Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 15, 1904, Page 1

The Bemidji fORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER 3EZ- S8TRASHNI SUNK BY FIRE OF ENEMY’S FLEET. ONLY FIVE OF THE CREW SURVIVE BATTLESHIP POBIEDA SUFFERS DAMAGE BY ACCIDENTALLY L; STRIKING A MINE. NO ONE ON BOARD SUSTAINS INJURY FURTHER:- NAVAL LOSSES PLUNGE THE RUSSIAN NATION INTO RENEWED GRIEF. 8t. Petersburg, April 15.—It was of- ficially announced during the day that VOLUME 1. NUMBER 304 CUT OFF BY THE JAPS, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, F I\ID \\' 1‘1‘[1. l‘NH gnese-terripie accidents. to.attack Porf, Arthur, After the official bulletins had been ssued there was"talk of the possibil- {ty-of the destruction of the Petropav- lovsk having been caused by a s marine boat, but this received little consideration in official circles. MINE LAID BY JQ?ANESE. Another Version of the Loss of the Petropaviovsk. Chefco, April 16—It bhas been learned from Japanese sources here that the attack on the Russian Port Arthur fleet of Wednesday morning was planned and put into effect in-the following manner: At daylight the Japanese torpedo hoats made a ‘demonstration before the port and at the same time laid mines across the outer entrance to the har- bor. They then retired and joined the main squadron. The squadron then advanced and as it drew near the Rus- sian ships were seen coming out. The battleship Petropavlovsk struck one of the mines laid by the Japanese tor- pedo boats and was destroyed. ADMIRAL MOLAS KILLED. Russlan. Disaster Costly in Lives of Leading Commanders. St. Petersburg, April 14—Admiral Molas was among those killed on the Petropavlovsk. - At the moment of the explosion an aide shouted to Grand Duke Cyril to jump into the sea.” The aide was killed. the torpedo boat destroyer Bezstrashni was cut off from the rest of the Rus- slan flect at Port Arthur and sunk by the Japanese; that her crew was lost and that the battleship Pobleda acci- dentally- struck & mine while maneu- vering, but was able to return to the harbor without loss of life. The exast character of the injurles to the Pobieda are not obtainable at this hour. FURTHER LOSS FOR RUSSIA OFFICIAL REPORT OF LOSS OF A DESTROYER AND DAMAGE y TO WARSHIP. | St. Petersburg, April 15.—Rear Ad- miral Prince Ouktomsky wires from Port Arthur that the Bezstrashni, one of the Russian torpedo boat destroyers gent out during the night to recon- noiter, became separated from the rest of the fleet, owing to the bad weather prevailing, was surrounded by Japan- ese torpedo boat destroyers and was sunk in the fight.” Five men were saved. Admiral Ouktomsky adds: 5 “I have. taken command provision- G ully of the' fleet since the n‘umter to. ‘the Petropaviovsk. - “During some maneuvering of the ‘battleship squadron the Pobieda struck against & mine amlidships on the star- board side. She was zlic to iegain gflrt by herself. No One on board of. er was killed or wounded.” REGARDED AS SEVERE BLOW LOSS OF DESTROYER AND DAM- AGE TO WARSHIP STUNS _ ST. PETERSBURG. St. Potersburg, April 15—The offi- ¢fal bulletin e-tntelt of the loss of another torpedo boat destroyer and the accidental crippling of another battleship was almost as severe & blow as the loss of the Pe- tropaviovsk and plunged the whole town anew into grief. The Russian word in the text of the official dis- patch describing_the accident to the Pobiedd means either “mine” or “tor- pedo,” but the qualifying verb indi- cates something moving toward the ship. This dispatch puts an.end to the idea prevailing here that there had been an engagement following the disaster to the Petropavlovsk. It is considered remarkable here that the ] Javanese did not take advantace of FORTY-FIVE OFFICERS AND MEN. Number of Lives Lost on Russian De- stroyer. St. Petersburg, April 15.—Forty-five officers and men perished on board the torpedo boat destroyer Bezstrashni, whose destruction by the Japanese was announced during the day. ADMIRED ADMIRAL MAKAROFF. Regret at Tokio on Account of the Russian's Death. Tokio, April 15—The first intima- tion of the result of Vice Admiral Togo’s seventh attack upon Port Ar- thur reached Tokio at 8 a. m. in a telegram sent to the Associated Press, who promptly communicated it to offi- cial circles. The news was received with intense gatisfaction, particularly the reported destruction of the battle- “ship Petropavloysk. There was a ncie of regret, however, in the comment oa the reporte1 death of Admiral Maka- roft, for the Russian admiral com- manded the respect of his opponents and the Japanese admired the manner in which he rehabilitated the flect after the first attacks upon Port Ar- thur and the splendid fight he was making against odds. ABOUT S8IXTY SAVED. Further Details of Russian Battleship Disaster. St. Petersburg, April 16.