi V v KILLED
rira Are Irjured And Tw o. unbar
Msj Bwall Lift of Daad to y
PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF GUM . -uER
Every Offloer in For: and All fiat Tbre in
Handling Eocm K Had.
LATEST SHIP TO GO INTO COMMISSION
Aaval Circles Appalled by rU.
trophe. Which la Evidently Da
' To Rapid Haadllac
f Big Gaaa.
PEN8ACOLA, Fla., April 18 By the ex
plosion of 2.0HO pound of powder In the
after twel.-e-lnch turret and tha handling
room of the battleship Missouri, Csp
tiiln William H. Cowles, roramnndlm,
twenty-nine men were Instantly killed and
five Injured, of whom two will die. The
Missouri wan on, the target range with the
Texas and Brooklyn at practice about noon
when a charge of powder In the twelve
Inch left-hand gun Ignited from gases, ex
ploded and dropping below Ignited four
chsrgen of powder In the handling room
and all exploded. .
Only' on man of the entire turret and
handling crew aurrlvea. But for the prompt
and efficient action of Csptsln Cowles In
flooding the handling, room and magazine
with water one of the msgaxlnea would
have exploded and the ship would have
been destroyed.
Captain Cowlea. completely n'ercome by
tha dlaaster, referred all newspaper men
to Lieutenant Hammer, the ordnance offi
cer. The. latter gave out a etatement of
tha explosion and Ita probable cimae. Ac
cording to him, about noon, after the firat
pointer of the aft twelve-Inch piece had
fired his string and the second pointer had
fired the third ahot of hla atrtng, the
charge Ignited. The fourth ahot waa be
ing loaded, and from all Indications the
first half of the charge had been rammed
home and the second section was being
rammed home, when gases from the shots
previously fired, or portions of the cloth
cover, Ignited the powder.
Caaae of Explosion.
The breech was open and a dull thud
gave notice of something unusual. No
loud report waa made, but flnmes were
aean to leap from every portion of the
turret. A few seconds later another ex
plosion, somewhat more fierce, occurred.
Thla waa In the handling room below.
Where 1,600 pounds of powder, or four
charges ready to bo hoisted above, had
Ignited. Fire quarters were sounded and
In less than five seconds after the first ex
plosion two streams of water were being
played In the rooms, and when volunteers
. , were called for. every man of the ship re
sponded. Captain Cowlea gave his commands anil
r)u rnr.wa,nenoe-of .wiind and that of
r the officer of Hie ship, the Missouri would
hava gone down. The second explosion
occurred Bear, one of the mum lines and
o hot waa the fire that the brass work of
the magaeines waa melted.
Smoke and the fume of the burned pow
der made It almost Impossible to enter
either the turret or handling room. Every
officer and man In the port and, all but
three in the handling room were killed.
Second Explosion Occurs.
Three minutes after tha explosion ell the
dead had been brought on deck and the
aurgeona from the Missouri, Texas nnd
Brooklyn were attending to thoae not dead.
The twenty-five men of the turret were
found lying In a heap. They had started
for the exit When the first explosion oc
curred and had just reached there when
the more terrible explosion in the handling
room occurred, which burned and stran
gled them to death. Lieutenant Davidson,
the officer In charge of the turret, evld.ntly
had given some command to the men, as
he waa en top of the heap of men.
The accident Is the moat serious that
has occurred In the American nivy si me
the blowing up of the Maine In Havana
harbor In 18SS,
The bodlea of the dead were hardly rec
ognisable, the terrible and quick fire hav
ing burned clothing from the bodies of
the men and the flesh hung to them In
shreds. The. faces were mutilated by the
moke and flames only. Only one mm
was breathing when the turret crew was
rescued and he died a moment after he
reached the deck.
List of Dene.
WAryitNGTON. April 13.-The Navy de
partment tonight furnished the following
statement, giving a more complete list of
dead, writs next of kin:
FRANKS. HARRY V.. coxswain; re.
Jr.hT; ?VT1,NXY: kln- John Franks,
rather, I.istewelt, Ont.
8TARR JOHf PORTER, ordinary sea-
EYi. Tl f'rmount' ind.; kin. Caleb
Blirr, r alrniount. Ind
)LK. JOHN V.. ordinary seaman, reel,
dence, Lakota Tex : kin. John W. Cole,
ar.. father, Lakota. Tex
GKDRIS. JOflKPH ordinary seaman;
a residence. Grand Rapid. Mich.; kin
ilor Xha,"-. t5Jh.Tr m Elisabeth street,'
Grand Rapids ' Mich.
ALLISON. jiALpH H., seamsn; resi
dence. PhlladWphla: kin. A. J. Allison,
fsther. Pleasint Hill. Mo. '
Nl'NN, JAMES C, ordinnry seaman; res
Idenca. Hry-Ai. Tex.; kin, Thomaa C. Nunn
father. Hrn. Tex. '
HARDY, J. CARLTON, apprentice, sec-nnd-claos:
residence. Palmvr.i. N v Lir.
Irving A. Hardy, father. Kaat Palmyra',
N.
