The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 17, 1905, Page 2

NAVAL BATTLE. ONLY A FARCE American Officer Likens the Engagement in the Sea of Japan to Pot-Shooting TEST OF GUNNERY Rojestvensky’s Crews Could Not and Would Not Fight Their Warships BY JAMES S. TYLER. NO The Call pateh to U. POST BUILDING, 16.—An interesting ive effectiveness of ies dur- hur and that » by a prom- nt many or ob- officer is et before f the Amer The R the expe every the ted in some boid ¢ well llowed we same 1 by well RUSSIANS egulated navy. WOULD NOT FIGHT. rding to the dic- tactics, but his of the Sea of Japan they had sian gun- Arthur had could close in s with im- ger of being And it has since just sush o mutin- ous spirit on many of the vessels of sky's fleet as has develope Black Sea squadron. The fig merely one of pot- shooting. “The experts saj money appropriate by Russia was 1 for target practice ed by dishonest offi- eir own nests is cor- war a certain Rus- port of China and me that he had rect Bef th sian vesse her comma told received orders to go outside for target practice. hat night I had eccasion to know that had reported as having left the harbor for that purpose, but his ship never -eft port. Several daysilater he made his ‘target report’ amnd” saild that certain results had been accom-, plished. *“I don’t think that we have the slightest reason to fear the Japanese Philippines. We wonld have to en our fleet there consifierably enemy getting a foot- hold on Philippine soil, but the United | States navy is immeasurably superior | to that of Japan. This is not only my own d@eduction, but that of every elgn officer in the Asiatic station who bas had opportunity to study the cffectiveness of the Japanese navy.” ¢ o Japanese Oraft Near Viadivostok. NIKOLSKOIE, Asiatic Russia, July | 16.—Four Japanese torpedo-boat de- stroyers reconnoitered Olga and Vladi- | mir bays, northeast of Viadivostok, July 14 and 15. They made soundings and examined the shores and were evidently investigating the possibilities of land- ing troops. They examined the wreck of the Russian cruiser Izumrud by means of divers. e crowpep, * Crowds throng the Mellin's Food | booth in the Agriculture bullding at| the Lewis & Clark Exposition, Portland. Thousande of people have guessed on the boys and girls, and the booth is mled with interested people all Some one 18 bound to get the ¥loo o fered, and it costs nothing to try for it. Lots of other things of interest, but lhe guessing is real fun. { has issued a proclamation announcing that t y | hat the story that | | 1" " the death knell of the dyink for- | SAILORS SINC AS SHIP SINKS Men on the Japanese Cruiser Takasago Remain Calm as They Go to Their Death 'AWAIT END TOGETHER | e | Details of Loss of Vessel| OYAMA ADOPTS AN INNDVATION Builds Platform. Entrench- ments Which Upset Under the Feet of Attackers GUNS EMPLACED SIEGE Both Great Armies in Man- With -Over 300 of Crew | From Mine Off Port Arthur | TOKIO, July. 16.—The story of the loss | of the Japanese cruiser Takasago in De- | | cember last, only published since the ds- struction of ¢'s fleet, Is 2 military classic. After the Takasago struck a mine and began to sink, the crew assembled in perfect order on the upper deck, there to awalt the battle with a stormy séa and death. Captain Ishi- bashi ordered every man to use & life belt and directed that no one jump over- ,ard until the ship should actually sink. he members of the crew then joined in ILH g the Rational anthem, cheering the and lastly they sang “Galiant Satlors,” their voices ringing out above the storm. After that, as a relaxation, the men were aliowed to smoke, and thus they went calmly to their deaths. Of 500 men who went down with the Takasago, ware rescued r er who was aboard glves the owing account of the disaster and the remarkable coolness and bravery of the crew . STORY OF AN OFFICER. The Takasago, fresh from ' the Kure dock- yard, where she had been undergoing rejaics, stea. straight fo the ui of the Peeull: Guif at tho begning ber and o1 December 11 she wa 9 collier at a point off however, did not put Y to the rough: weather. On Becembe still high and there were no sl During the (e cruseer drite- and at night ordised slow- with the waves, ¥ to the entrance of Pechill Gulf. She was sccompanied by another vessel At 9 the crew were allowed to take e men lay down upon the decks cold night. with a wo minutes past mid- twenty-five naut cal he eastern Islands struck a and a