—A telegram from Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky to the emperor, after reiterating that the Petropavlovsk sank “in conse- quence. of the explosion of-a mine, while she was maneuvering in the Port Arthur roadstead In sight of the en- emy ’s fleet,” adds that those saved fin- 8- Grand Duke Cyril and ckovleff, -three - lieutenants, | two _midshipmen and fifty-two sailors. [ The bodies of a captain, two midship- men, a surgeon and a fev snuors have been recovered. TRYING TO FREEZE HIM OUT. Stockholder Asks Receiver for Wild ‘West Show. < Trenton, N. J., “April 15.—Frank C. Maeder of St. Louis, a stockholter of the Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, has filed-a' bill in the court of chancery asking for the appointment of a re- celver for the concern. fl{mmm—wme—sn—aeosmmm_ the officer. been making money and the dividends are being withheld for the purpose of forcing him out of the corporation. Military Prisoners Eecape. Des Moines, April 15—Twelve pris- oners confined in the military guard- house here escaped during the day by sawing their way out with a case | knife. The crimes committed for i which the men were detained here are mcre or less serious and-a-detefmined ‘ effort will be made to apprehend them. The local police department has been | asked to aid in the search. Blood- "honnds will-also be used. i Benton, in the crcuit court her . wills left by the late General Ca TERRIBLE--L0SS- -OF- LIFE| TWENTY:NINE~ MEN—KILLED—BY-| EXPLOSION ON BATTLE- SHIP MISSOURI. Pensacola, Fla., April 15.—By the ex- plosion of 2,000 pounds of powder in the after twelve-inch turret and the hendling rcom of the battleship Mis: souri, Captain William S. Cowles com- manding, twenty-nine men were in- stantly killed-and five fnjured; of W' hom two will die. = The Missourl was on the target range with the Texas and Brooklyn at practice: when a charge of powder in the twelve-inch left hand gun g nited from gases, exploded and, drop- ping below, ignited four charges of powder in the handling room, and al! exploded. Only one man of the entire turret and handling crew survives. Captain Cowles, by his prompt ac- tion in flooding the handling room eaved the ship from total destruction. Captain Cowles led the rescuing party. He caught up a dying bluc jacket and staggered-to the deck with him. Officers and men lifted out the dead and dying and within three min- utes after the explosion all the bodies were lying on deck. RESULT OF A BLOW BACK. Explanation of the Accident on Board the Missouri. Pensacola, Fla., April 16.—Two more ordinary seamen who were Injured in the terrible explosion on board the battleship Missouri at target practice are dead. There is also one man of the turret crew missing. Expert turret officers of the.vessels in port say- that the explosion was the result of a blow back, known as the wind blowing the flames back from the muzzle of the gun and through the open breech, thus igniting the powder charge being hoisted. Captain Cowles and Lieutenant Hammer, the ordnance officer, had taken eéxtra precautions against such’ an’ accident, realizing that such could oceur, and for three days no firing with the large picces was done on ‘account of the wind be- ing from off shore. Finally it shifted and it was deemed safe to commence the firing. Lieutenant Hammer had remained. in the turret watching the firing until the first string of shots had becn fired in rapid succession. He thought from his observations that it was safe to allow the continuation at rapid firing and left the turret to con: sult with the target expert on board on this matter. Only three shots of the second string had heen fired when the explosion occurred. So rapld was the gun being fired that it is thought some of the fire remained in tho bar- rel and that when powder was hoisted It fgnited. Officers of the vessel differ in their opinion as to the cause of the explosion, but it is probable that the exact cause will never be known, as there were no survivors among the turret crew. The board of inquiry which was convened is still in session and will-not come to a finding for sev- aral dove ~ Operated in Many Cities.. New York, April 16.—A man known at various times as John D. Lothrop, Thomas G. Cook, Walter C. Lewis and Arthur H. Lee has been arrested . in Hackensack, N, J., on charges of hay- ing obtained $1,600: under false pre- tenses from a Newark trust company. For several months every effort has been- exerted by the American Bank- ers’ association to capture him, as he “is alleged to )mve operated in many cities. Indian Prince Fatally Injured. Lafayette, « Ind., April ~15.