OtKTLER. PAT'L R.. snnrentlca. Uvn.i-
e'.ftse; residence. Hope. Ark.; kin, Thomas
W II....- A ab
ROWLANDS. FRANK T.. electrician
a.'nnr1-ilia m.m r4 .1 r. ft. Ini. t . . ,
kin, John Rowlands, father. 24JS Spofford
ireei. i leveiana, j.
HOCHE. JOHN M.. landsman; residence.
new xora. is. v.; kin. Mlcliaei Roche
father. County Kerrv. Ireland.
TOBIN. ROBKRT C. ordinary seaman;
Teamence, iioacoe. ra. ; kin, T. o. Tobln
father. Roecne. Pa.
KtVLEN. KEARNEY J. ordinary sea
man: residence. Dallaa. Tex.; kin. Kearnry
j. mvien. lamer. jjo I'aball street. Dallas,
l ex.
KENNEDY. JOSEPH W.. ordlnarv sea
man: residence. Waco. Tex.; kin. William
jienneay. rntner. provo, Tenn.
blX)XOPOL'LA8. JRRSKMOft. miiln
residence, Newport News. V'a. ; kin. Merl
jereemos uioxopoulas. wire. Faxo. ureeoe.
BKAl'N. PETER JOSEPH, sun cjiutln:
residence. New York; kin. Koae Gross,
Knot her. 6 Clarenre Ijne Cleveland
MEYER. CHARLES HENRI, ordinary
"". rium, uummn. wis.; kin.
J4MUM itvrr, motner, i.u wirto street
Oehkosh. Wis.
6M1TH. ACQUIT, gunner's mate, second
.class; residence. New York; claimed to
nave no nutma
RICK, CHARLK8, ordinary seaman: real
Qence. Boaton. Mass.: kin. Aniia ffeiir
stepmother, 33tt Mission street. San Krui-
BODF.R. WESTON, aeamaa- rAA
Kew York; kin, Er-e Soder, father, Jefla'.
SHIPMAN. W. U. private marine; no
oaia at lsary aepartmenL
Wounded, not expected to live
Donnelly. Joha Thomaa Joseph, ordinary
Continued oo Btooad rage.
ASSERTS THAT POPE IS ILL
Lob Ceremony at at. Peters Said to
Have Depressing Effect
i Ipsa Paris.
NEW YORK, April 13. Rumors that the
pope Is ,111 are revived by a World dispatch
from Rome which asserts that after cele
brating mass at Bt. Peter's Monday the
pope spent a restless night, and that he
was much agitated when Dr. Lapponl
reached the Vatican In response to a sum
mons. The long ceremony In Bt. Peter's and
fasting until 1 o'clock In the afternoon are
believed to have been the cause. 8ome
prelates of the Inner circle admit, however,
the correspondent aaserta, that the pop
haa been much affected of late by reported
anarchistic plots agalnat his life.
On the plasa, where thousands were
clamoring for admission to Bt. Peter's
during the ceremony on Monday, the police
arrested several persons thought to be
ansrchltta, who were too Insistent In their
demands for admission to the church.
Dr. Lapponl expects his patient will be
entirely well after a few days of absolute
rest
ROME, April 18. Dr. Lapponl authorises
the Associated Frees to deny that the pops
is 111. The doctor visited the pontiff this
morning as he does several time each
week, but he waa not called to attend the
pope. The latter, thla morning, received
a number of people. Including a special
deputation form the British Catholic
union, headed by Lord Denbigh, and con
versed In the most amiable msnner with
members of the deputation. The pontiff
wss pleased to hear that his photograph
sent to King Edward by Mgr. Btoner waa
most appreciated, being kept In the royal
sitting room, where Lord Denbigh saw It
before leaving London. Lord Denbigh
quoted the king as saying that he liked
exceedingly the healthy, benignant appear
ance of the pontiff.
DISCIPLINING EMIC.RATIO AGENTS
Contract Made at lindane. !.
Canard steamship Line.
BUD A PERT, April 13.-In the lower
house of the Diet today Premier Tlszn.
made a lengthy statement regarding the
proposed emigration law, which he said
would be Introduced In a few days. It was
not Intended to promote emigration, but
to surround emigrants who refused to re
main In Hungary with governmental pro
tection and keep In touch with them with
the view to their ultimate return.
Owing to the exorbitant demands of the
steamship companies the government had
Intended to establish n line under its con
trol, but In the meantime a contract had
been satisfactorily made. The contract will
be for ten years, terminable at the end of
Ave years; In the event of emigration fall
ing below 60,000 it could be cancelled at the
end of the third. In the event of the
United States preventing immigration, the
contract waa void.
The Cunard company undertook to make
twenty-six trips annually from Flume to
New York, accommodating 2.000 emigrants
per trip. Should the total be less than 30..
WW persons the government agreed to pay
100 kronen per head deficit. The premier
saia mat me government would glndly pay
the penalty because It would Indicate a
falling off In emigration.
Frontier Than said the strictest mxreu.
Ion would be exercised to prevent agents
rrom noming out improper Inducements to
prospective emigrants.
