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The Omaha Daily Bee. CHOKE BOOKS FREE. "lift a Want H4 In Tot Be Satonfay and get a eeee tool. Sea larga etfrerfU tmtnt In Ihla Isioe. The Bee prints more Paid Want Ads, because lit WANT ADS. BRING BEST RETURNS. KBTAIiLISHEI) JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, FIJI DAY MOIiXINO, A PHIL 15, 1004 TEN PACES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. REPORT ON DIETRIf-w'SCH,FF TALKUN GERMANY Conmittaa Givaa Hebraska Benator Bill ia All Charge FINDINGS OF TH BODY ARE UNANIM01 Thre Bepiblicana and Two Darooorata Oonati.nta the Oommittea. NOTHING UNWORTHY IN HIS CONDUCT Ga Into Haanay at Wall aa Direct Testi mony in Matter. DOTHING ON WHICH TO BASE CHARGES BTeatlmoay Not Admissible la Court Heard by Committee with the Consent of Senator Dletrlrn. WASHINGTON, April 14.-8enator Diet rich of Nebraska has been declared by a special committee of congress to be not guilty of any violation of . the statutes of the United States of of any corrupt or un worthy conduct relating either to the ap pointment of Jacob Ftshef aa postmaster at Hastings, Neb., or the' tearing of the building In that city to the United Statea for a, poatorflod, Tne committee which In vestigated the charges against Benator Dietrich was composed of Senator a Hoar, Piatt of Connecticut. Bpooner, Cockrell and rettua. Three members of the committee are republicans and two are democrats. The report la unanimous.' The rport re Views the teatlmony at length and the conclusion ta reached that tne cnargL-a cannot be sustained. ' The committee, with referenre to the lease of the building at Hastings, finds that It was effected while Mr. Dietrich was governor and before he became senator. that It extended for (en years and that the law ' governing In auch matters waa not violated. The report says that the com mittee admitted not only such evidence gainst Benator Dietrich "aa would have keen competent In a court of Justice, but also a great deal of hearsay testimony, be Ing all which was brought to the atten tion of the committee aa to a clue to pos sible further Information." This course. It says, was taken with the consent of Benator Dietrich, and it Is stated that the committee did not determine how far this proceeding would have been Justi fied for any reason without such consent, even If they had carefully refrained from attaching any weight to It In their final decision, but It In fact did not In the least tend to shake or affect the conclusion they have reached. RAILROADS IN THE PHILIPPINES Manila newspaper Man Talks of Neeossltr for Government Snkeldy , to Companies. . ' ST. IIT!B, - April 14. The urgent need t'ed-4wM.FftUlpplne -ffelaada was today descrlVd by' A" Eugene de Rackln. - adltat of a ' kCanllai who has Just Arrived in at. Lotifs. He said: ... Governor Taft ' an Govern or Wright tiave used their personal endeavors ever pino they have been In the Philippines to secure capital (or the construction of rall fways. So far they have had nothing to ffer, except the franchise and rtght-of. way through the Islands. They have suc ceeded In granting but one franchise for a road about twenty miles long, merely a feeder for the Manila ft Dag up An railroad, a narrow gauge road about 130 miles in '.'Van evidence of what benefit railroad construction would be to those Islands, the country through whloh this road runs has more than quadrupled In productive ca pacity In the last ten years. 1 do not be lieve that It will be possible to secure cap ital to construot railroads without some guaranty from the government. Tha PhlUDDlne Islands have no highways and all the production Is confined to the narrow strip or ia.no. along me navignoie . . . Bii . V. a AAKfr 'F-I.la ma kaa Min, atructlon doubly necessary to the proper development or tne lsianas. wa have not the money to build nigh wayi, and if the bill that congress is at present considering Is passed, granting the right to give franchises with a guaranty of k per cent on the cash capital actually In vested, It will enable the Philippine gov ernment to open up the islands at prac tically little first cost. MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO MEET Annnal Convention Will Bo Held i Ckleago Lost Week In April. CHICAGO. April 14. The tenth annual meeting of the National Municipal league and the eleventh national conference for good city government will be held here, commencing April 27 and ending on th rath. A large gathering le anticipated The host will bs the City club of Chicago, whose object Is Improvement of municipal condition The program embraces reports of tha officer and committees, and among others addressed by tha following: "Home Bute Provisions in American Municipal Charters," Dr. Bills P. Oberholtser, Phila delphia: "Municipal Taxation." Dawson Purdy. New York: "Municipal Ownership," Prof. Jam Mavor, Toronto, Canada; "Partisanship In Municipal Government," Charles J. Bonaparte, Baltimore. The com mittee on nomination reform will present their report AMALGAMATEDJUES APPEAL Will Ask to Have Minnie Healy Sknt rp Pending Decision of tbe Conrt. HBIENA. Mont., April 14.