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IS NORTH OF BORNEO
ROJESTVENSKY'S FLEET SIGHTED
IN THE CHINA SEA.
The Large Fleet of War Ships Ap
parently Were Coaling—Wers in
Two Divisions—Showing Lights,
but Stationary—Are Tying Off the
Montanao Island.
London. May 9.—A dispatch to the
Daily Mail dated Labuan, British
Borneo, May 7, says:
The steamer Chiengmai reports that
Friday nignt she passed a fleet, of
warships and other vessels of!' the
Mantanao island, northwest of Bi
In the China sea. The warships ap
parently were coaling.
A dispatch from Labuan to Router's
Telegram company reports that the
Beet was a large one in two divisions,
showing lights but stationary and with
the appearance of being engaged in
coaling.
PAT CROWE IN OMAHA.
Shows Himself in One of the News-
paper Offices.
Omaha. N"eb. — Pat Crowe, the alleg
ed kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy, son of
the millionaire packer of Omaha, and
for whoso arrest rewards aggregating
$60,000 have at different times been
offered, walked into the office of the
World-Herald at 1 o'clock in the morn
ing, accompanied by Thomas O'Brien,
proprietor of the Henshaw hotel of
this city.
Crowe telephoned the World-Herald
office at midnight of his presence in
the city, and stated that he would call
at the newspaper office. A short time
afterward, he appeared, in company
with Mr. O'Brien. Crowe, O'Brien
and a representative of the paper were
closeted for nearly an hour, during
which time Crowe told of his wan
derings since he left the city four
years ago.
Crowe stated he had served in the
Boer war, fighting with the Boers. He
returned to this country after the war,
and has lived continuously, according
to his statement, strictly in a south
side flat in Chicago. He says he has
been in Chicago nearly three years
and that he had visited Omaha on
three different occasions during that
time.
He stated that he had been nego
tiating for several days for immunity
from punishment in case he should
surrender himself to the authorities,
although he declined to say with
whom the negotiations are being held.
He says he is tired of living in isola
tion from his relatives and friends and
wishes to reform and get into busi
ness. He declared that he would ask
for immunity from the penitentiary,
and Btated thai he was ready to ac
cept the protection of the Omaha po
lice. f[t> said that in case he was per
mitted tn remain in Omaha and the
indictments against him were quashed
he would get into business at once.
Crowe has been al the home of his
brother, .1. J. Crowe, who resides in
Council Bluffs, and runs a saloon in
that city.
He was asked if ho had a hand in
the famous Cudahy kidnaping, bul de
clined to either deny or admit his
guilt.
During the interview he was appar
ent ly ill at ease.
The kidnaping of young Cudahy
look place December 18, 1890. The
kidnaper demanded a ransom of $25,
--000 for the boy, but he was set free
near his father's home by his cap
tor, who got no money.
Following the kidnaping Edward
Cudahy, Sr., offered a reward of $25,
--000 for the capture of Crowe, and this
offer was followed by another of a
similar nature by the city council and
county commissioners. Other rewards
were also offered, bringing the aggre
gate up to $50,000. Following the in
terview Crowe left for the home of
his brother in Council Bluffs. What
action, if any, will be taken by the
authorities is not known.
He Vanishes Again.
As mysteriously as was the return
by Crowe, the alleged kidnaper of Ed
die Cudahy, four years ago, has been
his sudden disappearance. When he
left the office of the local newspaper
he remarked that he was going to
the home of his brother in Council
Bluffs, but he could not be located
there next day.
Kansas Faces Dry Season.
Topeka, Kan. —Governor Hooh was
asked tf he had any part in closing
the Topeka saloons last week. He
said:
"Well, I have not been entirely
idle."
Tore Two Officers to Pieces.
Ekati, Rinsburg, Russia, May 9.—ln
revenge for the death of a workman
who was drowned in attempting to
escape from a patrol, a mob of work
men gathered here and tore to pieces
two officers. Order has been restored.
ENDS WITH FORTY MILE RIDE.
Roosevelt's Hunt Nets Him Six Bears
and Coat of Tan.