GERMANS CONSIDER TRADE TREATY
Members of Relchsta Wails
I nlted States Ont of Aareement.
BERLIN. April lS.-In the Reichnfn
day Bnron Knrdorff. agrarian. chaJrmnn
of the tariff commission; Herr epahn, cen
ter party, and Dr. Herr von Hendehran
center party, expressed discontent at the
fact that the government had not fur
nished Information regardlna the
of the commercial treaties.
Baron Kardorff. further tnaulrlnv when
tho old treatlea will be denounced, de
manded tnnt nt least one be denounced.
Dr. Hendebrand advocated the denuncla.
tlon of the most favored nation arrange
ment wltb the United States.
Baron von Richthoff. secretary for for
eign affairs, replied that the treaty with
Italy was completed and that thoae with
Russia, Swltserlnnd and Belfrium were Ka.
gun, but not finished. Preliminary views
he added, would be exchanged In the course
of the month with Austria and Roumanla
regarding the points which both sides de.
sire In the treaties.
The denunciation of treaties and the moat
favored clause, continued the secretary
cannot be undertaken Independently of the
general negotiations of treaties. Each case
has been seriously studied, with the result
that no denunciation had yet occurred.
KISS ALFONSO LEAVES BARCELONA
Accomplice of Assailant of Maora
"ays Ho la Anarchist. ,
BARCELONA, April 13.-Klng Alfonso
left here today on the royal yacht Glrar-
alda to visit the fortress of Monjuich.
It haa been ascertained that the knife
used by Joaquin Miguel Artao, who yes
terday attempted the life of Premier
Maura, was not poisoned, as reported. The
doctors say Senor Maura will have fully
recovered from his wound In a few daya.
Artao'a accomplice la named Matiaa Ortel.
He admita he Is an anarchist.
Arrest Accomplice of Artao.
BARCELONA. April 13-The Dollce
arrested an accomplice of Joaquin Miguel
Artao, who attempted yesterday o kill
Premier Maura. Both men are members of
a society styled "Lovers of Liberty." The
attempt. It is sUd by the police, was made
a week ago. and since that time tho
would-be assassin has been following the
premier about, awaiting an opportunity to
attack him.
Former Queen of Spain Barled.
PARIS, April 11 The Imposing funeral
service over the remains of the late Queen
Isabella today In the palace of Castillo was
attended by officials and diplomats. A
large detachment of French troops ren
dered military honora. Aa the procession
crossed the Tlace de Laconarde a battery
of artillery fired a salute of twenty-one
guns. A royal train bore the body to
Madrid.
Colonshla'e Caae la Coart.
PARIS, April 11 The second case of the
Republic of Colombia against the Panama
Canal Company, Involving the former's
rtght to hold 60.000 shares of stock, came up
bofore the first tribunal of the Seine today
and went over for a fortnight by agree
ment. Colombia has not yet appealed Its
first case and Intends to take the full limit
the law ailowa. It haa still two moniha re-
alnlug.
Is hloeoo rprislng.
TIEN TSIN, April 13-The foreiga and
Chines authorities here say there la abeo
lutrly no foundation for the reports, which
have reached here from Che Fog which
predicted aa uyriatng la China.
SETILES GRAIN RATE WAR
Great Western god Chicago & Northwestern
Official! Reach Agreement.
CUT ST. LOUIS DIFFERENTIAL TWO CENTS
Oral from Territory Tributary to
Oaaahrn to Take Son of the Locals
foe Through Roto to Chicago
nd Twin Cities.
CHICAGO, April IX (Special Telegram.)
The grain rate war between the Chicago
Oreat Western and the Chicago it North
western railroads, which has been In prog
ress during more than three months and
has forced grain rates from tho Mlsnsouri
river to Chicago down to atmoat nothing,
has at last been settled.
The traffic officers of the reads Interested
at a meeting held today decided upon a
compromise settlement which appears to
be satisfactory to both the Great Western
and Northwestern. The arrangement haa
only to be ratified by the executiye offi
cers, who meet here next Tuesday, but
there Is no doubt that they will approve of
the action of the traffic officers.
The agreement provides that the St.
Louis differential over Chicago on grain
from Missouri river points shall be reduced
from 6 to 3 cents a hundred pounds. On
grain from Nebraska points which natu
rally is tributary to Omaha the through
rate Is to be equal to the sum of the locals
west to Omaha and east from that city
to Chicago and tho twin cities. On grain
tributary to Missouri river gateways north
of Omaha the through lines may make a
lower through rate than the sum of the
locals.
CLOSE MERGER CASE ARGUMENT
Coart May Not Decide Application for
Intervention Vntll Later
Date.
ST. PAUK Minn., April 13 -Closing ar
guments In the matter now being heard
by the United States circuit court, wherein
E. H. Harrlman and Wlnslow 8. Pierce, aa
trustees for the Oregon Short IJne, ask
for permission to file an Intervening peti
tion In the Northern Securities case, were
made before the court today.
The court announced before adjournment
yesterday that It will allow counsel one
hour and fifteen minutes for further talk.