terrible ex- ccurred, the sea leaping high above The crew took up thelr regulat The mine had made a breach about in diameter in the middle of the e of the left side. The water rushed tremendous force and the ship listed Jett Captain Ishibashi 4as on the mander Nekayama beside him to stop the inrush of | In order to right the the left side were hip continued to | sne port side ater, but in va s no vessei in po ship as well 1 sealed 3 ng- the mine all n board were suddenly ex- | and everything was enveloped in b the exception of a light on the g1 it the rockets telling 1s ing to the list, the boats starboard eould mot be launched with of one. Of those on the port a d and only a cutter available. sel communicated the by means of wireless 2d the crew had nothing to do to await the sinking of the vessel ‘aptain Ishibashi on the forebridge addressed ) in number, who had assembied per deck, saying that every ome on 1 equip himself with a life belt. the PL l\(-Es TO THE BOTTOM, there was solemn silence: fonal anthem in Ishibashi speech and net- of ng. The igher and the snow fell thicker. to the botiom. Captain Ishibashi X w were thrown into-the sea: three boats which had been lowered the ship were fortunately afloat with | regulation crews on board. They did { utmost to rescue the officers and men, he boats themselves- seemed | A.few minutes later, was _observed in a The light approached to view the Otowa, the warship, come to the rescue. The latter a distance of 300 meters from the e of the disaster, lllumined the scene with her searchlights and dispatched three boats o the rescue. At sight of the Otowa, the men, 1 resigned themselves to death, raised help thus increasing the sadness of the efforts of the boats boly 133 ncluding Captain Ishibashi, were ore than 300 being lost, including n ma. A number of men | m'exposure after belng picked up. — i R ASSASSINATION. GLOAT OV Terrorists Issue Proclamation Amn- nouncing Sheuvalofi’s Death. MOSCOW, July 16.—The fighting or- ganization of the social revolutionists that the death sentence pronounced against Major General Count Shouval- off« Chief of Police here, who was as- assinated on July 11, was executed by | one of its members “‘on account of the black and cruel activity of this satrap at Odessa (where CountShouvaloff for- merly was Prefect) and his subsequent return to the active service of reaction at the call of Trepoff, the pan-Russian dictator, to stamp out the revelutien in Moscow.” The proclamatien con- cludes: “Let the execution serve as a joyful signal {o the Russian millions in revolt autocracy. Let it remind all degrees of the autocracy of the national jus- tice.” A meeting of the executive commit- tee of the Zemstve oprganizations in the house of M. Golovin, president of the Moscow Zemstvo, to-day was vis- ited by a detail of police and ordered to disperse. The Zemstvoists refused and continued their discussion of the arrangements for their coming con- gress. Afterward they demanded per- mission to hold the congress, the meet- ing of which, on July 19, the authori- ties have prohibited. P S RIOTERS TO BE SUPPRESSED. Stern Measures Will Be Adopted by Poland’s Governor General. WARSAW, July 16.—General Maxi- movitch, the Governor General, issued an order forbidding illegal assemblies, processions and gatherings in 'the reets throughout Poland. The Gov- rnment now feels strong enough to | enforce the order and to take stern | measures against all manifestants. | _The directors of the Warsaw and Vienna Rallroad bave issued an order permitting the use, on an equal lootlng, of both the Polish and Russian 'lan- guages by the employes. This com- | promise averts a strike by the work- men, which was threatened if they | were not permitted to use the Polllh | language. | KUTAIS, Transcaucasla, July 16.— During the rendition of a musical pro- | gramme in a public garden here to-day two bombs were thrown. No one was killed. MXLAL Russia, July 16.—Baron trom. a large land-owner, has | killed, and Baron Hahn, another land- owner, wounded by agitators. S— e r—— Faith builds no fences between us and our fellows. | | she would not have dreamed of before | ters. churia - Are Occupying Well" Fortified Positions GUNSHU PASS, Manchuria, July 16.