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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 304.
CO OF
tORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER 3EZ-
6TRA8HNI SUNK BY FIRS OF
ENEMY'S FLEET.
ONLY FIVE OF THE CREW SURVIVE
BATTLESHIP POBIEDA SUFFERS
DAMAGE BY ACCIDENTALLY
STRIKING A MINE.
If
NO ONE ON BOARD SUSTAINS INJURY
FURTHER NAVAL LOSSES PLUNGE
THE RUSSIAN NATION INTO
RENEWED GRIEF.
Bt. Petersburg, April 15.It was of
ficially announced during the day that
the torpedo boat destroyer Bezstrashni
was cut off from the rest of the Rus
sian fleot at Port Arthur and sunk by
the Japanese that her crew was lost
and that the battleship Pobleda acci
dentally struck a mine while maneu
vering, but was able to return to the
harbor without loss of life.
The exast character of the injuries
to the Pobieda are not obtainable at
this hour.
FURTHER LOSS FOR RUSSIA
OFFICIAL REPORT OF LOSS OF A
DESTROYER AND DAMAGE
I TO WARSHIP.
8t. Petersburg, April 15.ReaT Ad
miral Prince Onktomsky wires from
Port Arthur that the Bezstrashni, one
of the Russian torpedo boat destroyers
sent 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:
"I .have taken command provision
ally of the fleet since the disaster to
the Petropavlovsk.
"During some maneuvering of the
battleship squadron the Pobieda struck
against a mine amidships on" the star
board side. She. was^ ulio to iegain
port by...herself. No one on board of
her was killed or wounded."
REGARDED A^SEVERE BLOW
LOS8 OF DESTROYER AND DAM-
AGE TO WARSHIP STUNS
ST. PETERSBURG.
St. Petersburg, April 15 -The offi
thIe lososa of another torpedI boatt
destroyer and the accidental crippling
of another battleship was almost as
severe a blow as the loss of the Pe
tropavlovsk and plunged the whole
town anew into grief. The Russian
word In the text of the official dis
patch describing the accident to the
Pobieda 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
thati the=
_vf# consiaere remarmui une um ._
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After the official bulletins had been
Issued there was talk of the possibil
ity of the destruction of the Petropav
lovsk having been caused by a sub
marine boat, but this received little
consideration in official circles.
MINE LAID BY JAPANESE.
Another Version of the Loss of the
Petropavlovsk.
Chefoo, April 15.It has 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
boats 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.
Russian 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.
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 aitisfaction, particularly
the reported destruction of the battle
ship Petropavlovsk. There was a nolo
of regret, however, in the comment on
the reportei death of Admiral Maka
roff, for the Russian admiral com
manded the respect of his opponents
and the Japanese admired the manner
In which he rehabilitated the fleet
after the first attacks upon Port Ar
thur and the splendid fight he was
making against odds.
ABOUT SIXTY SAVED.
Further Details of Russian Battleship
Disaster.
St. Petersburg. April 15.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 In
cluded, besides GrandDuke- Cyril and
Captain Jackovleff, three lieutenants,
two midshipmen and fifty-two sailor*.
The bodies of a captain, two midship
men, a surgeon and a fe sailors 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 stockholder of
the Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, baa
filed a bill in the court of chancery
asking for the appointment of a re
ceiver forth concern.
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been making money and the dividends
are being withheld for the purpose of
forcing him out of the corporation.
Military Prisoners Escape.
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
which the men were detained here are
more or less serious and-ardetermined
effort will be made to apprehend them.
The local police department has been
asked to aid in
the
search. Blood-
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TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE
TWENTY-N1NE 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
handling room of the battleship Mis
souri, Captain William S. Cowles com
manding, twenty-nine men were in
stantly killed and five injured, of whom
two will die.
The Missouri was on the target
range with the Texas and Brooklyn
at practice when a charge of powder
in the twelve-inch left hand gun ig
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,
saved the ship from total destruction.
Captain Cowles led the .rescuing
party. caught up a dvdng blue
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 15.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
iu 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 extra precautions
against such an accident, realizing
that such could occur, and for three
days no firing with the .large pieces
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 bad
remained in the turret watching the
firing until the first string of shots
had been 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
suit with tho target expert on board
on this matter. Only three shots of
the second string had been fired when
the explosion occurred. So rapid was
tho gun being flred that it is thought
some of the fire remained invtho bar
rel and that when powder was hoisted
it ignited. 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-
Operated in Many Cities.
New York. April 15.A man known
at various times as John D. Lothrop,
Thomas G. Cook, Walter C. Lewis and
Arthur H. Lee has been arrested in
Hackonsack, N. J., on charges of hav
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 have operated in many
cities. ____________
Indian Prince Fatally Injured.
Lafayette, Ind., April 15.Amar
Nath, an Indian prince from Lahore,
India, was knocked from a bicycle and
"^rol)aT)Ty~Ta_rtly--tirjuTed Netfeehas
been given to the prince's family and
to the British embassy at Washington.
Sfath was a junior student at Purdue
,.l.,A.n'tlf
Cuts Off Clay's Widow.