Glenwood Bprings, Col., May 7. —
Rising at G:.!O a. in., in a wild moun
tain camp. 16 miles from New Castle,
President Roosevelt today rods in the
saddle SO miles to this city. Ho ar
rived at 8:80 p. m.. visited the hot.
vapor baths and had luncheon in his
apartments, participating in a local
program and made an address to the
villagers at c. :.,,>, had dinner with a
few friends in a private dining room,
worked with Secretary I.oeb on ini
portant mail matters of state and re
tired at an early hour. This is what
the president has done today after
bringing his hunt to a close. He will
pass a (piiet day at the Hotel Colorado
and will start for Washington at .">
o'clock Monday morning.
The 40 mile horseback ride from the
camp on the Weat Divide creek to
Glenwood Springs was made by the
president, Dr. Lambert, ]'. B, Stewart
nf Colorado Springs anu Elmer Chap
man, the president's courier. About
two hours later the pack train arriv
cd. This consisted of aboul 20 horses.
30 dogs and the camping outfit. The
train was in charge of Guides John
Gofl! and Jake Borah.
VISION OF SEA VICTORY.
Russia Believes Rojestvensky Has
Togo at Disadvantage.
St. Petersburg.—Admiral Xehogat
ot't's junction with Vice Admiral Ro-
Jest vena ky is now considered by the
admiralty as practically assured and
hope for a successful issue in the
approaching struggle for mastery of
the sea is greatly encouraged. Nebo
gatoff is regarded as the Blucher of
the situation, and. indeed, he is said
to resemble him greatly in tempera
ment. He may lack his strategy and
finesse, but, like the Prussian, he has
bulldog courage and is a born fighter
who goes straigiu for the enemy.
If Vice Admiral Kamimura, like
Grouchy at Waterloo, has failed to
prevent a junction of the Russian
fleets, as the admiralty here believes
he has, the impression is strong that
Admiral Togo will not dare risk an
open battle with the combined fleets
of Rojestvensky and Nebogatoff and
will protect himself by torpedo at
tacks and possibly a long range ac
tion, being prepared to draw off in
the event that he is unable to make an
impression.
WAS WITH LEWIS AND CLARK.
Daughter of Geo. Shannon Lives at
Post Falls, Idaho.
There are living two of the chil
dren of George Shannon, one of the
members of the Lewis and Clark ex
pedition. He is the boy so often spok
en of in the journal of Lewis and
Clark.
The descendants spoken of are
Elizabeth Monroe, his daughter, who
will lie 88 years Old this month, and
who resides with her daughter, Mrs.
I). E. Patterson, in Post Falls. Idaho,
and William Shannon, of Fowler, Cal.,
1 80 years.
Mrs. Monroe is hale and hearty at
ss but, as is usually the case with one
of her age, is (leaf, although she '■■■■■y
ried on a conversation with his friends
and is a very pleasant lady to me< t,
Orders 10,000 Freight Cars.
Officers of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad company have just placed or
ders for 10,000 freight cars, which
will cost in me aggregate about $12,
--000,000, and they claim that in doing
so they have broken all previous rec
ords by railroads in this country. The
same road recently placed an order
for 2">o new locomotives that will cost
about $4,000,000, making the total to
be spent, for new equipment about
$16,000,000.
Commander Sims Is Injured.
London, May 9.—Commander Wil
liam S. Sims of the bureau of naviga
tion at Washington, who was a pas
senger on board the American line
steamer Philadelphia, which sailed
from New York April 29, and arrived
at Southampton, was thrown to the
deck during a gale on May 2 and sus
tained a fracture of the collarbone
and was otherwise injured. He will
be confined to the hospital probably
for a few weeks.
Editor of Novosti Is Released.
St. Petersburg.—M. Notovich, edi
tor of the Novosti, who was arrested
in March for publishing the program
of the liberation association, the
charge against him being advocating
revolution, has been released on bail.
Labor Union Stronghold.
Statistics recently received by the
state department of labor show that
only three foreign countries have as
many organized working people as
New York state, and in proportion to
population, New York heads these.
Elizabeth Harrison, a daughter of
the late President Harrison, although
she has never attended school, is able
to Bpeak both French and German
through the instruction of her mother.
INCENSED AT FRANCE
DISREGARD OF NEUTRALITY LAWS
MAKES JAPAN ANGRY.