— Reports that the Russian army is in a precarious situation appear to be with! out foundation. Investigations made by press correspondents show that neither flank has been turned and that, in fact, the Russlan wings are more advanced than the center, The Japanese center is strongly forti- fied. Many siege guns have been em- placed along the Changtufu-Nanchenze | line and there is a triple ring of forts| commanding the Mandarin road. The Japanese are using a novel ele-| phant trap style of entrenchments, con- | sisting of ditches coversd with platforms, | which are balanced in the middle. and | which tilt into vertical positions under | the feet of attackers. The Japanese have a captive balloon | elght miles south of Nanchenze. TOKIO, July 16—It is unofiicially esti- mated that General Linevitch’s force numbers nearly 400,000 men now, and n‘ is reported that he I extensively using | water transportation to bring forwai. | men, supplies and ammunition. An officer who recently returned from | Manchuria- expressed the opinion that | Lineviteh plans a great demonstration to | synchronize with meeting of the | peace plenipotentiaries, but that he does not intend real aggression. R Bi: 1 ik DE WITTE TALKS WITH MEYER. Discusses Peace Conference With the | American Embassador. s ST. PETERSBURG, July 16—M. de Witte spent an hour, with Mr. Mever, | the Ameripan Embassader, at the Klein- michel Palace to-day, dlscussing the | forthcoming peace conference. De Witte is expected to be the bearer of a | personal messege from the Emperor to President Roosevelt. The press is authorized by M, Hart- wig, Director of the First Department | of the Foreign Office, to deny in tne most. eategarical fashion the report of | alleged contents of the instructions | De Witte published in Paris by the | Echo de Paris, and elsewhere abroad. | “Reports pretending to reveal the | character of the instructions to the F plenipotentiaries are inere ork,” said Hartwig. “These in-} structions have been seen by only four | persons—the Emperor, ‘M. de Witte, Foreign Minister Lamsdorft and my- | he Novosti says it believes that the desire of the anti-German coalition, | which Great Britain i§ trying to engi- | neer, is to restore Russia, as a threat | against German aggression, and that | this should be a powerful diplomatic | on in the hands of the Russlan | plenipotentiaries. “Europe Wan!! to end the war,” says | tHe paper, “as Russia’s preoccupation in the Far East destroys the political equilfbrfum. Austrta is in danger from | Germany, which seeks a thoroughfare | to the Adriatic, in exchange for com- pensation in- the Balkan Peninsula. Germany has pretensions now which the Russo-Japanese war. It is evident from the Morocco incident that Europe wants peace, in order that Russia may safeguard against German aggression.” | Prince Mestchersky, editor of Grash- | danin, in warmly supperting De Witte's | appointment, declares him to be the only Russian statesman equal to the task before the peace mission. Count Ignatieff, instead of Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky, will succeed M, Bou- | ligan as Minister of the Interior, ac-| cording to the Slavo. | P 6 SRS N LIBEL SUIT INSTEAD OF DUEL. | Pri OCuktomsky ¥Files an Action | Against a Rival Editor. ST. PETERSBURG, July 16.—Prince Otitomsky, editor of the St. Petersburg Viedomosti, has brought suit against the Novoe Vremya and M, Skaalovsky for slander. Skaalkovsky, in the Novoe Vremya, has not been sparing in his at- tacks upon Muravieff d on July 11, related in these dispatches, Prince Ouk- tomsky took Skaalkovsky personally to | task In the Viedomosti, whereupon the former writer assailed the Prince, say- ing that he was no fool, but recalling Victor Hugo's observation that ‘“while every man has a right to be a fool he should not abuse the right” Prince Quktomsky was also arraigned for al- leged subsidies which he recelved from the Government and for his interest in raflroads and fantastic Mongolian mines which compelled him, out of gratitude, to compose servile panegyrics. It was thought that these attacks would' result in a duel between the two wri- The Bourse Gazette prints a long arti- cle attacking the Northeastern Siberian Company of St. Petersburg, which is pre- sided over hy M. Contionliysky, having Admiral Abasea, of Yalu fame, among the stockholders, but which, the paper says, is really managed by John Rosin, an American, for the berefit of Ameri- cans. The Bourse Gazette asserts that the company has taken entire possession of the spacious Chakotsky peninsula, where mining privileges' are genied to Russians, It characterizes the whole af- falr as a warning against the American invasion of Russidn territory, which is connived at by the Yalu scoundrels. il it IZUMRUD A COMPLETE WRECK. _— Russian Crew That Blew Up the Crulser Did Its Work Well. TOKIO, July 16.