John O. Johnson of Philadelphia had the
last word on behalf of the Northern Se
curities company and W. D. Guthrie of
New York closed for the Harrlman side.
It Is believed that the court will take the
matter under advisement and decide the
case, later.
The United States circuit court after
hearing all the arguments on the motion of
E. H. Harrlman et al. for leave to file an
Intervening petition In the Northern Secur
ities rase, reserved decision and adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
OLNEY AND HEARST DIVIDE
Massachusetts Democrats Favor the
Former hy Majority of Ka-
clonal Delegate. ' - '"
BOSTON. April 13. Returns, practically
complete, from the democratic caucuses
last night, show that fully two-thirds ot
the delegates e'-- 'n de state conven
tion are pled- "d Olney for the
presidential "he remaining
delegates r m R. Hears.
Olney dc!r n In all but
one ward 1 ..jtslde of this
city delegate ' i n were elected
In all but tlmu ' tli fourteen congres
sional districts. The three . districts, the
Third, Fifth and Seventh, known as
the "labor districts," declared for Hearst.
On this basis the political leaders figure
that Hearst will receive from six to ten
of the thirty-two delegates to the national
convention from the state. The delegates
at large will be Olney men.
Hearst's strength developed particularly
In the manufacturing centers. He car
ried the entire delegations In Haverhill
and Taunton and a majority In Worcester,
Lynn, Lawrence, Fltchburg and Fall River.
The towns generally supported Olney.
A feature of the contest was the effort
made In Dedham to defeat George Fred
Williams, who had declared for Hearst, as
a delegate to the state convention. The
Williams-Hearst ticket was elected, 80 to 62.
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES DISCUSSED
Party Leaders at Chicago Baaqneted
by Iroquois Clob.
CHICAGO. April 13. Ways and means
to bring success to the democratic party
In the presidential campaign this fall were
discussed by prominent democrats repre
senting every part of the country who
attended the Iroquois club banquet at the
Auditorium tonight In celebration of Jef
ferson's birthday. Tariff reform, antag
onism to trusts, independence for the Phil
ippines and rigid economy in public ex
penditures were some of tho suggestions
of many of the speakers to bring about
this result.
A feature of the banquet was a letter
from Grover Cleveland who had been In
vited to attend, but was unable to be
present. In his letter, which waa read
to the banqueters, Mr. Cleveland advised
all democrats to make a close study of
Jefferson's career and "patriotically seek
the welfare of our country through the
ascendency of safe and sane democracy."
General NeUon A. Miles waa a speaker.
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER BURSTS
Santa fe' Engine Kills Fireman In
stantly and Severely tnjnres the
Engineer la Explosion. I
FLORENCE. Kan.. April 13 -The boiler I
of a Bunta Fe engine standing In the yards !
here exploded today. Instantly killing !
Emanuel Hahn, the fireman, and fatally !
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injuring vwiimiii me engineer,
both of Emporia.
CLEVELAND'S BIG DINNER
Chamber of Commerce Entertains Sec
retary Taft and Other Rotable
Men at Annoal Banoaet.
CLEVELAND, April ll-The fifty-fifth
annual dinner of the Cleveland Chamber
of Commerce was held tonight. The at
tendance numbered of Cleveland's busi
ness men. The - guest of honor and prin
cipal apeaker waa Hon. V'.lltam H. Taft,
secretary of war and late governor gen
eral of the Philippine lalands. Other
speakers were Judge E. J. Blandln of
Cleveland, Harvey D. Goulder of Cleve
land and Hon. Theodore Burton.
Extract tompnny Kalis.
BOSTON. April 13 Receivers were today
nnDointed for the Rt-ih A CUridga com-
Kmy, manufacturers of extrai ta. The Ut
ilities axe iLM.uuu, with nominal aaacu of
LaaJMl
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FEARS MENACE OF RUSSIA
Premier Balfoor Hires His Reasons
' for the Expedltloa to
Thibet.
LONDON. April 13. The House of Com
mons today, by 270 to 61 votes, adopted
a resolution sanctioning the employment
of Indian troopa for the protection of the
"political mission to Thibet."
War Secretary Brodrlck, In Introducing
the resolution, read a telegram from Col.
Younghushand, the political agent at the
head of the mission, to the effect that
Col. MacDonald, In command of the escort,
reached his goal, Gyangtse, Thibet, April 11
without the loss of a man. The telegram
added that the Thibetans were highly de
moralized and were fleeing from the
Gyangtse valley, that the Chinese dele
gate was coming In and that the Thibetan
delegates were on their way to Gyangtse.
Mr. Brodrlck proceeded to defend the
action, saying that while the Thibetans
were trying to circumscribe fheir relations
with India they simultaneously were at
tempting to open up relations with Russia.
The British government could not ac
quiesce to any change In the status quo
In Thibet, nor countenance an attempt on
the part of any foreign government to
establish a predominant Interest there.
Great Britain, declared Mr. Brodrlck.
had no desire to occupy the cointry or
to establish a permanent mission In Thibet,
but the government was absolutely re
solved that If any power Is to be pre
dominant In Thibet it must be Oreat
Britain.