—Amar Nath, an lndian prince from Lahore, India, was knocked from a bicycle and been given to the prince’s family and to the British embassy at Washington. Nath was & junior student at Purdue Cuts Off Clay’s Widow. Richmond, Ky., April 15.—Judge , has thrown out on peremptory Instructions of mental incapacity all the various ius M. Clay. This leaves the general's property to hig natural hefrs and cuts | off Dora Clay Brock, who at one time received-considerable notoriety’ as the youthful wife of the aged statesman. most desirable; are: Mercerized Etamines, per ) Cotton Voiles; colors, i _Fancy Cotton » n(m&y per LADIES’ SHIRT WAIST SUITS. Now is the time to select the material for your Shirt Waist Suits. yd - 50¢ to 75c RS TS Among the Blue. 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Following the closing of school until Monday next, in an effort to quiet the excitement that it was ex- pected would follow Martin's funeral, the white pupils asserted with posi- tiveness that the negroes would never again be permitted (0 enter the hh,h school. Martin's friends will, it is make a determined effort on Monday to keep all negroes from eutering the building and it is feared a clash may result. Gregory was arraignod during tho day and held without bail for trial at a date to be set later. “Wage Dispute Settled. Pittsburg, April 15.—A settlement was reported during the afternoon in the sheet and-tin-plate wage-dispute between the manufacturers and the| Amalgamated ciation of Iron, Steel and Tin Werkers and a serious strike that would have inyvolved thou- sands of men averted. Tha settlement | is at a reduction fof 18 per cent in| wages. > New York Bank Suspends. New York, April 15.=-The Federal bank. a state institution in this city, was closed during the day and offtclals of the state banking department ar in charge. .D. Rothschild is the pres- ident and its capital 0,000, Ac- cording to a recent statement the in- stitution owed depositors §486,000. Reject Terms of Settlement. New York, April 15—A compromise | by which the lockout of all the work- ers shere In .the lithographers' trade was believed to have been settled last week was upset in a ratification meet ing of the unions which ended early in the day. The unions rejécted thae settlement by a vote of 545 to G5. Dynamite Outrage in Russia. London, April 15.—A special dis- patch from St. Patershurg 5 a4 son | of General Kasarkofl was xoas tho result of a dynamite outrage in his| room at the Hotel du Nord. The po- lice, it is asserted, discovered docu: ments indicating the author of the out- razo BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The president has sent to the senate the nominatidn of William H. Hunt as United States dlitrict judge for Mon- tana. ‘Work has beer resumed in the Har- wick (Pa) ming, where 178 miners lost their lives ir«n c¢xplosion on Jan, 25 last. Harry Y. Hill, a veteran theatrical manager, is dead at Saratoga, N. Y., a8.a-rosult lof a stroke of pnrnlyqln. He was sixty-ejght years old. 'The First-Towa district Republican congressional convention has renomi- nated-Congressman-Thomas-Hedge ot | Burlington as candidate for congress. Seventeen new cases of bubonie plagne are reported in Antofagasta on “_Ve(]nesday and seven deaths, says a New York Herald dispatch from Lima, Peru. Hadji Mohammed Bui Abdullah, the Mad Mullah, against whom the British have been conducling a campaign in Somaliland,” has escaped into Italian territory. Rev.~Samucl Taggart, for many years state sccretary of the Y. M. C. A. of Pennsylvania and widely known throughout “the —country, s dead at Pitttsburg fn his sixtieth year. President Roosevelt has sent to con: A MESSAge Toct propriation of $25,000 to compensnta ‘William Radcliffe, a British subject, for loss of property by a mob in Colo- rado in 1601, The will of the late Rev. Charles Stroud, just filed for probate, be:| queaths the entire estate, valued at $200,000, to Wittenberg college, tha great Lutlicran-institution of the West, | located at Springfield. O. LIVED WITH THREE WIVES, Minneapolis Man Found Out by One of His Spouses: Minneapclis, April 15—In the di-| vorce case of Sclma M. Atwood rgainst Charl C. Atwood the sensational? charge was made that Atwood had | lived in Minneapolis with three diffe ent wives in three different places at the game time. | Mrs. Atwood claims that her hus-| band’s real name was C. H. Irving and | teenth avenue and Franklin with a wife and daughter. As Charles C. At wood he lived on Washington street northeast with the complaining wit- ness and he is said to have lived with a third woman he claimed was his daughter.