The Tokio Asahi Bluntly Calls French
Assurances as Falsehoods and Jap
an Would Be Justified in Bombard
ing French Territory—Will Stop
Trade Relations.
Special dispatches from Toklo to
the London newapapera repreiem thai
the Japanese feeling is bee ming
highly Inflamed at France's a
failure to prevent ostentatious
;.t, ii for the principle of neutrality by
the Ru ilan Pacific squadron. The
Toklo Aaahl bluntly describes the
French assurances thai they would
srve neutrality as falsehoods, and
declares that Japan would be Justified
in bombarding French t< rrltory, and
calls upon the government to take
\ Igorous actii ii.
Among ,i 11 flnlala In London
it is assumed thai France put ofl Jap
an by fair promises In order to give
Rojestvensky time to effect a juncture
of liis forces and thai the Russians are
now given every privilege, providing
ihoy keep just outside the three mile
limit.
The Daily Telegraph's correspond
ent at Tokio says that in response to
Japan's second protest France inti
mated thru Rojestvensky had been or
dered to leave Hongkong.
Will Cease Trading.
The Times' correspondent at Toklo
reports that the Japanese chamber of
commerce Is considering measures to
cease all commercial .transactions with
all French citizens.
'I'll.' Times, in die course of a strong
(ditorlal warning France of the ex
treme danger and gravity of the situa
tion in the far east, and appealing to
that government not to treat the Jap
anese protests lightheartedly, says it
has reason to believe that Foreign
Secretary I ansdowne has spoken very
strongly to the French government on
ihe breaches of neutrality permitted
to the Russian Pacific squadron.
Kamranh Bay a Russian Base.
A telegram from Hongkong to a
news agency gives a long dispatch,
which, it alleges, the French authori
ties at Saigon refused to transmit on
April 30, detailing how for 10 days the
Russian Pacific squadron was allowed
to convert Kamranh hay practically
info a Russian base, freely coaling and
provisioning openly under the direc
tion of Prince uieven, captain of the
interned Russian cruiser Diana, the
French admiral, De Jonquieres, being
present the whole time and, until
April L':i. making no attempt to check
the breach of neutrality.
BIG NAVAL BATTLE SOON.
London, May 11. — The alleged
whereabouts of the fleets of Admirals
Rojestvensky and Nebogatoff and the
dispatches wired from Paris to the
effect that they left French waters at
the request of the French authorities
are not credited hero. That they joined
in French waters is certain, and that
they are still there is likewise, a paia
ble fact. That they are to move north
ward may so, but it is not because
France demands it, but rather because
the Russian commanders feel that the
tiem has come to risk everything on
a desperate move, and the naval ex
perts here believe now that a naval
battle will soon be inevitable.
Rojestvensky has remained in French
waters because he entertained hopes
he could lure Togo far from his base
and thus throw the balance in favor of
the Russians. Apparently now he de
spairs of accomplishing this and has
determined to move boldly north and
give battle at any place, whether it be
off tlie coast of Luzon, in the straits of
Formosa oi even in the open Pacific
ocean.
Rear Admiral Stirling Retires.
Washington.—Rear Admiral Yates
Stirling Saturday was placed on the
retired list of the navy, having reach
ed the age of 62 years. His retire
ment promotes Captain W. H. Brown
son to the grade of rear admiral;
Commander W. H. Turner to that of
captain, and Lieutenant Commander
Grove to that of commander.
Shah of Persia Is Visiting.
Teheran, May 7. —The Bhah of Per
sia started today on his visit to Eu
rope.
Cholera Appears at Kharkoff.
Kharkoff, Russia. —Cholera has ap
peared here and one death has oc
curred from that cause.
Heir Expected Soon.
Rome.—According to the Patria, a
fourth child will soon be born to the
king and queen of Italy.
LIST OF MEN OF MILLIONS.
John D. Rockefeller in the Lead With
a Half Billion.
New York.—Henry Clows has just
given out an estimate he has made
of the wealth of leading American mii
lionaires. it follows:
John n. Rockefeller, $500,000,000.
Andrew Carnegie (9115,000,000 given
awa> i. 9250,000,000.