The liberal leader. Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, warmly criticised and con
demned the mission and the "slaughter
of the Thlbetana," declaring that Mr.
Brodrlck's explanations of the reasons for
the mission were wholly Insufficient.
The debate ended with a short speech
by Premier Ralfour declaring tha mission
had no ulterior objects. The last thing
the government desired, he said, was to
add to Its Indian frontier responsibilities.
OBJECT TO NEW PENSION RULE
Democrats In Congress Do Xot Want
Appropriations for Pensions In
crease lr order.
WASHINGTON. April IS. -The housB com
mittee on resolutions today completed tho
deficiency appropriation bill carrying total
of 110.3S8.7M. The largest item In the till
Is tl.ono.ooo for pensions. Of this sum $1,
B"0,000 la an estimated deficiency, which will
be caused by the execution of the recent
service pension order. The minority mem
bers of the committee made a fight against
this Item and ordered kf -tig a party v)tav
" Aa' the Item ls Included,' a minority re
port accompanies 'Tint of the majority to
the house. The minority vlewa are signed
by Underwood, Brundlgs, Benton, Living
stone and Ilerce. , Taylor of Alabama was
absent.
The conclusion of the minority report Is
that there Is no warrant of law for the ap
propriation of the 11,500,000 requexted by
tho commissioner of pensions for the pur
pose herein stated. It quotes the recent
order In full, and says that while there are
members of congress who favored a service
pension law, it is not within the Jurisdic
tion of the appropriations committee to
consider the question. "Our duty," the re
port says, "la confined to providing the
money to pay the obligations of the United
States contracted under the law. The point
we desire to make Is that there Is no law
on the statute books of the United States
that warrants the $1,500,000 appropriation
aaked for by the commissioner of pensions
to pay the deficiency caused by legislative
order No. 78. and we will move on the floor
of the house to reduce the appropriation
asked for pensions to the extent of 11,500,
000 for that reason."
DIETRICH RKPOKT READY TODAY
Pali Committee Meets This Moraine
to Approve It.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, April U.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) The Dietrich committee will hold a
final meeting tomorrow morning. At this
meeting the report, which has been drawn
by Senator Piatt, will be submitted to the
full committee.
A favorabale report waa made on Sena
tor Gamble's bill, which provides that In
making commutation or final proof of
homestead entry In addition to the price to
be paid for the land entryman shall In all
caaea pay the aame fees and commissions
aa now provided where the price of the
land Is II 25 per acre, and registers and re
ceivers shall not be entitled to collect sny
further commissions or moneys on com
mutated homestead entries. This bill if
passed would equalise the commission paid
on homestead entrlea, which now vary ac
cording to the price of the land entered,
although the action of the land officers Is
tho same on each entry, regardless of the
price of the lands.
WESTER MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Rural Mall Routes Ratabllahed In
Nebraska and Iowa.
(Fmm ' Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. April 13. (Special Tele
rrram.l Ruril routes ordered established
May 16: Nebraska Surprise, Butler county,
one route; area, twenty-elht square miles;
population, 5-5. Iowa Brighton, Washing
ton county, one additional: area, twenty
two and one-half snnare mllea; population,
B!. Merhla Rock. Flcyd county, one addi
tional; area, twenty-elnht square miles;
population, 6?5. Northwood. North county,
one ndditlonal: area, nineteen square miles:
population, 615. Bewell. Wayne county,
one add'.ilnnnl: area, twenty-two square
miles; population. E"0.
Rural carriers Eppointed: Iowa Auretla,
rejular. Alexander E. Eraser; substitute.
E. Sprouse. Kmmetaburg. regular. C. C.
Gusland: substitute, Lewis o. Gusland.
Gsrden Grove, regular. O. C. Knapp; sub
stitute, J. Curties Knapp.
MURDERER IS UNDER ARREST
After Fifteen Tears fleuiorse Drives
a Mao to Confess Kansas
Crime.
FORT SCOTT. Kan, April IS. -Harry Vc
Alee, who In I'M murdwred Frank Evan,
a Horton. Kan., man. was arrested here
on the street today and made a full run
roesion. Rrntorsc of conscience eausttd him
la confess, he suiJ
VICE ADMIRAL
BAiAS IN HOSE QUARTERS
Russian Crufcer Almoit Caught Whih
Outsit! o of Fort Arthur.
HAS BRUSH WITH FIVE JAPANESE BOATS
Tito Vessels Come Oat of Port Arthur
to Ita Assistance and All Finally
Reach the Protection of
the Forte.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
WEI HAI WEI. April 13.-(New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The
Bee.) His majesty's gunboat, the Esplegle,
which haa arrived here from New Chwang,
reports that at 8:46 this morning It sighted
five Japanese ships engaging the Russian
cruiser Bayan, which was making for
Port Arthur from the direction of the Yalu
river.
The Askold and another cruiser with
three funnels came out of Port Arthur to
assist the Bayan.