Richmond, Ky., April 15:Judge
Benton, In the crcult court here, has
thrown out on peremptory Instruct ions
of mental incapacity all the various
wills left by the late General Cassius
M. Clay. This leaves the general's
property to his natural heirs and cuts
off Dora Clay Brock, who at one time
received considerable notoriety' as the
youthful wife of the aged statesman.
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BEM1DJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL l" 1001.
BITTER../FEELING EXISTS.
located al Springfield. O.
LIVED WITH THREE
Is Race Riot at Kansas City, Kan.,
I Imminent.
.Kansas City, April 15The race
feeling in Kansas City. Kan., caused
by the killing of Roy Mai tin, a high
I school freshman, by a njjgro named
Gregory, is growing in intensity. Dur
ing the day six negroes who accompa
nied Gregory to the jail on the night
of the murder armed with titles, were
arrested on the charge of inciting a
riot. Following the closing of the
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 to enter the high
school. Martin's friends will, it is _aiu,
make a determined effort on Monday
to keep all negroes from entering the
building and it is feared a clash may
result.
Gregory was arraigned during, tho
day and held without bail for trial at
a date to be set later.
*^Wage Dispute Settled.
Pittsburg, April 18. settlement
was reported during tin*'afternoon in
the. sheet and tin plate wage dispute
between the manufacturers and tho
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers and a_ serious
strike that would have involved thou
sands of men averted. The.settlement
is at a reduction 'bf IS 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 officials
of the state banking department are
in charge. D. Rothschild is the pres
ident and it's capital is $250,000- Ac
cording to a recent statement the in
stitution owed depositors JtSC.noO.
Reject Terms of Settlement.
New York, April 15.A compromise
by which the lockout of all the work
ers "here In the jjfhosraphers' trade
was believed to have been settled Inst
week was upset in a rat ideation meet
ing of the unions Which ended early
in the day. The unions rejected tho
settlement by a vote of 595 to (15.
Dynamite Outrage in Russia.
London, April 16.A special dis
patch from St. Petersburg says a son
of General Kasatkoff was killed as the
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 tho out-
TOSCO.
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.
The president has sent to the senate
the nominatidn of William II. Hunt as
United States district judge for Mon
tana.
Work has been resumed in tho liar
wick (Pa.) mine, whore 178 miners
lost their lives ir "n explosion on Jan.
25 last.
Harry Y. Hill, a veteran theatrical
manager, is dead at Saratoga, N. Y.,
lasa result of a stroke of paralysis.
He was sixty-eight years old.
The First "Towa district Republican
congressional convention has renomi
nated Congressman Thomas Hodge of
Burlington as candidate for congress.
Seventeen new cases of bubonic
plague are reported in Antofagasta on
Wednesday and seven deaths, says a
New York Herald dispatch from Lima,
Peru.
Hadji Mohammed Bui Abdullah, tho
Mad Mullah, against whom the British
have been conducting a campaign in
Somaliland," has escaped into Italian
territory.
Rev. ^Samuel Taggart, for many
years state secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
of Pennsylvania and widely known
throughout the country, is dead at
Pitttsburg in his sixtieth year.
President Ro.osevelt has sent to con
discovered her husband ha^ furnished
i three different houses from this estab
lishment.
AS A MEMORIAL PARK.
8enate Passes Bill Setting Aside North
Dakota Battlefield.
Washington, April 15.At the EegfiP'
ning of the day's session the senate
passed the lollowing bills:
Validating the homestead claims of
certain aliens granting to the state
of North Dakota f4 acres of land in
Dickey county, the site of the White
Stone Hills battle with the Sioux In
dians, to he used as a memorial park
providing for the disposal of unsold
lots in the Fort Crawford military
of D~.irlo ,ITI r!fii_n Wta.
Approves Philippine Bill.
Washington, April 2.The house
committee on insular affairs has au
thorized a favorable ropcrt on the
Cooper bill for the issuance of bonds
for municipal improvements in the
Philippines and guaranteeing interest
on capital to be invested in railroad
construction in those islands.
EXONERATES DfETRfGH
SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON
INVESTIGATION OF NEEfRAS-
KAN'S INDICTMENT.
NO VIOLATION OF THE STATUTES
INQUIRY GREW OUT OF CHARGES
REGARDING APPOINTMENT
OF A POSTMASTER.
Washington, April 15.jfionntor Diet
rich hns been exonerated from all
blame In connection with noatolrice
patronage in Nebraska by a special
committee of tho senate), which made
an investigation of his Indictment. Tho
report was submit ted to the senate
during the day. The, last paragraph
says:
"Upon full consideration of all the
evidence the committee Is of the opin
ion that Senator Dietrich has not been
guilty of any violation of tho statutes
of the United States or of any corrupt
or unworthy coiuluet relating either
to the appointment or Jacob Fisher as
postmaster at Haafmgs, Neb., nor the
leasing of the building in question for
the purposes of a postofllcoT'
PHILIPPINE BILL PASSED.
House Disposes of the Measure by a
Narrow Margin.