—Admira] Yamada, commanding a squadron sent north on a reconnoissance, reports that the Rus- sian cruiser Isumrud is a complete wreck and that there i no hope of re- floating her. The vessel lies beached on the porthern point of the solthern entrance to Vladimir Bay, about 200 miles northeast of Vlldlvostok. A report by Captain B‘ron Ferzen of the Izumrud said that during the battle of the Sea of Japan the Izumrud was cut off from the remainder of the fleet and steamed at full speed for Viadivostok, with Japanese cruisers in pursuit. Subsequently changed his ‘course and made for Viadimir Bay, ar- riving there on the night of ‘May 29. At 1:30 o'clock in the morning of May 30 the Izumrud ran on a reef at the entrance of the bay, and, being short of coal, the caj n ordered the crew ashote and blew up the vessel. - ———— PARDON FOR nomm sPIES. Mikade = Extends Clem to Captain TOK!O. July t‘—-fizfl Katsura, on the 1uthorlk7 of the m:-, signed a pardon for Gw and Maki, his ? ; nesty includes - trmu fiu uv- veillance. s hu:rrnmaem «’p'fiu “an | Blackmar, | sequently joined the, | his physicians. | secrets. | sentencead. THE SAN FRANCISCO ‘CALL, MONDAY, JULY 17, 193 GENERAL BLACKMAR, THE CCMMANDER OF THE GRAND ARMY, PASSES AWAY| He Succumbs in Idaho After a Short lliness. — His Duties Fall Upon Captain John R King. . —_—— BOISE, Idahe, July 16.—General W. W. commander-ln-chlel of the Grand Army of the Republic, dled at 5 o'clock this aftétnoon of Interstitial nephritis. His wife was with him dur- ing his jliness. The body wul be em- balmed and taken to the home of the family in Boston. The General arrived here_on July 10 on & tour, during which he intended to visit Grand Army posts throughout the North- west. He was ill when he arrived and gradually failed. The seriousness of his condition was kept from the public at the request of his wife. General Blackmar was born on July 25, 1841, at Bristol, Pa. He enlisted in the | Fifteenth Pennsylvanja Cavalry and sub- 0 n lhroughout s was pro- He served with - distinction the war and at Five I moteu on the field by Gener the rank of capfain. Through three ad- ministrations, those of Governors Long, Talbott and Rice, he was Judge Advo- | cate General of Massachusetts. At the last National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic he was elected commander-in-chief, BOSTON, July 16.—Except to two or three officlals of the Grand Army, the news of the death of Commandar-in-Chiet Blackmar was recélved with great sur- prise in this “eity. Two weeks aro the commander-in- chief breke down and was crdered 'to his bed in his summer home at Hingham by At the time his indispo- sition, however, was regarded as slight. On July '8 General Blackmar's condition had apparently improved, and it was de- cided to permit him to continue his visits to Western departments. BALTIMORE, Md.. July 16.—By the death of General Blackmar, Captain John | R. King of this city, senior vice-com- mander-in-chief, becomes, under the laws of the Grand Army of the Republic, act- | Ing commander-in-chief, and will con- | tinue such until the next National En- campment. Captain King Is pension | agent for Maryland, District of Colum- bia, Virginia and W, t Virginia and has an office in Washinglon. S General B. M. Thomas Dead. DALTON, Ga., July 16.—General B. M. | Thomas died at his home in this eity to-day of peritonitis. He was a gradu- ate of West Point and a distinguished brigadier general in the Confederate | army. il e i Well-Known Chiess Player Dead. PITTSBURG, Pa, July 16.—John Lindsay “McCutcheon, a lawger, club- man ‘4nq ‘chess player, died to-day. He was 48 years of age. He waé one of the best known chess players | America. attached to the French legation there, together with his stepson, F. Strang, who i8 an Englishman, and Maki, a Japanese clerk, who acted as Bou- Bouin’s assistant, were arrested in May, | charged with being sples for Russia. Bougouin was sentenced on July 10 to ten years at hard labor, the judgment | declaring that he had been engaged in searching for ‘and reporting actillery Maki confessed and also was Strang was released after the preliminary examinatien in June, there not being enough evidence at | hand to warrant holding him. LA WANT FREEDOM FOR KOREA. Natives to Send a Delegate to See President Roosevelt. HONOLULU, July 16.