The Seattle star., August 15, 1904, Night Edition, Image 1

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ANOTHER FIERCE NAVAL BATTLE
IS ON OFF PORT ARTHUR HARBOR
Russian Vessels Which Escaped Togo Prefer to Risk
Destruction at His Hands Than Capture at Port
Arthur-Vladivostok Fleet Completely Rotted—Japs
Capture More Forts at the Port I
WASHINGTON, IX Ga tug IS.—A report ».t* te.^lved at the
•late .l.'i ii t:i >-:.t lhat ■■■■"•: naval battle la In 1 • ■»• raa off r it
Arthur. Thn Husstan warslil| -. driven b.t.k after the Ule bailie mule
another dssh for liberty early this morning. ih« retmt of Admiral
Togo's feet left on guard Intercepted them.
CHEFOO, Aug. IS.—There la an unconfirmed rumor lhat tha
Russian cruiser NoTlk has been sunk. The Not Ik touk refuge at Kta
Chow and left within ths :i-hour limit.
TOkIO, Aug. IS.—The 'si-ati.-aa- saved lit) ot Ihe rrew of the
cruiser Rurlk. which waa sunk n orth of Tsu 'i' -i. :by I ulial Kim
imura yesterday.
TDK Aug. IS—Additional dstalla of Admiral Kamimura's de
feat of the Vladivostok squadron reached her* today. He tart the
Russians St mllea from I'laaa. at 6 o'clock Saturday morning 'I I -
Japanese rushed in- battle, fighting -continuously until l■■■ - j slim
It waa seen that tbe Rurlk waa In trouble hhe settled by the stern
sad slowly disappeared. 11. r prow waa the last portion visible.
The Russia ant) tirtitnl- then took to flight and escaped.
Several tlmea during the act ton th* It .--» and tlrombot wars
firs- from the Japanese shells, but the Rusalsns mastered the
flames. Iloth boats were heavily damaged. Small boats of th* Jap
anese squadron saved ISO of tht- Rurik's rrew. Three hundred of
her rrew were killed or drowned. I
Rat two ansa* seniors were killed and seven wounded. Only
oa* Japanese ship was hit.
TOKIO. Aug. IS—Vice Admiral Karalraura encountered the nua-
I'a-i Vladivnstok squadron al dawn yesterday north of Tsulsn. In the
straits nf Korea and attacked the enemy at on. r Tt.- battle lasted
for five hours and reeultrd la a complete Japanese victory. The llus
alas cruiser Rurlk «as sunk and th* cruisers Rossis and Gromobol
fled to the northward after having sustained serious damage.
SULTAN IS BETTER
ONE DOSE OF UNCLE SAMS MEDICINE ENOUGH FOR SICK
MAN OF EUROPE— PORTE H AS SATISFIED THE AMERICAN
DEMANDS
WASHINOTON. Ang. 15-The
navy department is Informed that
Ihe European squadron will sail
.from Smyrna for Gibraltar, Is ac
cordance with aa order from Min
later Uiilinutui
liispatrbes from Constantinople
state that the saltan haa given full
satisfaction to Minister I-. ialtn.at
A satisfactory notation of the
American school question has at
last been reached.
This matter, whlrh ts the most
Important of the American demands.
was settled by extending to Arm
"BLACK
HAND"
TERRORIZES WEALTHY ITAL !
IANS AT BUAAFALO. N. Y.
IICFFAU). N. V.. Ang. IS-|
Healthy Italians are being terror
bed by the "ftlark Hand society.
Anthony Pope, a grocer, and his
family are under police protection.
I'ope received a letter threatening
his life unless 1200 was left a', a
drslgnated place. C. J. C. Anton-1
Ixzi, a wealthy liquor merchant, re
ceived a similar nolle* demanding
11.000. Others received letters. Tha
oath administered by the society
has been made public. A candidate
smears the Image of his favorite I
saint with bin own blood and then !
burns It. After taking the oath of
faithfulness to the society,he shoots
at a crucifix, to signify his readi
ness to kill even tbe nssrsat rela
tive if bldd':n '.'.,» by tbe so-'
ett . . ._
I. an schools the same treatment as
I thst accorded to ihe schools under
the protection of other powers.
A settlement of other mstters af
fecting American Interests In Tur
key of secondary Important* has
| also been effected, and Minister
I • I '!,!i..i'i-i has telegraphed to Hear
Admiral Jewell. In command of the
! t'nltrd btatea squadron sent to
Smyrna, Instructing blm to salute
the batteries on land and depart.
"CONSTANTIVOI'I.K, Aug. 15-
The American squadron baa left
Smyrna.
REHEARING IN
DELAUNE) CASE
Th' rehearing of Scott A. Da
| I-Auney, chief engineer of the Ill
fated steamer Clallam.whose license
was revoked by the local Intpect
or% of hulls and boilers, was brought
up before Supervising Inspector
John Illrmlnsham, of Ran Francis
co, this morning on the appeal of
liel-Atiney, who claimed that he was
not given a fair trlsl before Ihe
local Inspectors. Attorney Frsnk
H Bayre, atorney for IM-auncy,
will make his defense on the ground
that the deck department of the
vessel did not give the engineer's
department tbe assistance It should
have given.
The witnesses called were J. D.
I,erit, supervising engineer of the
Alaska Steamship company; Cap
tain Roberta, who was In command
of the vessel at ihe time she found
ered; I*. Mattock, the fireman, and
John Atkins, the oiler.
The hearing Is In progress In the
Pythian building, corner ot I'ik*
street and First avenue.