At 6:06 the Russians got under the shelter
of the forts, but the Bayan waa evidently
damaged, as quantities of steam were seen
escaping from It
At 8:06 the Japanese ships opened fire
with their heavy guns upon the forts, but
the latter did not reply. After a fifteen
minute bombardment the Japanese retired
toward the east.
Romore at Roaalan Capital.
ST. PHTKRSUUIta. April 13, 9;S0 p. m.
It as rumored hero tonight that Hear
Admiral Prince Ouktomsky, acting com
mander of the RuKsian fleet at Port Ar
thur, engaged eighteen Japanese warships
off Port Arthur this afternoon.
LONDON, April 13. The Japanese lega
tion tonight had no official Information re
garding the fighting today off Port Arthur.
Baron Hayashl, the Japanese minister,
said Vice Admiral Makarofl's death was an
exceedingly dramatic occurrence and he
paid a tribute to the late admiral as a
great strategist and tactician and said he
would be a great Iobs to the Russian navy.
Say Japanese Did Xot Succeed.
WEI HAI WEI. April 13.-The action
fought off Fort Arthur appears to havo
consisted, according to the reports re
ceived here, of an unsuccessful attempt
made by four Japanese cruisers and one
battleship to intercept a large Russian
cruiser coming from the east. The Russian
protected cruiser Askold and a battleship
of the Pobleda type went to the assistance
of the Russian cruiser. The forts at Port
Arthur did not participate in the action.
The firing waa continuous, hut waa of
short duration. .
"The Esplegte," which brought "the" newa
here, was unable on account of the dis
tance to ascertain the damage done.
Report ot Fight with Japanese.
CHT3 FOO. April 13. 1 p. m. A private
dispatch received here from Port Arthur
says the Japanese attacked that place at
daylight today and that the full Russian
fleet went out under Vice Admiral Maka
roff, and, assisted by the fire of the forts,
drove the enemy off.
The dispatch adds that the town was not
damaged. The effect of the bombardment
of the forts and fleet waa not mentioned.
DEATH MOl'RXED IN WASHINGTON
Admiral Makaroff Visited I'nlted
States a Few Tears Ago.
WASHINGTON, April IS. The news of
the death of Admiral Makaroff caused a
profound sensation In naval and mili
tary circles here, for lie was prob
ably better known than any other Russian
naval officer. This was because of the
fact that he had visited the United States
In 1896-97, and also commanded the Rus
slon North Pacific squadron, which brought
him into frequent contact with American
naval officers In those waters and some
times Into American ports on the west
coast. The general opinion is that Mak
aroff was an officer of singular ability as
a sailor, being thoroughly sclentlfio In
his methods; of more than usual Intelli
gence and of physical presence which gave
him a splendid power of command. In
the matter of personal bravery he had no
superior.
When Admiral Makaroff visited the
Cnited States at the date named he went
to Newport, where he met Admiral Taylor
and Captain Converse at the war college
and torpedo school. Captain Converse says
that from first to last he showed the high
est powers of observation and he criticised
Intelligently every detail of the process of
making smokeless powder for the navy,
which waa then being developed at New
pott naval station. At that time the sta
tion was making amokeleaa powder In the
shape of long strips, which were arranged
like faygots In the cartridge case. This
form Is now in use In the Russian and
French navies and there are signs of a
disposition on the part of the United States
navy to return to Its use. It was aban
doned principally because of the difficulty
of drying the strips so aa to keep them
from warping. Makaroff Inquired how the
atrips were dried straight and Captain
Converse told him that thla was accom
plished with difficulty by placing weights
upon them while drying.
Makaroff explained that his process was
better. It consisted in forming the strip
with a small hole In one end and hanging
it while drying from one of many thousand
hooks In a suitable building. The plan
Is practiced today.
Count Casulnl, the Russian ambassador,
tcday had not received word from his
government advising him of the disaster
that befell the Russian battleship Petro
pivlovsk and the death of Admiral Mak
aroff and the other officers and men who
perished with the sinking of the chip. The
first information he kad of the disaster
was conveyed to him by a representative
of the Associated Press. Naturally he
was distressed at thencws, but made no
statement beyond expressing his Borrow.
KOIBOPATKH REPORTS LOSSES
Daring engagement at the Yala River
Foar Men Fell.
BT. PETERSBURG. April U an official
dispatch sent by an aide-de-camp of Gen
eral Kourcpatkin to the emperor, dated
April 12, says:
"General Kachtalinaky, commanding the
Russian forces at the Tain river, reports
that April 1L during an engagement of out
posts, our losses were one officer, one euh
offirer and two soldiers killed and t sol
diers wounded."
MAKAROff
ADMIRAL MAKAItOFF
Admlrttl MnkHrofT. whose ilmlta
In liiittlo Is offlcliilljr conHruiPil from
St. Prtorsbtira;, was one of the
nnrnl herooa of Ktixsln.
Ho first mine Into jiroinlnonf ns
Junior oHiccr In the war with Tur
key, nnd later an an officer of the
Hliick Sen fleet (mlnel Important
victories which resulted In putting
thut sen practically uinler the ah
solute control of Kusxls.