William Waldorf Astor (chiefly in
real estate), 9200,000,000.
John Jacob Astor, $7."..000,000.
Oould family, of which Qeorga 3,
Qould'a persona] fortune represents
00,000, 9160,000,000.
Marshall Weld, 9100,000,000.
Blair < si;u<'s, $100,0 v ,000.
w. K. Vanderbilt, 950.006.000.
Ru isell Sage, $80,000,0
D. () Mills. 976,000,000,
William Rockefeller, 976,000,000.
.1. IV .Morgan, 960,000,000.
James .1. Hill, 960,000,000.
Henry H. Rogers, 960,000,000.
Henry Phipps, $45,000,000.
John l) Archibald, $40,000,000,
Henry M. Flagler, $40,000,000.
.lani^s l!. Haggln, $40,000,000,
James Henry Bmith, $36,000,000.
w. ii. Telford, $20,000,000.
James Stillman, $16,000,000.
George F. Baker, $16,000,000.
DOW DOES THREE TO DEATH.
Fatally Wounds Rosa Postetter, Claud
Gilbert and Himself.
A shooting affray occurred at San
Diego, in which three persons received
fatal wounds. Those Involved are
Rosa Postetter, Claude Gilbert and \V.
F, Dow, The woman and Dow came
here together a month ago from Los
Angeles, Qilbert, who is from Santa
Monica, became Infatuated with tin 1
woman. Dow entered the apartment
Where the couple were lodged, drew il
revolver and shot both Qilbert and
the woman, and then turned his wea
pon on himself, the bullet piercing his
chest. The woman is still alive, but
unconscious and in convulsions. Dow
has not recovered consciousness Oil
bei't is conscious and lias made i lep
osition, but none of them are expi Cted
to live.
MRS. J. W. GRAY SUICIDES.
Victim of a Love Affair Dies in New
York.
New York. Mrs. .1. \V. dray, belli
ed lo be wealthy and said to be tt
widow of a Chicago broker, and wl.
was described by her friends as a
remarkably handsome woman, com
mitted Buicide in the Hotel Imperial
by shooting. She was luund lying un
conscious in her bedroom with a bul
let wound in her head and died a few
hours later at a, hospital,
Letters left by the suicide indicat
ed I hat she was the victim of an un
fortunate love affair and thai, although
possessed of ample means, she had no'
desire to live- without the man she
loved.
HIGH HEELS TO BLAME.
Three Well Known Actresses Come to
Grief Thereby.
Now York, —It has become known
that the accident last Thursday to
Mrs, Leslie Carter, necessitating the
dosing of a theatre, was due to her
high heeled shoes. This makes throe
well known actresses who have been
put out of business this season by
high heeled shoes. The other two
ire Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Vir
ginia Harned. In all these cases, the
women involved have Buffered great
physical pain and financial loss and
all because they persisted In wearing
high heeled shoes.
FAST IN THE ICE; 1500 ABOARD.
Canadian Paci'lc Steamer Lake Cham-
plain Off Cape Ray, N. F.
North Sydney, ('. 8., May 7.—Word
was brOUghi lure by tlie itMUßer
Bruce, which arrived yesterday, that
the Canadian Pacific steamer Lake
Champlain, bound from Liverpool for
Montreal, is fast in the ice 45 miles
south went of Cape Hay, N. F. The
Ijiikc Champlain has on board 1500
passengers.
Pacific Squadron at Golden Gate.
A portion of the United States Pa
clOc squadron, consisting of the flag
ship Chicago, with Rear Admiral
Goodrich on board, the cruiser Mar
blehead, the dispatch boat Petrel, the
torpedo boat destroyer Paul Jones and
the collier Saturn, has arrived In San
Francisco from southern coast ports.
They probably will remain in this har
bor for some time.
"Battle of Flowers."
Mexico City, May B.—Decorators
worked diligently on fronts of houses
in the principal avenues with flowers,
which were used in profusion for the
"battle of flowers," that took place
Sunday with marked success. Hun
dreds of automobiles, carriages and bi
cycles took part in the floral parade.
Sebastopol Disorders Exaggerated.
Sebastopol.—Reports of disorders
among the military here are incorrect.