-Attomeys for the Amalgamated Copper company today filed la tbe state supreme court an appeal from the order of Judge Clancy denying a new trial In the famous Minnie Healy mill aaae, which had been adjudged the property of T. Augustus Helnse. It la un derstood that tha Amalgamated Copper rompaay will ask In connection with the appeal taken today that the Minnie Healy mine be closed' down pending a decision on the appeal. Unlets the case Is advanced on the calendar it will not be argued for year or more. NATURAL GAS FOR KANSAS CITY Corporation rorfaeo , to Pipe Ugkt n Vnel for tMstanee of lOO Miles, a w , XANIAB CITY. April 14.-R. M. Bnyder. ft local capitalist, haa formed a corporation to pip natural gas front Independence, Xaa, to Kansas City, furnishing th towns along tbe rout, a distance of ISO aatlea. Th company, it la stated, haa al ready received options on several wells In aeutaera Kansas, and Mr. Bnyder Is said to ta la Philadelphia arranging tho final de- tm 4 ili s&s U la teasa. Telia People Mare or Less About Cob- dltlon of American Rail roads' Finances. . ANKFORT ON THE MAIN, April 14. ob Schlff, th New York banker and ; or of the Northern Securities com f who Is now here, says In the Frank yi Zeltung that the heavy buying , v. t In lii Ion Pacific la as yet unex )ut It can be assumed that It Is t St purpose of a new group of cap italists to get control of the property. The persons now controlling the enterprise, he says, are too firmly established and too strong In capital to afford other parties any prospect of getting a controlling Interest. It Is already certain, he says, of the Pennsylvania railroad's $60,000,000 loan, that It will be offered upon maturity for con version Into stock, with preference to old stockholders. Mr. 8chlff doubts whether the Northern Securities decision will be followed by action of the courts against similar com binations. It will, however, he thinks, pre vent the formation of further combinations which would certainly have been organized If the decision had been favorable to tha Northern Securities company. This would have led to more stringent ex planation by enngresa and state legislatures and hence, although he Is a member of the Northern Securities board, ha thinks that the dissolution of the Northern Securities company will have a favorable effect. DEADLY BOMB EXPLODES TOO BOOK. Russian Aaurrhlst Blown to Pieces by Infernal Machine. ST. PETERSBURG, April 14. An anarch ist named KasanotT. stopping at the Hotel du Nord, on the Nevsky Frowpeot, con--cesled an Infernal machine In hla trunk. It prematurely exploded last night and Kaxa- noff waa blown to pieces, the celling and windows of his room were smashed, several persons were Injured and Are broke out in the hotel. The fire engines, however. quickly extinguished the flames. The po'.lce found no evidence of a plot. The man ar rived at the hotel yesterday morning with a trunk and hand baggage, lie went out in the afternoon and returned at 5 o'clock, remaining In his room thereafter. All evidence of the anarchist's identity was destroyed In the explosion, which shat tered the adjoining rooms. Among those Injured was a naval cadet. Fla-ht for Minnie Healy Mine. HELENA. Mont. April 14.-Attorneys for the Amalgamated Copper company today filed in the supreme court appeals from the decision of Judge Clancy at Butte, award ing title to the noted Minnie Healy mine to Helnse. It Is said that as soon as possible the Amalgamated will seek to have the prjptrty closed again pending a decision in. the supreme court. Unless the case Is advanced on the calendar It will not be argued for a year or more. Torpedo Flotilla at Cavlte. MANILA, April 14. The United States auxiliary cruiser Buffalo and the torpedo boat flotilla, commanded by Lieutenant Chandler, arrived at Cavlte today. The flotilla haa come out from Hampton Roads. It left Singapore and entered upon the last Stage of Its long voyage en April I. DeutsrhJaud Is Hot Sola. LONDON,. April 14. The report from Plymouth last night that the Hamburg American line steamer Deutschland, which arrived at Cherbourg yesterday from New Tork, had made Its last Atlantic voyage and that It would be purchased by Russia, la untrue. Mad Mallak kssenpos British. ADEN, April 14.-Hadjl Mohammed Bui Abdullah, the mad mullah, against whom the British have been conducting a cam palgn in Bomallland, has escaped Into Italian territory. Lonket Not to Meet William. PARIS, April 14.-The Foreign office dls credits the report that negotiations are In progress looking to bringing about a meet- Ing between president Loubet and Emperor William. Ooker's at. Patrick Wins. LONDON. April 14.-Rtchard Crokei-s St Patrick's Day won the Newmarket bien nial stakes at the Newmarket Craven meeting today. RACE FEELING IS GROWING Officials at Kanaas City, Kan., Expect Tronkle and Arreata Are Made. KANSAS CITY, April 14 The race feel. Ing In Kanaas City, Kan., caused by th killing of Roy Martin, a high school fresh, man, by a negro named Gregory, Is grow- ing In Intensity. Today six negroa who accompanied Gregory to the Jail on th night of the murder armed with rifles, were arrested on a charge of Inciting riot, which In Kanaas is a felony, and they are being held. Following the clos- Ing of the high school until Monday next In an effort to quiet the excitement that It waa cxDectsd might follow Martin's funeral, the white pupils today asserted with posltlveaess that the negroea would never again be permitted to enter the m - make a determined enori on Monday to Keep an negroea rrom entering tne nuna- ing ana It is rearea a ciasn may result Gregory wss arranged today and held with out ball for trial, at a date to be set later. NO MERGER CASE DECISION Circs It t'onrt of Appeals Has Not Announced Opinion as to Intervention. 