- e proclaimed to each wife that he was a plano tuner-ani had to be away from home every other night. Mrs, Atwood claims that she learned of his duplicity when she went to pay a bill at a furnigsre comparfy. The wrong bill was brought out and she discovered her hushand hag furnishe { three different honses from' this cstab lishment. AS A MEMORIAL PARK. Senate Passes Bill 8etting Aside North Dakota Battlefield. | Washington, April 15 ning of the day's se | passed the following bi al ng the homestead claims of certain allens; granting to the state of North Dakota 640 acres of land in Dickey county, the site of the White | Stone Hills battle with the Sioux In- | diang, to be used as a memorial park on the senate providing for the disposal of uns 5| lots in _the Crawford military | #mont at Denivia dn (thian Wia, Approves Philippine Bill. ton, April 2 commitice on insular a | thorized a favorable r Cooper bill for the iss | for municipal improveme ‘Phl]mpmnr and guaranteein, .cn capital to be invested in :.u.noad wnslruruon in those islands. Wa | ommending-an-a (»«—Etopnind._o_(gmmw_ that he llved under that name at Thir- h AU the begin- T EXDNEHATES DIETRIGH! SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON INVESTIGATION OF NEBRAS- KAN'S INDICTMENT. N0 VIOLATION OF THE STATUTES INQUIRY GREW OUT OF CHARGES REGARDING- APPOINTMENT. OF A POSTMASTER. snator Diet- from all Washington, April 1 rich has been exonerated blame in . connection with postoflice patronage in Nebraska by a special committee of the senate, which mado an investigation of his indictment. The report was submitted (o the senate during tho day, The last paragraph says: “Upon_ full ‘consideration of all the evidence tha committee {s of the opin- fon {hat Senutor Dietrich has not been guilty of any violation of the statutes of the United States or of any corrupt or unworthy conduct relating either to the appointment of Jacol Fisher as postmaster at Hastings, Neb., nor the Jeasing of the building in question for the purposes of a postoflice.” PHILIPPINE EILL PASSED. House ‘Disposes of the Measure by a Narrow Margin. Washington, Aptil 15—When (he house convencd the Philippine bill “at further dis- once was taken up and cu: ). Mr. Warnock (0.) spoke in favor of the bill, The action of the committee on rules In denying the right to amend the bill was srely criticised by Mr. Williams (111). M1, Grosvenor (0.9 said this awas a fair, stralghtforward business proposition and entered upon a defense of the Phil ippine commission. The debuto was closed by Mr. ¢ nu]l« v (Wis.), who refu thy 3! that Engligh_and Belgian ml.\ll,l« would construct trunk lines such us the American companies proposod When (he speaker put the hill on its passage he conyulsed the house by stating that “the noes seem to Then looking n slde of the “the ayes have make the most noise. oyer to the Republi chamber he decliarod 4t 6 The Democrats demandad the yons and nays and the roll was called. Tho bill wum: passed, 189 to (28 Willlam A. Bmith (Rep., Mich.) voted with the Democrats. INQUIRY IS NOT LIKELY. 8enate May Not lnvenlglte Postoffice Department. Washington, Aprll 156.—Prosident Roosevelt had an Important epnference during the day with ‘Senators Aldrieh, Spoonor and Pénrose, -the last named being chalrman of the committee on postoffices and postrouds. The confer- ence related to the proposed investiga tion by a senate committes of the af- fairs of the postoffice department. All parties Lo it wero reticent as to the detalls of the Interviéw, but enough Is known about it t¢ Indicate that an inquiry 4nto postal affairs s mot so likely to be authorized as It was a day or two ago. The subject ls being consldored very carefully by the sen- ate leaders and a definite decision, ona way or-the other, may le reached very 8oon. ANTI- HIG;_“R"EE};IJNIONA i to Fight Landlo New York, April 16-—A band will be taken in the-antinigh rent agita- tion here by the Central Federated un- fon. The labor men have adopted a resolution, which will be submitted to the affiliated unfons, calling upon all wageworkers of the city (o organizé il onge an antt:hitgh rent union for the purpose of making a genoral demand throughout the city thal the reni Le lowered at least 25 per cent aud to refise to pay and renis (o landlords untfl the dc nand fs met. Another . :solutlon was passed urg ing the hiring of lawyers to-opp avintion causa In the courts, Ne York| FRANCE SENDS GYMPATHV Candolen With Ruisla Over Loss of the Petropaviovsk. Parls, April 16.—President TLoubet as telegraphed to Emperor Nicholas o5 on the disas- and the This bis profound condolen ter_to the Petropavievsi [ Vice Admiral Makaroff. spatch, together with those of peror William and the king of Italy, ls regarded here as signlficant of the | peceptance of the European govern ments that-the sinking of the Petro- | pavlovek was due to an accident and | did not occur during a battle with the | Japanese ships. 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