Washington, April 15.-- When the
house convened the Philippine bill at
once was taken up and further dis
cussed. Mr. Wanuuk (O.) spoke' in
favor of the bill. The action of the
committee on rules In denying the
right to amend the hill was severely
criticised by Mr. Williams (111). 'Mr.
Grosvonor (V said this was a fair,
straightforward business proposition
and entered upon a defense of the Phil
ippine commission.
The debate was closed by Mr. Cooper
(Wis.), who refuted, tlu statements
that English and Belgian capitalists
would construct trunk lines stieu aa
the American companies proposal).
When the speaker put the bill on
its passage he convulsed the house
by stating .that "the noes seem to
make the most noise." Then looking
over to the Republican side of tho
chamber he dc'elnrbu "the ayes have
It."
Tho Democrats demanded the yeas
arid nays and tho roll was culled. The
bill Wtts" passed, 139-to 123. William
A. Smith (Rop Mich.) voted with the
Democrats.
INQUIRY IS NOT LIKELY.
Senate May Not Investigate Postoffice
Department.
Washington, April 15.President
Roosevelt had an Important conference
during the day with Senators Aldrleh,
Snootier and Penrose, the last named
being chairman of the committee on
post offices and postroads. The confer
ence related to tho proposed Investiga
tion by a senate committee of the af
fairs of the postoilloe department. AH
parlies to it weio reticent as to the
details of the Interview, -but enough
Is known aboul 10 Indicate that an
inquiry -into postal affairs Is not so
likely to be authorized ns it was a
day or two ngo. The subject Is being
considered very carefully by the sen
ate) leaders and a definite decision one
way or the other, may be reached very
soon.
ANTI-HIGH RENT UNION.
gT'ean a inessugu iwijinmCTtfHiit-atHaf)- New York
to Fight Landlords.
New York, April 15.A hand will
be taken in the -anti nigh rent agita
tion here by the Central Federated un
ion. The labor men have adopted a
resolution, which will be submitted to
the affiliated unions, calling upon all
wageworkers of the-e-ity to organize ni
propriation of 125,000 to compensate
William Radcllffe, a British subject,
for loss of property by a mob in Colo
rado in 1901.
The will of the late Rev. Charles
Stroud, just filed for probate, be
queaths the entire estate, valuod at
$300,00(1. to Wittenberg college, tho
great Lutheran institution of the West, oripe an anti-high rent union forth
purpose of making a general demand
WIVES. throughout the city that the rein rre
lowered at least 25 per cent and to
refuse to pay and rents to landlords
until (ho mind is mot.
Another .-solution was passed nrg.
ing the hiring of lawyers to oppose
______ ____i In Ib.i? courts.
Minneapolis Man Found Out by One of
His Spousec.
Minneapolis, April 15.In .the di
vorce case of Sclma M. Atwood against
Charles C. Atwood tho sensational
charge was made that Atwood had i
lived in Minneapolis wRh throe differ-
FRANCE SENDS SYMPATHY.
Condoles With Russia Over Lose of the
ent wives In three different places at
tho same time.
Mrs. Atwood claims that her hus-| Petropavlovsk.
band's real name was C. H. Irving and Paris, April 16.President Lou bet
that he lived under that name at Thir- has telegraphed to Emperor Nicholas
tec-nth avenue and Franklin with a
his profound condolences on tho disas-
wlfe and daughter. As Charles C. At-" ter^/to the Petropavlovsk and the
wood he lived on Washington street death of Vice Admiral fika.ro IT. This
northeast with the complaining wit* dispatch, together with those of Eta-
ness and he is said to have lived with peror William and the king of Italy,
a third woman he claimed was his Is regarded here as significant of the
daughter. He proclaimed to each acceptance of the European govern-
wife that he was a piano tuner and ments that'the sinking of the Petro-
had to be away from home every other pavlovsk was due to an accident and
night. did not occur during a battle with the
Mrs. Atwood claims that she learned Japanese ships. The officials say con-
of his duplicity when she went to pay dolenees over the result of a battle
a bill at a furnijrire company. The might involve questions of neutrality,
wrong bill was brought out and she wJieTC&J condolences over an aecirient
do not involve neutrality,
i CRITICISE CHINESE NEUTRALITY.
lapnnese Complain That Russians Are
Being Favored.
New York, April 15.-Japanese, jour
i mis ewpress much discontent, says a
I r'mea uispAlxh from ToMoj at China's
failure to enforce or attempt to en
I force neutrality on the Llao river,
where the whole district has been al
lowed to become a source for supply
ing Russia with food stuff a, transport
'animals and vehicles. Th papers de
dare that Japan seeks no favors and
asks only fair play and that China's
conduct is craven and ungrateful, con
sidering that Japan is defending her
Integrity.
Keruses to commute Sentence.
Richmond, Va., April 1".Governor
Montague has refused to interfere In
the*case of Thenton II. Brown, the
fanlti'i^ cashier of the Life Insurance
i Company of Virginia, and he must go
to the penitentiary. Great pressure
was brought to bear on the governor
to induce him to commut the sentence
to jail imprisonment
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