8T. PAUL. April 14-Contrsry to the expectations which prevailed at the time the United States circuit court ad journed yesterday atternojn, the court to day did not convene In open session and no ds'jlslon was announced on the motion of Messrs. Harrlman and Pierce for leave to Intervene in the final settlement of the Northern Securities company's affairs. The decision will com In th du course of the court'a business. WILD WEST SHOW IN COURT Missouri Man Asks tor Receiver Colonel Cody's Trnvellns; Bzklbltlon. for TBKNTON. N. J.. Aprrl 14 -Frank C. Maeder of Bt. Iuls, Mo., a stockholder of th Buffalo BUI Wild West show, filed bill In the court of chancery today asking for the appointment of a receiver for that concern. Maeder also wants aa account- ing by the officers. He clslms the con cern hss been making money and that the dividends are being withheld for the purpose ( torclng bus, out of lb corpora- U3fc cattlemen ask for time W. A. Paxton in Washington to Sea the Freaident in Their Behalf. INSISTS FENCE REMOVAL MEANS RUIN t tnleas Order Is Montned He says Tkey Will Be Forced to Sell Their Herds at Once on a Fulling; Market. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. April 14. (Special Tele gram.) W. A. Paxton of Omaha Is In Washington for the purpose of asking mercy for the cattle men of western Ne braska and an extension of time In which they shall pull down their fences. Mr. Paxton expects to see the president to morrow In company with Senators Mil lard, Warren and Klttrldge. Speaking of his mission to Washington, Mr. Taxton said: "I am not here In the Interest of any particular set of men; I am here for the purpose of telling the president the exact situation as It exists today In western Nebraska should the order to pull down the fences on May 1 be carried out. I am going to tell him that that order, If carried out, will bankrupt 75 per cent of the cow men In our state. The banks are already demanding new security for pkper maturing because of the order of the secretary of the Interior removing the fences. 1 am going to say to the presi dent that there Is not a single Intending homesteader In that section who has been deprived of his rights by the cattlemen between North Platte and Bcotts Bluffs. On the contrary, I know that every cat tleman who has fences In that section would be glad to run fences around a homestead if an Intending settler Indi cated his desire to settle upon a piece of land. 'The prices of cattle have gone off $2 In the last year. Slxty-flve hundred head of cattle were unloaded Monday In South Omaha, 75 per cent of which were range cattle. A hundred thousand head of cat tle are Involved In the order to remove the fences and, aa I said before, If the order Is carried out It will be ruin to many small cattle growers. There will be no frills in my talk with President Roose velt. I know the situation. I also know that the country occupied by the cow men of western Nebraska Is not suitable for homesteads, and I am going to tell Mr. Roosevelt the facts, which I hope will be approved by the senators who will go with me. Cattle raising is one of Ne braska's greatest Industries, and to pull down the fences at this time when cattle are low and prices going off will bring ruin to many small growers. "I am going to appeal to the president for mercy. If he does not modify the order then I will unload all the cattle I am Interested In and recommend my friends to do the same. Ruin is staring many In Us face and all this talk, this sentimental talk about homesteads in the range country, Is all In your eye; It is done for effect. Whether Mr. Boosevelt will took at It aa I do, I don't know, but 3 do know he will get the plain truth from a plain man." Captain Hacker Cornea to Omaha. The following changes In stations and duties of officers In the Subsistence de partment are ordered: Captain Theodore B.' Hacker, commissary, relieved from duty as assistant to commissary general, and will proceed to Omaha and report to the commanding general of the Depart ment of the Missouri for duty as assistant to the chief commissary of that depart ment; Captain Frank Cook, commissary, la relieved from duty aa chief commissary at the Department of the Missouri and as purchasing commissary at Omaha and will 11 from San Francisco June 1 for th Philippines for duty In the Subsistence de partment, Division of the Philippines. Upon relief of Captain Cook from duty as chief commissary. Department of the Missouri, captain Hacker will report to the com- manding general of that department for I assignment to duty as chief commissary. ina will also at the same time relieve Captain Cook of his duties as purchasing commissary at Omaha. Cblcaaro Girl Marrlea Russian. Miss Eleanor Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Patterson of Chlcano and Washington, and Count Joseph Glzyckl or Kussia were married at the Patterson lamlly residence here today. Rev. Thomas Lee of St. Mathew'a Cathollo church of- nclated. The bride was escorted to the improvised altar by her father and had no other attendant. Count Zlchy of the Austrian embassy was best man. The guests Included the Russian ambassador and Countess CasBlnl. the Austrian ' am bassador and Baroness Hengelrauiler, the Swiss minister. Miss Roosevelt, ' Mr. and Mrs. Joseph MedlU Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Medlll McCormlck, Rutherford nocormlck. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pat tenon and the attaches of the Russian and Austrian embassies. The couple later left for New York, whenoe they sail Satur day for Paris, and after a short visit at Vienna will go to Count Gizyckia estate. near Sunwnnitontin.. ' Wiu Ask nasals to Ckaag Rale The house committee on foreign affair I today authorized a favorable report on a 1 uumiugio resolution on 1 me treatment of the Jews by Russia. The 1 suDsuiute requests the president to "renew negotiations with the governments of conn tries where discrimination Is made between American citizens on the 'ground of re Mujillli faith r . . " L , iu iri-ure Dv ireafv or otherwise uniformity of treatment and protection to American citizens holding passports issued by the authoritlea of the United States, in order that all American citizens shall have equal freedom c.f travel and sojourn In the countries without re. gard to race, creed or religious faith. Mvernask Oppose Chines. The house committee on foreign affairs heard Representative Llvernash of Call fomla on th necessity for amending th Chines exclusion act in view of the recent denunciation of the Gresham treaty rtsu latlng Chinese Immigration by the Chinese government. The attorneys for the Amer can r earsuun ot uiwr nsve nied an opinion with the committee sustaining the view that this amendment was necessary. This opinion sets fortn the view that un less th amendment is made there will be no way to prevent the Influx of Chines Into the country after the treaty has ex pi red. The committee took no action In the matter. In -view of the information that the question was under consideration by Secre tary Hay and Attorney General Knox. Delawavres Want Rsktarlsg, The Delaware Indians residing in the I Cherokee Nation. I. T., today, through their attorneys, niea in m L nltel Bit tea I supreme court a petition for a rehearing in - 1 their case against the Cherokee Indians. I Involving their claims to land. They r.ae I the petition upon the ground that tbe court'a opinion of February 23 last Is yarl- ivuiiiceafuiMi. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Rain and Mnrk folder Friday! Sat urday Fair. Tempera tare at Omaha Yesterday I Hoar. Dear. Hoar. Ilea-. n a. m h.i i m na H a. m ft t 2 p. m RT T o. m 4 11 p. in WO H a. m KM 4 p. tit 411 1 a. m 44 ft p. m HI to a. m 44 p. m l It n. m 4 7 p. m MO 12 m . M p. m...... BT 1 tt p. in R4 TRYING TO jUt UNDO MOYER Military Officers vjill Hold Him Intll After the Meeting; at TELLURIDB, Cola., April 14.-AdJutant General Bell, who Is enforcing martial law In San Miguel county expressed the opinion today that the convention of the Western Federation of Miners, which is to be held at Butte, Mont., next month, will call off the strike here or give the miners author ity to do so. "I am reliably Informed," said the gen eral, "that at the next convention the power vested in the executive board by the I not convention to call strikes will be annulled and that In the future no striken can be ordered except by referendum vote of the members." The belief Is quite general here that th military officers propose to hold President Moyer here until after the Butte meeting in order to reduce his chances of re election to the minimum. T MINI DAD, CWo.. April 14. Arrange ments were made today with the approval of Major Zeph T. Hill, commander of the National Guard on duty here, for the removal of Camp Howells, the coal mine strikers' cc-iony In Packer's grove, along the river bottoms, to the Beshoar addi tion, one mile from the center of this city. Major Hill warned the strikers that they must keep the new camp In perfect sani tary condition. SETTLE SUGAR RATE WAR Concession Made tin If Lines nt Meet ing; of Western Trnfflo Officials Held in Chicago. CHICAGO, April 14, At a meeting of western traffic officials today a settlement of the sugar rate war was brought about and the work of checking In the rates ac cording to the new schedule is In progress. The basis of settlement Is the one pro posed In the conference held In New York last week, end establishes a differential of 11 cents In favor of New Orleans over New York to the upper Missouri river points. The lowest rate through Chicago or St. Louis from New York to Omaha, for ex ample, will be 46 cents, while the lowest rate from New York was 51 cents, and the New Orleans differential amounted to 20 cents. The basis of settlement is a con cession by the gulf lines, which have raised their rates on sugar from New Or leans. The traffic officials have entered Into an agreement to maintain a schedule of rates despite any efforts the Sugar trust may make to break them. " r-" .... v- v- EXAMINATION OF MRS. BOTKIN Some Delay In the Morder Came Owluar to the 'Difficulty of Securing; Important Papers. SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. Mrs. Cor delia Botkln appeared today In Police Judge Conland's court for her preliminary examination on the charge of murdering Mrs. Joslah Dean of Dover, Del. The tak Ing of testimony of the Delaware witnesses was begun, Mr. Lizzie L. Kemp, formerly clerk In the postofnee at Dover, being the first witness. She was excused to allow Deputy Sheriff Clerk Wells to explain that the exhibits in the case were In the cus tody of Superior Judge Cook, who Is out of town. The deputy was authorized to telegraph to the Judge for the comblna tton of his safe, and the examination of the witnesses was proceeded with. ACCEPTS B.VBES FROM WOMEN sensational Cbara-ea Mnde In Indict' ments Returned Against tho Mnyor of Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS. April 14.