More re-cntly lie earned fame
nnd honors by devising n plnn for
tho operation of vessels In the
frozen sens by the use of "lee
breakers." which he Invented and
whose construction he superin
tended. These Ice breakers made
It jHissible for ships to operate In
the' northern port of ltusiu dur
ing the winter months, something
impossible before MnknrnrT's time.
He was known ns "the Cossack
of the So:i" because of his active
chaniplonfhlp of lijjlit cruisers of
great swiftness as opposed to the
"floating forts" or battleships car
rying large guns and heavily nr
tuored, but of much less speed than
the cruisers.
The Petropavlovsk. which has
twice previously been ' reported
damaged in Japanese attacks on
Tort Arthur, was a tirst-elass bat
tleship of lO.fHWl tons displacement
and 14,'JI.I Indicated horse power.
It was IMil'i feet long, had sixty
nine feet of beam and Its armored
belt was of about sixteen Inches of
steel, with ten inches of steel
armor on Its turrets. lis armament
consisted of four 12-Inch, twelve
tVincli, thirty-four smaller guns and
six torpedo tubes. The comple
ment of the Tetropn vlovsk when
fully manned was "i0 men. It wns
built at St. Petersburg and wns
completed In lSDS.
GROWING DISTRUST OF CHINA
Indications that It Will Not Long;
Continue to Remain
Neotral.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1901.)
BERLIN. April 13 (New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
The people here are becoming more dis
trustful of the genuineness of China's neu
trality. This feeling waa Increased today
by a telegram from the Shanghai corre
spondent of the Berliner Tageblatt. He de
dares China haa moblllxed three divisions.
Two are being puRhed forward to the Man
churlan frontier, their foreposts lying be
tween Kin Chow and Chow Yang. The
first division is only about 150 kilometers
(ninety-four miles) from General Kouropat
kln'n headquarters In Llao Yang, and the
second 2S0 kilometers from Admiral
Alexleff's hcadquartura In Mukden. The
third division Is now preparing to take the
lleli at Pan Oin Fu.
ATarga number" 6f "Japanese officers mf
acting as instructors of the Chinese troops,
and their numbers have been much in
creased within the last few weeks. Japan's
Influence with the Chinese troops haa In
creased greatly in the last month or two,
especially In the provinces of Chill and
Shan Tung.
Exaggerated reports of the Japanese vic
tories are Industriously circulated by the
Japanese dispatches.
In St. Petersburg a state of great anxiety
also prevails regarding the question of
Chinese neutrality. It is especially feared
that the Intervention of China might lead
to another European congress being called
together and Russia has so vivid a recol
lection of how It fared In the Berlin con
gress as to regard this prospect with little
equanimity. In consequence Russia has
taken very energetic steps In regard to
China and has called for the Instant dla
mlKsal of all the Japanese military In
structors and all the Japanese officers with
General Ma. Foreign officers here are
awaiting with anxiety the report of the
German minister at Peking on the result
of these measures.
A few days ago It was suggested that
the reason why the Japanese made no pro
test against the purchase of German trans
atlantic liners by Russia was that It also
Intended to purchase vessels. This now
turns out to be the case. I learn on ex
cellent authority that the Toklo govern
ment is In negotiation with Fratelll Bros.
& Cosulich of Trieste for the purchase of
the greater part of their fleet. Before tho
vessels leave for Japan they will be loaded
with Hungarian horses for the Japanese
cavalry.
It Is reported here that a large business
In war stores Is being carried on between
Hamburg and China, whence they are for
warded to Japan. The laxness with which
the Germans seem to be regarding the neu
trality regulations excites considerable
comment.
DETAILS OF THE FIRST SKIRMISn
Toklo Receives Report from Admiral
Hoaogra Regarding: Fight.
TOKIO, April 1J. 10:00 a.m. DeUlla of the
first skirmish on the Yalu river which oc
curred last Sunday, arrived today In the
official report of Admiral Hosoga. The
text of the teport follows:
In accordance with my instructions, tha
captain of the cruiser Kasaga directed
Lieutenant Yamaguchl with live men to
scout in mouth of the Yalu. They accom
plished their work and safely returned to
the Kasnga on Monday. They entered
the river In a Coreun junk and at !
o'clock Sunday discovered a party of Rua
slans leaving the right bunk of the river
iiar Toryuho in a Junk. Lieutenant Yama-
Sucnl attacseq mem. a putrol of mounted
apanee troops on the left hank of tha
river joining in the attack. In the mean
time anothur large Ruslan Junk Joined
the first one and opened fire on (lie Japa
nese. The RusnlnnH retired and reached
the bank. They tht-n fled Inland. The
change of fire jested one hour and twenty
minutes. i no rnrniy nas one Killed and
two wounded. We had no casualties. Four
hundred cartridges were found In the Rus
sian Jtinke. We believe the liusslafia aere
a cavalry patrol watching the river.
SLIGHT SKIRMISH A.oti THE YAl.t
Japanese attack Company et Russians
Whleh Attewits to Cross.