—Koreans here have raised a fund to send Rev. P. T. Youn, a Korean Methodist minister, to | Washington to see President Roosevelt for the purpose of asking that efforts | be made by the United States in the | forthcoming peace negotiations to bring about an agreement by which the XKorean nation will become independent within twenty years if it shows fitness for self-government. Reyv. Mr. Youn will solicit the good offices of President Roosevelt to ask Japan to grant Korea independence, as the United States did Cuba after the Spanish-American War. A memorial, embodying this desire of the Koreans, was presented to Secre- tary of War Taft while here. ‘Rev. Mr. Youn states that Secretary Taft re- plied that it was a delicate matter and declined to say anything regarding it, but expressed his willingness to give Rev. Mr. Youn a letter of introduction to the President. 3 e e FIGHTING ON SAGHALIEN, Japanese Drive the Russians From Dar- line and Vieinity, TOKIO, July 16.—It is officially an- nounced that the Russian center, hold- ing Darline and vicinity, was attacked on July 11 and offered stubborn resist- ance. The attack was renewed at dawn on July 12, when the Japanese dis- lodged the Russians, driving them in the direction of Mauka. This victory insures complete occupation of South Saghalien by the Japanese. Eighty prisoners were taken by the Japanese, among whom was Lieutenant aximita. Four field pieces, one ma- esine gun and the ammunition. ware- houses were captured. The Japanese losses were about seventy men killed or wounded. The Russians lost 160. —————— BATTLE ON THE TUMEN LIKELY. Russian Force Sent From Viadivostok to Check Japamese Advance. TOKIO, July 16—Reliable informa- tion has been received here that the Russian forces in Northern Korea have gradually been driven northward since last month and now held enly two po- 'sitions south of the Tumen River. The latest information from the front, however. reports the advance south of ?r‘e force from Vladivostok. It is bal ved the Russians will halt at No- kiefsk, north of the Tumen, and con- centrate their forces and make a reso- lute stand there against the Japanese advance. The rainy season has set in and pre- vents movements on a large scale. —— NEW Num GRAND Bm Sergius Hichaclavitch Becomes m..o- @ tor of Artillery. ST. PETERSBURG, July 16.—Grand| Dulke gius Michaelovitch has been S’Do‘ 1:?:5 .t: tl::‘nvlv created post of or of ai i apanese wal - have appeared to the nom‘:d ot t» island of Sag Yen and pri Jmuim about to scend upon t nvflmflon of a report that -o!dhn on board the war- verawe huvo Sh iunfke m to :Ele u\m-url p:om k untrue. frst West Virginia. { al Custer to in _.__..__..l.‘ o ————————e COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE GRA PASSED AWAY IN BOISE, IDA ONLY A FEW DAYS DURATION. ¥ ESTERDAY ND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, *WHO AFTER AN ILLNESS - OF BODIES WEDCED | N SUBHARINE Remains ‘of the Men on the; Farfadet. Found Pinioned Beneath the Machinery BIZERTA, Tunis, July 16.—The mourn- ful task of removing the bodies of .the members of the crew of the submarine boat Farfadet, which sank at the en- trance te the port of Sidi Abdallah on July 6, and which was towed into dry- dock yesterday after incessant efforts to raise her, is proceeding slowly. Owing tg the displacement of the machinery through the action of the water, some of the bodies became firmly fixed beneath the engines and other apparatus and the men engaged in the work were compelled to attach ropes to the bodies in order to disengage them. It is now apparent that four of the men who occupied the forward compartment were drowned immediately after the ac- cident occurred. The body of Lieutenant Robin was.found lying face upward with arms extended. Near by was the body of the quartermaster whose jersey caught in‘a hook close to the faulty hatch while he was trying to escape. The eight men in the after compartment were those who responded to the divers' rapping during the thirty-twe hours after the sinking of the submarine. From the condition of the interior of the vessel it was seen that they had struggled hard against their fate and endeavored to stop the leaking hatch with their jerseys. The water, however, gained while the air supply diminished. Only four bodigs have been recovered and these are almost unrecognizable. Owing to the delay in removing the ) delegates. %en | when we bodies, the authorities have put off the funeral cereménies untl Wednésday. The Mediterranean squadron will participate in the funeral and the bodies will be brought to Frarve for interment. —————————— NAVY YARD MECHANICS ASK SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAYS Meet in Washington and Will Send Delegates to Confer With the President. WASHINGTON, July 18.