-Allert A. Ames, former mayor of Minneapolis, was arrested this afternoon on an indictment charging him with accepting a bribe De cember 15, 1901. from Bessie Lee. The In dictment is Jlke the others on which he was first arraigned, but the sensational feature of this one Is that the same wit nesses are not depended upon. Ot the Indictment appears the names of Lilly T. Ames, wife of Colonel Fred Ames; Joseph Cohen, Frank Larrabee, Irwin A. Gardner, Thomas R. Brown and two women. Dr. Ames pleaded not guilty and his case waa set for trial May 2. DEWEYS G0T OFF EASY Plead Guilty to Fencing In Govern ment I.nnd nnd Receive Flue with Day la Jail. TOPEKA, Kan., April 14.-C. p. Dewey and Chauncey Dewy today pleaded guilty In the United States district court to the fencing of government land In Rawlins and contiguous counties. They were each fined II sn and costs and a sentence of one day In the Shawnee cou ltv Jail The troubles srlslng over the fencing of these lands had much to do with the bringing about of the Berry feud and killing. DEATHRECORD. John J. Dean. LEIGH, Neb.. April 14 -(Speclal.)-John J. Dean.'a former resident of this vicinity, died at the home of his son. William Dean, Id Creston, last evening at fi o'clock of pneumonia. Deceased was 77 years 11 months old. snd waa popular and had a large acquaintance In this section. Funeral services will be held st Creston tomorrow and the body will be sent to his old home In New York state for burial. A. G. Stoacbreaker. RED CLOUD. Neb., April 14. (Special.) A. G. Stonebreaker. one of the best known citizens of this community, died at t o'clock this morning, lie waa about 0 years old and had been a sufferer for some time. Ar rangements have, not yet been completed for the funeral, but It la thought th re mains will be taken to Bhellrock. la., his former home. Mrs. W litmus. PAPrLLION. Neb.. April lt-(Speclal ) Mra. Wlttmus, mother of Fred Wlttmus of Portal, who died Tuesday night, after a long Illness, was burled todsy from the Portal church In the Portal cemetery. Rev. Elfeldt officiated. Mrs. Wlttmus had lived tura inavax iar baA IM H xaara of m. JAPANESE SAILORS SE1 UR1U ANNOUNCES VICTORY Bay that tha FetropavloTsk Waa Bank Dariag Battle 02 Fort Arthur. TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER ALSO SUNK Brief Report from Hear Admiral t'rln Bays that In Rngragement tko Islanders Sustained No Losses. ST. PETERSBURG, April 14. Forty-five officers and men perished on board the torpedo boat destroyer Bezstrashnl whose destruction by the Japanese was announced today. TOKIO, April 14. A brief report from Rear Admiral Urlu of Wednesday's fight ing off Port Arthur readied the Navy de partment this afternoon. It says Vice Admiral Togo's fleet attacked Port Arthur In the morning and succeeded In sinking a battleship of the Petropavlovsk class and one torpedo boat destroyer. Tho Japa nese sustained no losses. One Japanese was wounded. A detailed report of the engagement Is expected hourly. The first Intimation of the result of Vice Admiral Togo's seventh attack off Port Ar thur reached Toklo at 8 this morning. It was received with Intense satisfaction, par ticularly the reported destruction of the battleship Petropavlovsk. There was a note of regret however, upon the reported death of Admiral Makaroff. for the Russian admiral oommanded the respect of his op ponents and the Japanese admired tho man ner In which he had rehabilitated the fleet after the first attacks upon Port Arthur, and the splendid fight he was traklng against odds. The Navy department ex pects advices from Vice Admiral Toko tonight. It Is known that he left In the vicinity' of Port Arthur yesterday to re turn to an unknown base, and It Is expected that he will reach telegraphic communica tion toHght. WASHINGTON. April 14.-The Japanese minister today received a dlipktch from hla government .embodying n rfflclal re port from Admiral Urul, regarding the en gagement off Port Arthur yesterday, s follows: According to the retort of the torpedo destroyer flotilla No. 3. our fleet approached I'ort Arthur on the 13th of April and sunk one battleship of the enemy of the Petro- paviovsK type and one torpedo Dost ae stroyer. No damge to our fleet. No re port yet from Admiral Togo. 8T. ?ETKHSBtIlfl IS IX MOURNING People Fear Only Part of the Troth Has Been Told. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.) ST. PETERSBURG, April 14 (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Such a day of mourning aa to day haa not been known since the war began. At the Admiralty church and at the Isaac, and Kazan cathedrals solomn services for the dead were held this morn ing, I am told that when the emperor re ceived ' the ' news of the sinking of the Petropavlovsk yesterday he wept. The people today weep with their monarch. Black rimmed obituary notices of Maka roff appeared In all the newspapers. Up to late this afternoon no details had been published of the losses, so the anxiety remained at Its highest tension. Late last evening I telegraphed to you that a report, said to come from a high source, was to the effect that a naval bat tle had taken place, the Petropavlovsk being torpedoed and other ships damaged. The cold, curt, official dispatch seems to give an absolute denial to such an Idea, yet among the more Intelligent classes I found the same suggestion more than ever today prevailing that there waa a great deal more behind the scenes than an nounced snd that the truth has not been heard, yet apparently accepting the view that other ships have been damaged. The Blrjavala says there Is still some of the fleet left, and the triumph of the Japanese is only temporary, while the Vledmostl in the same line .remarks: "It is very hard for us to understand the Joy which must All the hearts of our ad versary." One report ran through the town to the effect that the Grand Duke Cyril had died. Crowds of callers flocked to the Grand Duke Vladimir's palace to leave messages of sympathy and make Inquiries. It was noted by the people, so keenly anxious for news, that for the first time in eight weeks up to the late afternoon no special war bulletins had been lsxued. This Is construed ominously. The universal sadness prevailing concern ing tho catastrophe is deeply Impressive. HOW VICE ADMIRAL, MKT HIS DEATH Makaroff In Cabin at Breakfast When Explosion Came. ST. PETERSBURG, April 14 The Asso ciated Press obtained tonight whut la prac tically the official version of tha sinking of the battleship Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur, and It clears up to a great extent the mysterious part of that vessel' de struction. The version Is: Retiring before the ad vance of a superior Japanese fleet, which was not fighting its progress, the Russian squadron approached tho entrance to the harbor. It was shortly after 8 o'clock In the morning and most of the officers and members of the crew were at breakfast on the flagship. Vice Admiral Makaroff was eating breakfast in his cabin. On the bridge Grand Duke Cyril, his friend. Lieutenant von Kobe; Capt iln Ja- kovltff, commanding the vessel, and two other officers were on watch, examining the narrow entrance preparatory to enter ing It. At about 8:80 o'clock there waa a terrlflo explosion of the bollera, followed a few seconds later by a detonation from the well stored magazines. Huge gaps were torn In the hull of the ship and the water rushed In. The center of gravity having gone the ship rolled on Its side and sank. All Information tends to prove that a mine was responxlblo for the destruction of the Petropavlovsk. The Been below decks will never be de scribed, as, so far as known, not a single person between decks succeeded In escap ing. The hot steam, which scalded the men on deck. Indicated what must hav been the character of the di-ath met by those In the engine room. The men on deck were thrown In all directions, those falling Into the water swimming and grasp ing the wreckage, to which some of them were able to cling. The remainder of the squadron Imme diately stopped and lowered small boats, and the torpedo boats steamed as quickly as possible to the rescue of the survivors. The escape of Grand Duke Cyril and Lieutenant von Kobe was nothing ihortof miraculous. The force of the explosion sent Grand Duke Cyril flying across th bridge and the base of his skull struck an Iron a tact bio a. Fortunately be did not lose e-e-e -- THREE BOATS OUT Latrst rrorl from the seeno of war indicate that tho Russian re ports wore nearer correvt than nt first thoUKht, both .f ii pancae and Uussluns Rilmlttltifr the deatrurthm of Admiral Makarofl s flagship by a mine. Three ships of the Russian fleet were put out of service, the Po bietlrt. a tlmt-elass battleship, which waa dainaKed. by a mine, but lost none of Its t-rew, anil a torpetlo boat destroyer, which waa sunk, all of Its crew being reported lost. The Pobieda la a battleship of 11!,U74 tons displacement and of 14.500 horse power. It la 401 tj feet lonir, Iihs 71 'i feet beam ami draws 20 feet of water and la heavily ar mored with steel. It wan completed in llRU. baa a complement of 7H nien and its eatlmnted speed In IS knots. The ateel armor of the bat tleship Tnries In thickness from four to nine and one-half Inches nlotiff Its belt. The armament of the Pobieda consists of four tt Inch iruns. eleven Inch guns, slv teen 3-lnch Biins. ten 1.8 Inch tuns and seventeen 1.4-Inch guns. It has six torpedo tubes. consciousness. Believing that the ship vas about to sink he clambered hastily down Its side and boldly plunged Into the water. He succeeded In reaching a piece of wreck age, to which he clung. The grand duke was In the water about twenty minutes be fore he was picked tip by a torpedo boat. Lieutenant von Kobe was also found swim ming and was picked up. Captain Jnkovleff was thrown against a stanchion wltn such forco that he waa killed. Grand Duke Cyril's Injuries were scevere Besides receiving a blow on the neck bis legs were burned and he suffered a serious shock. He was taken Immediately to a hospital at Port Arthur, where his Injuries were attended to. He will remain there for a few days and then be brought to St. Petersburg. ONLY CNE SHIP UNINJURED tnmmary the F.uaalan Naval Losses Sustained at Port Arthur. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1W4.) NEW YORK, April 14. (Now York Her ald Service Special Telegram to The Bee.) Of the Russian squadron of battleships and cruisers attached to the Port Arthur station at the outbreak of the war In tha first week of February, only one Bhlp has escaped Injury. This Is the battleship Peresvlet, one of the class of three ships of which Pobieda, which la reported to have run on a mine on Wednesday, and Osliabla, now In the noma waters of the Baltic, were the sli.ter vetsels, each hav ing a displacement of 12.670 tons and a apeed of eighteen knots. Pobieda (Victory) Is 410 feet long, has a beam of 71 H feet and draws twenty-six feet of wiUer. It was completed only In 1901, lias a com plement of 7S2 men and can carry 2,003 tons of coal. Its steel armor belt extends the full length of the ship snd varies In thickness from 4 to 9 Inches. Above the armor belt It has 9 Inches of side armor and 9-Inch armor also over Its heavy gun positions, with a-lnch armor over the sec ondary gun positions. Its armament con sists of four ' 10-Inch guns, eleven S-lnch guns, sixteen S-Inch guns, ten 1.8-inch guns, and seventeen 1.4-Inch guns with six tor pedo tubes. Bayan, which Is reported to have been struck and seriously damaged In Wednes day's action, was one of the vessels tor pedoed In the second Japanese attack on the Port Arthur fleet February 1 and 14. It is an armored cruiser of 7,800 tons and a speed of twenty-one knots. Bezstrashnl is one of the nineteen torpedo boat de stroyers originally attached to the I'ort Arthur fleet. It was of the larger size, of 3&0 tons, and was built In 1899. Complete losses of Russian war vessels follow: Petropavlovsk, battleship (10,900), sunk April 13. Varlag. cruiser (6,500), sunk February t. Boyarln, cruiser (3,31), sunk February 11. Korietz, gunboat (3,'Mi), sunk February t. Yenesel. mining ship (1.6ml), sunk. Bezstrashnl, destroyer (350), sunk April IS. Four other torpedo boats and destroyers have been sunk or completely wrecked. Of the remaining vessels the battleships Tsarevltch, Retvizan and Poltava have all been torpedoed or otherwise damaged, but have been repaired so as to take part In action, while the cruisers Pallada, Diana, Askold and Novik have been temporarily crippled. These ships, together with the Peresvlet. give a total tonnage of 72.HS, the loss In the tonnage from the original complement of the fleet of battleships, and cruisers 23,860, leaving an Immense pre ponderance In favor of tho Japanese fleet, which at the beginning of the war was estimated to be of little more than equiva lent tonnage strength. So far as Is known, the Japanese fleet remains at Its original effective strength, consisting of six battle ships, six armored cruisers and fourteen protected cruisers, with two new cruisers In addition, the damages that have been Inflicted having been made good In the home docks. NO TRAINS FROM PORT AKTHIK Bridge Somewhere on tbe Line Is He. ported to Be Out, (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1901.) YIN KOW (via Tien Tsln. April K.) (New York Herald Cablegram Special Tel egram to The Bee.) The train from Port Arthur did not arrive here yesterday, owing to the destruction of a bridge. Y'n Kow Is the port of New Chwang, and the severance of the Port Arthur railway Is all the mora significant as the Man churiun railway enters the Llao Tung pen insula. There la an Important bridge over the Llao river, but this Is probably well guarded. There are numerous other bridges and culverts along the line running down to Dalny and Port Arthur. In some plure the line runs close to the shore, where the Japanese might easily land parties or Injure the line with long-dlstanc firing. Rkrydlon Murreed Makarofr. ST. PETERSBURG, April 1 . It has been definitely decided that Vice Adnnriil Skrjd loff. commauder of the Black sva fleet, mil) succeed the late Admiral Makaroff p commander-in-chief of th Russian naval .-rce In the far east. Ordr-ri have been sent to Vice Admiral Skrydloff to come to St. Petersburg for the purpoM of receiving In structions, sfttr which he will loave Imme diately for the far east. Renominates Maine Congressman. PORTI-AND. Me., April 14 -Represents-tlve Amos I. Allen waa renominated today by the republican convention of the First congreasiuual district. . FATAL MINE Torpedo Boat Laid Trap Whiah Gaaght Admiral Uaktroff and FatropaTloTtk. RUSSIA ADMITS LOSS OF ANOTHER SHIP Torpedo Boat Destroyer Bonk bj tha Japa nese, Carrying Down Ita Crew, SECOND BATTLESHIP RECEIVES DAMAGE Pobieda Btrikaa Mine, bai Baooeedi in Taking Crew Back in Safety. ' NO LOSS TO FORCE OF THE ISLANDERS Admiral Uriu fiendt Brief Beport of En gagement to Japan'a Capital SKRiDLOFF WILL SUCCEED MAKAROFF Announced That He Will Become tho Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces la tho Fnr East. CHF. FOO, April 14.-11 a. m.