TOKIO, Tueeday, April 12 i p. m An
official telegram from Wlju says that a
cumpt'.ny ot Russian troopa attempted to
cross the first stream of the Yaiu river
west of Wlju this morning- and a company
of Japanese attacked and drove the Rus
sians back. The bodies of twenty dead
Russians, the telegram adds, were found
after the fight. Their uniforms showed
that they belonged to the Twelfth regi
ment of sharpshooters.
Finally the dispatch his tint s.null
pnrtles of Russians without uoif rms have
attempted to cross the Yalu river at differ
ent points between Wlju and Yoogampuj
I aud UiU they atie giJ diittu Lk,
IS DROWNE
Commander of Buniaa Fleet at Fort Artbi
0ea Down with Big BattlethH
STORIES VARY AS tO HOW IT HAPPENEI
8t. Petersburg Reporta the 8hip 8tmoi
Russian Mine in Outer Harbor.
ENGLISH EXPERTS THINK IT WAS A TRAf
Believe Togo Oanght tquadron Oat It Set
and Engagement Ooonrred-
ALL BUT TWENTY Of THE CREW PERISH
Grand Date Cjril, Who Command Ship,
Wounded, bnt Eaved.
CONSTERNATION IN ST. PETERSBURG
All Reports Agree that aval En
gagement Wai la Progress or
Commenced Immediately After
Disaster to Battleship.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., IK)
ST. PETERSBURG. April 18. (New Tori
Herald Cablegram pedal Telegram to the
Bee.) It waa decided this evening about
o'clock to give out the official account from
Port Arthur.
Vice Admiral Makaroff la dead and f!ranl
Duke Cyril waa badly wounded. The re
port states that the Japanese fleet Is ap
proaching and also that the Russian fleet
has started out to meet It. This Is of
ficial. What I m told from a source In which
I have every reason to believe I m
rightly Informed. Is that the Russian fleet
went out to meet the Japanese and en
gaged them with the result that Petropav
lovsk was torpedo"' three times and four
other ships of the fleet came back badly
disabled. The official account says the
fleet retired to Port Arthur. Consterna
tion reigns In naval ctrcles.
The widow of Makaroff Is here and has
been tn a fainting condition all evening
Early this morning the telegrams tell
how the Easter fetea had paased oft at
tha front undisturbed. At midday special
editions were Issued saying there was no
news beyond saying a handful of Japanese
were crossing the Yalu. Then suddenly
ugly rumors began to be heard of a naval
disaster at Port Arthur and that the fcat
tleaMp PetmpavloTsk had been sunk and
also that the Grand Duke Cyril, whose
brother, the Grand Puke Boris, Just ar
rived at Port Arthur, had been wounded
and only nine officers saved. A little later
It waa added that Vioo Admiral Makaroff
was dead and soo of the orew were killed
or drowned. Tho news waa so entirely un
expected and, as easily can bo Imagined,
came as a stunning blow.
Toward 8 o'clock the Empress Marie and
her son, the grand duke and heir apparent,
drove from the Pltckoff palaos td the
winter palace, both looking extremely se
rious. Simultaneously the carriages of
other memfcers of the Imperial family
gathered at the winter palace, while the
people, not knowing what had taken place,
were wondering what It all meant. Fall
ing in details, tho general Idea prevails
that the ship has been torpedoed or struck
a sunken mine. The people almost refuse
to believe the newa Is true.
Grand Duke Cyril saved himself by Jump
ing overboard and was rescued by a boat.
Funeral services for Vice Admiral Mak
aroff will be held tomorrow at midday.
Think It Trap.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
LONDON, April 13. (New York Herald
Cublegram-Bpeclal Tale gram to The He.
That Atftulral Makaroff fell Into a trap
set for him by Admiral Togo la the theo
retical structure which London Is inclined
to build upon the few facts so far known
regarding: (he Russian disaster at Port
Arthur. At the news of the death of Vlco
Admiral Makaroff himself no expressions,
save thoae of sympathy and regret at tha
loss of a brave man and brilliant officer,
are heard.
Rear Admiral Ingles, who knows Ad
miral Togo personally, writes In this morn
ing's Dally Telegraph:
"We know fur a certainty no one de
plores Admiral Makaroff s loss from a per
soual view more than Admiral Togo, and
If the gallant Russian's body could bo
found and reverently burled by his foes it
la quite possible that the Japanese em
peror himself would attend the ceremony."
One newspaper calls Admiral Makaroff
the Lord Charles Ueresford of Russia, sad
another, toe Dally Telegraph, says:
Whatever their sympathies with the Japa
nese ail Englibh ill join In mourning the
sudden death aud under such truglo cir
cumstances of the beet and moat trusted
urhYer of the Russian fleet."
As to the tircunulanccs which precedtj
i:l.u poskluly led up to the loss of the Jt's
tropavl'iek, Rear Admiral Ingles, writ
lug !n the Dally Telcfcrcph, says:
"The loaa of the Russian flagship appears
U me to be an affair big with fate And has
bet n the result of a fleet action at Sea or
In tiie opn. The Russians have been
constantly ax sea lately and they gen
erally have been reported sa being somo
dlklai.te off land and mostly to the south,
L t., LelKu the end of tha Llao Tung
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