—Four hun- dred mechanics of the Government navy yard met here to-day and ap- pointed a committee of two to comfer with the Prebident at Oyster Bay to secure from him an order allowing the navy yard employes Saturday half holi- days during the summer, as in the case of employes in the Executive Depart- ment, A telegram was sent to the President asking when he will see the President Gompers and Vice Presi- dent Duncan of the American Federa- jon of Labor will be invited to ac- company the delefates—and participate in the conference. ————————— STANLEY DOLLAR FINALLY DEPARTS FROM HONOLULU Steamship Leaves the Hawallan Islands With Four Hun . Japanese | for V: : HONOLULU, July 16.—The steamship Stanley Dollar *left at midnight last nllhl for Victoria, B. C., taking 400, ‘The vessel was given a pas- ger llcense after an examination by, Inspector Bermingham, who came here : on the Manchuria. The Stanley Dollar gave a bond of ul 000 in . her libel cases. Captaln was acouitted of a charge of | m cheating prospective passen- gers by selling them tickets to Seat- tle when the vessel was unable to leave.. A similar charge against Mr. Dollar will be tried next week. 3 An mqol to your wmm is mam you te drink Rainier Beer. "l'h‘ m- wtlhd nut when vu had “fifi:u n-hntb\bu-u STATE TROOPS AWE LYNCHERS Mob Disperses When' Militia Is Called Out and Promi-| nent Men Make Appeals el MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 16.—At the request of Sheriff Chandler of Gadsden, Ala., where a mob of 300 persons gath- ered to-night and threatened to lynch five negroes and a negress, charged with the | murder of Mrs. J. Smith, a white woman, Governor Jencks ordered out a company of State troops stationed at that place. After Cofigressman John L. Burnett, Lieutepant A. R. Brindley, in ecemmand of the militia, Sheriff Chandler and others had appealed to the mob, it dispersed. No further trouble is looked | for to-night. The negroes are Vance Gardner, Wil- | liam Johnsor, Ed Johnson, Bud Richard- son, Jefferson Alford and Fannie Mayo. Their alleged victim, Mrs. Smith, was a widow. The crime was committed last wvight. Early te-day Vance Gardner re- ported having discovered the woman's body. The police found the unclad body lying partially concealed in some' bushes by the roadside, three-quarters of a mllen from Gadsden. Mrs. Smith had been at- tacked on the roadside and shockingly | mistreated and then dragged by her halr, down an embankment, over rocks and | stumps into the clump of bushes where she was left after efforts had been made to conceal her body. Her neck was | broken. The details of her conditien | were revolting. REFRIGERATED FRUIT STANDS A LONG TRIP Official Claims to Have Solved: Problem of Shipping Produets. SACRAMENTO, July 16.—Hareld Pow- ell, of the United States Department of Agriculture, says he has conclusively demonstrated that ripe fruit, well re- frigerated before shipment, will arrive sound under ordinary railroad refrigera- tion, even after being from ten to fif- teen days en route. A. R, Sprague of Sacramento says that he has Invented a machine by the use of which an iced car filled with hot fruit, which ordinarily retains its heat for three days after shipment, can be thor- oughly cooled in a few hours by a sta- tionary appagatus applied to the ice tanks and drip tubes of the car.. He says that a carlead of peaches half of which were over ripe was thus cooled at Olean- der, Fresno County. July 1, and sold at auction in Chicago July 10 for $1133, every box having arrived sound. —————————— WHESTERN PACIFIC ENGINEER VISITS THE CAPITOL CITY Supposed to Be Mapping Out a Right- of-Way to Warehouse Center of Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, July 16.—J. W, Wal- lace, engineer of the Western Pagific Railroad, accompanied by an assistant, was in this city all of last week looking up prapegty values west of Third street, south and west of Sixth street. It l! und-mdd that the information was ered with a view to securing a fllhl-o'-'lv through the southwestern of the city to the warehouse center and the river front. WOMEN HOLD A PLEASANT REUNION AT EXPOSITION PORTLAND, July 16.