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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
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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.
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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
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