A number of drunken sailors created
some disturbances last week, but they
were promptly subdued.
AROUND THE WORLD
TELEGRAPH SHORT NOTES FROM
ALL POINTS OF THE GLOBE,
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week—National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.
The executive committee of the
Isthmian canal commission has adopt
ed plans to make the zone more at
tractive to young Americana.
The supreme court of Kansas has
■
decided that the Kansas Natural Gas
company can build its pipe lines along
the public highways, so long as it does
not obstruct the highways.
Springfield; 111.—The board of trade
bill, to put an end to bucket shops,
was killed in ii) ( house by a vote of.
76 ayes to (i 3 nays.
Calcutta.— India Is about to become
he center of a very lively religious
war. The leading Hindu thinkers are
organizing for the purpose of driving
heosophy from the stronghold It has
begun to obtain in Hindustan.
London. — cure of cancer by means
of radium is claimed by physicians
connected with the hospital for dis
eases of the skin. The patient, a wo
man, is now enjoying good health.
There is no more unhappy wretch
in all this wide world than Nicholas
11., czar and "autocrat of all the RuS
sias," as he grandiloquently calls him- '
self, writes A. Maurice Low. There is
no man for whom one must entertain
more profound pity, or more profound
contempt.
\ Further details of the cyclone which
nearly wiped out the little town of
Owl, I. T., place the number of per
son, seriously injured at seven, one
fatally. .
The April statement of the London
board of trade shows an increase of
$9,494 500 in imports, and increase of
$3,72fi,000 in exports. "
The Oregon Lumber Manufacturers
association has been organized by lum
bermen representing a dally output of
fully 1,500,000 feet of lumber. The
organization included mills in coun
ties of the states of Oregon and
Washington along the Columbia river
and its tributaries, . *
Muskogee, I. T. Wewoka, t,V.e^M
mole capital, says th«! Semittolcß
cil has impeached Ac*ing/ (1< I;i|
Harrison and elected ex-({jovd I \J
M. Brown unanimously to succ<| I 1
Brown will serve until 1900, w* f§i|
tribal form of government t I J
ates.
London.—William A. 11. BaF B-||
nephew and heir of Lord Burton |
purchased ('. I). Rose's stallion!
lone for 1150,000. Cyllene is the!
of a Derby favorite, Cycero. fc|a
The" Illinois senate has pnss<|^|
bill previously adopted by the hi
giving the city of Chicago (ho rfl
to fix maximum rates for gas V
electric lights. >>,<
Tokio. —The complete tabulatloi
shows that the fifth internal loan
$50,000,000 was oversubscribed mi
than four times. The rate of 1:/
was smaller than the early in</
tionfl promised.
The worst of the Chicago stril
pears to bo over, although in tr ,
of this kind it is impossible t '
when a new flame may flare y
into how large a conflagration i
develop.
A franchise has been asked
new electric line, which, the r.
ters say, will extend south as I
Portland and north as far as Sea^
There is already an interurhan ft
between Seattle and Tacoma, wlthv.
contemplated extension to Olympiad
and possibly to Portland, Ore.
London. —Charles Arnold, the actor,
died suddenly at the Savage club Sat
urday night while sitting at a piano
singing a comic song.
Admiral Dewey says he arises at &/
in the morning to read the war new*:
Attorney General Moody opinion
on the power of the government to
regulate the operation of railroads
and to fix rates for transpartation is
one of the clearest and most infor
mative legal opinions that has ever
been rendered on this subject.
One of th largest real estate deals
made in th< Boundary, B. C, was
complete' 1 Saturday when U. McLen
nan and E, Miller acquired the well
known Johnson ranch, consisting of
1400 acres, about two miles east of
Grand Forks. The price paid was
about $40,000.
John F. Eastman, aged 92, died Sun
day morning at Spokane of general
debility and old age.
Sunday aftjemoon Joseph Palmer
fell from a wood flume near Oro Dell,
about one mile west from La Grande,
and received Injuries that may result
in his death. How the accident oc
curred is not definitely known.
Reuben Weil, proprietor of a large
department store at' Spokane, died
Saturday night in San Francisco, from
heart failure, aggravated by asthma
and overwork.