—The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Hostess Associa- tion, a seeiety which is the outgrowth of the St. Louis Ex’e‘lqou held its fivst Teunien in the California building of the Lewls and Clark fon. m‘mon will be held fn July, 1907 amestown Exposition. WITH PENKNIFE Russian Kills the Woman He Married Last February Because She Deceived Him {CONFESSES THE CRIME — Captured in Colorado on His Way to California From Home in Massachusetts | S e LA JUNTA, Col, July 16,—John Schisk- lovskas, a Russian, wanted at Belmont, Mass., for the murder of his wife, which occurred last Wednesday night, was ar- rested at La Junta to-day by Sheriff Barr while passing through the city on the Santa Fe Railroad. The murderer con- fessed and gave the full detalls of the tragedy which has been puzzling the Massachusetts police He sald that he and his wife were drinking and quarr afternoon and continued their quarrel at a park that night, when her taunts em- raged him to such an extent that he cut her throat with a penknife and threw the body inte a gully. Thursday he started for the West, making no attempt to conceal his identity. The prisoner ex- pressed a wil'ingness to return without extradition papers and he will be hela by Sheriff Barr.pending the arrtval of officers from Massachusetts. A telegram from Chicago apprised Barr that the Russian. would be on Santa Fe train No. 1 from the East. The train stopped but a few minutes at the station, | but this was sufficient for the Sheriff to spot the only man in the train_he be- lieved could bear such a name. His first guess was the right one, Schisklovskas making. no attempt to canceal his jden- tity. The murdzrer told a clear story of the tragedy. He sald he came to America from Poland five years ago and worked on a farm near Lynn. Mass. On Febru- ary 19, 1905, he married the woman whose murder he now confesses. Whan he mar- d her, he states, the woman repre- sented that she had $800 and was but 28 years old. He found afterward that she possessed but $220 in money and was more than 40 years old. The deception she worked upon him was the constant ecause of quarreling, he says, and these quarrels had their cul- mination on Wednesday night. That aft- erncon they deeided to go to California and the wife furnished money for-two tickets. Then they drank heavily during the aftermon and went out to a park at night. The quarrel over the ‘false state- ments the woman had made before their ng on Wednesday | | marriage was begun anew and the man | | became enraged at his wife’'s answers to | nis taunts. He threw a rock and struek | her on the head and, while, she was ly- | ing uncenscious from the blow, he gashed |.her throat with a penknife and dragged | the body through unfrequented part of the park, throwing it in a gully and covering it with rubbish. Then he re- turned home, slept as peacefully as If nothing had happened, and left for the West on Thursday noon, first returning | the ticket he purchased for his wife and | receiving back $89. —_————————— WILD SCENES ATTEND . OPENING OF SYNAGOGUE | | Ctowds Seeking Admittance Into, New Temple in St. Louis Clash With the Police. ST. LOUTS, July 16.—Two thousind persons fought with the police to-day in a wild scramble to gain admittance to the dedication services of the syma- gogue of the Congregation Sharis Sphard. A number were clubbed, but not seriouly hurt, hats were crushed, | women’s dresses torn and several | women fainted. | " The edifice was crowded to its ca- pacity when the doors were closed upon |a horde that filled Washington street | tor a block. The outsiders tried to | torce the doors open and a cordon of | policé was summoned. Several persons acted belligerently and police clubs were brought into play. In the confusion B. Frank, one of the | directors “of the congregation, was | dragged into the street and roughly | handled. Finally the police got the ‘ upper hand. NEW YORK WOMAN GIVES A MILLION TO CHARITY Miss Margaret A. Jomes Bequeathes Large Sums to Three Hospitals in the Metropolis. NEW YORK, July 16.—News that $1,000,000, a part of the great fortune | which the late David Jones accumu- lated in the brewery busines, has been given to charity was received with satisfaction to-day by the dlymu of three hospitals, These general vislons are made in the will of m. Margaret A. Jon who died last week. The Presbyterian, St. Luk: and the Post Graduate hespitals are the bene- This. and I T s L yolding fenst uqui:g of ive examinations ob- MURDERS BRIDE p H]