-It hss been learned from Japanese source her that the attack on the Russlsn Tort Arthur fleet of yesterday ntrnlng was planned and put Into effect in the following manner: At daylight the Japaness torpedo boats made a demonstration before th port, and at that time laid mines across the outer entrance lo the outer rorbor. , .They then retired and Joined the main squvdron. The squadron then atftanced arid 'as It drew near the Russian ships were aeon e-ar Ing out. The. battleship Petropavlovek struck one of the mines laid bjf the Japanese terpedo boats and was destroyed. Admit Loss tt Anofnsr Boot. BT. rin5RSHUTtG, At-rll 1. -4:M p. m. It was offlrlally srnri.iic.cd ti-dar that the torpedo boat destroyer Bsixieslml waa cut off from the rest of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur and sunk by the Japanese, that ts crew was lost and that the littl uhlp Pobieda etcldentally struck a mine wrlle r.i.n.uverlng. hut was able to return to t!ie l.ai-bor vltbout lose of life. Report from tie Admiral. Rear Admiral yrince Curtomaky wires from Port Arthur today that the Bez strashnlt, one of the Russian torpedo boat destroyers sent out during the tight to reconnolter, became separated from the rest of the fleet, owing to bad weather prevailing, was surrounded by Japanese torpedo boat destroyers ond waa gunk In the light. Five men were saved. Admiral Ouktomsky adds: "I har taken command provisionally of tie fltet since th disaster to the Petrophv'icvslt. During some maneuvering of the battleship squadron the Pobieda struck against a mine amidships on the starboard aid. It was able to regain port by t:self.. No . on on board waa kii:d or wound). , ' ' Mnknrofr'a Entire Statf Dies. Vice Admiral Stark, formerly In com mand of the Ruisian fleet at 7ort Arthur, In an Interview today Is ousted as saying; "In my Cp'..lon, tha Ptti.pavlovsk struck one or the cit.tact Dlr.es ic-d off cape Llao Shan, but which had teen torn from Its moorings by the te.-rfble storms pre vailing last week, and w'rtch drifted under the stress of the south galea Into the road stead, it could not have 'been a mine laid near the entrance of the harbor, be cause the latter are rot contact mlnss, but are nied by an elerttia wire from th shore." ."n naval nfrcloo there are hose who be lieve the r plosion was lrttmal I nd not ex ternal. The word used in the official dis patch literally eans "Vprt," which Is equivalent to turned turtle. In support of the theory of an internal explosion It Is declared that the bodies cf the victims were fearfully burned, soma reports saying that Vice Admiral Makaroff was blown to pieces. The loss of life involved In th tragedy Is more serious than supposed. It being learned that Makaroff' whole naval staff was on board the Petropavlovsk. Among the stories current, but from what source It comes Is not known. Is one to the effect that Makaroff was sitting In Ms state room with Rear Admiral Molas. hla chief of staff, when the ship was blonn up Alarming reports prevail regarding Grand Duke Cyril's condition. It is said that he is In a high fever, aggravated by shock, which it Is feared may bring about s crisis. The members of his family are greatly disturbed. The wounded grand duke Is exceedingly popular and Is heir to the throne after Grand Duke Michael, the emperor's brother. It being generally un derstood that Grand Duke Vladimir, Cyril's father, would waive his rights in his son's favor. Denied Japs Sunk Battleship. ST. PETERSBURG. April 14-Rear Ad miral 1'rlu's statement that Vice Admiral Togo's fleet was responsible tor th sinking of the battlesnlp Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur la officially denied here. A member of the general slaf Informs the Associated Pnsa that the advices received do net show that a nuvul engagement took place, uilesa the cornering and finking cf th torpedo boat dji'.-.jycr Bezstrashnl can be so denominated. The destroyer ;md four consorts were outside Hcoutln't during the night. The Bezstraslini lagged tiehlnd and became lost In the mist. Wh-n the day broke It triad to creep In along the coast, was discovered, cut off and sunn, only fl.'e of Its crew es caping. The fate nf the other members of the crew Is unknown, although tt Is be lieved some of 'them mi.y hav been cap tured. That the retropuvlovsk waa blown up by a mine placed at th? entrance to the har bor to prevent the blocking of the channel I the opinion euterta'ned by the general staff. It In true that tho vessal sank In full view f.f Vice Adinirnl Togo's fleet, which was seen on th horizon, but Its loss was not caused through the agency of that fleet. There Is a disposition, however, to raises controversy ns lo whether the explosion occurred Igsldo or outside the battleship, similar to the coiitrovrxv which fo1 lowed the destruction of the '.'nlted Statea battle ship Mxtne In llivnna harbor. The fact that rrany of thj wounded. Including Grand Duke Cyril, were badly burned, seemed to import Ihe theory of an Internal explosion. The first diapMch received from Rear Ad miral Grlgoreviteh, commandant at Port Arthur, distinctly stated that the ship struck a mine, but near Admiral Prince (uktomky's telegram today refers only to sn explosion. Waa aa Eye Witness. Grsnd Duite Boris, wh witnessed tbe disaster from Uoliva 11111, la a telegram to i I