BT. I'KT-EIIHtIL'HO, Aug. IS—lt Is
reported the rr.ar has abolished for
ever corporal punishment This act
of msrcy ■as occasioned by tbe
tilth ot tit heir.
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. MONDAY. AUGUST 15. 1904
Vice Admiral Kamlmtita cables lha navy department that the
Injuries Inflicted upon his vessels mm slight.
The fate of the rrew of tha Rurlk la t„i known, tt la presumed
Dial many of ihem were killed or drowned.
The strength of the fleet under Vice Admiral Katnltiitira la not
known, but ll la preaumetl that he had the Ai^uma. Idsumo. Iwatr.
Takaattiahn and other light rrulsirs.
Tofclo Is joyous over ihts news, as It gives Japan mastery of ths
sea and natures commerce.
RUSSIA WOULD START SOMETHING
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS-M Inlster Conner at IVkln Informs the
state department that the Russian minister there has sent the Chi
nese rviw rtitiiriil s strong note, r harglng complicity In lha Rye
t'.i'i itni affair. The note charges the Chlm-aa commodore wllh cow
ardice and treason. demands a fu 11 eiplanallon. the resttiratlon of the
destroyer and arvrre punlsbmrtit of the commodore. The Chinese
government haa demanded from the Japaiuse the restoration of tbe
destroyer. « ,
WASHINGTON. Aug. IS-The atate depatlmenl bas received a
telegram from Ihe American consul st Nagasaki Stalls* that too
survivors of the Russian cruiser litiilk have landed at .Sambo. One
hundred were wounded. |
WASHINGTON, Aug, IS.—Consul Oenrrsl Fowler, at Chefi-v. un
der today's, date, rablea the state department that It Is rumored that
a genera! naval attack on I'ort Arthur waa begun thla morning lll
all- that the Russian cruiser Nov Ik and three destroyers hsve reach
ed Chefoo. i
in •: IAN nSADQUABTBU, ANHCIIANU IIAI. Manrburla. Aug.
IS —When the birth of the llusslsn heir waa received lien. Kuropal
kin paraded hla troops amidst much enthusiasm. Kuropatkln said be
hoped soon lo be able to lead the troop* to victory.
JAPANESE TAKE MORE FORTS AT PORT ARTHUR
HT. PKTKRSIURiJ. Aug. 16— Vlrenty Aleslrff reports that the
Japanese, after a furl., attack from Taku Hhaa and Wolf moun
tains, outalde of I'ort Arthur, on the night of August 10. were re.
j-'-i'.ae-i at every point. On August 9. after four days' bombardment,
the fatnesses of l>agnu Hits- and Hayougushan, on the Russian east
ern ftuat. were captured by the Japanese..
MARGARET FAGAN -
COMMITTED SUICIDE
ALONE ANO OUT OF WORK A CHICAGO GIRL ENDED HER LIFE
WHILE HER PARENTS IN SEATTLE WERE HOPING AGAINST
HOPE THAT SHE WAS COMING HOME TO LIVE WITH THEM
CUICAOO-, Aug. IS,—The girl who
Jump-ed into th* river yeaterday and
was ..'.,.-., i a I hss been I |entlfi*d a*
Margaret I -s.tt of Seattle. She
had no employment and had Balked
the streets for several months.
Margaret fa San Is believed In be
Ihe daughter of Mr. sn I Mrs. Wll-
Ilam Fagan. who live at ItOt North
Korty-sever.lh streel. Clreen laik*.
The above dispatch was read lo
Mr* Kngan by a representative of
Tbe fltsr this morning, and ah* aitld
II mua! b* her daughter, from whom
ahe had not heard foe several
montha past, "Not sine* we sent her
transportation to come out lo our j
new himi* her* In Seattle." said ah*. I
"Murg-irel had nsver been In He- I
BIG LYNCHING
BEE IN SIGHT
GEORGIANS ARRIVED AND READY TO STRING UP FIFTEEN NE
CROCS—TROOPS BEING RU3 HEO TO SCENE
ATLANTA, Oa.. Am- 15—The
first reports of the lynching of IB
negroes st Hlateaboro proved to be
untrue, but Ihe gmernor received
a telegram this afternoon from the
mayor of Htateahoro staling that
l.ii'st nrmi-tl men were walling to
lynch the negroes aa Hum as liny
have been tried, lie nays he needs
'oflr military companies by tt o'clock
tils evening to prevent the lynch
ng. Th* governor bas ordered two
:oin |,utiles from Ksvaunah. Th?
nay or stated that tbe trial waa
t stile," the mother continue.!, "Fhe
««a hctn In I'hlcßgo arid Hied ther*
i sll b*r life. When w* cam* oui her*
thre* > r *ra ago ah* remained In
f'hl,ago. I-tn winter we aeitl her
I' it -;-■• t .•! .-i to com* out
here. We hay* never heard from
h*r fro-Ti thai lime and I never lit,. »
what became of her. .' ... drifted
away from us again. It must bs
her." she concluded with a Bob.
It la thought thai either Ih* teller
I cnnt.il- ■„• Ih* transportation or
other letter* from her parents In
Heattl* wer* found on Ih* bedy of
Ih* girl who ended her life In l*bl
crtg'i. snd lhat she wss Identified by
these. Mnrgaret i , -• the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Pagan of He
attle, waa II years ot age.
proceeding regularly, the mliltla
guarding the prisoners.
The sheriff ami two companies of
slain troops are now on Ihe scene,
holding the lynchers In rhetk. A
whole regiment la being rtir.hetl
from .-.i-.tttii.-iii. Tha negroes con
fessed lo a secret oii'iuil. nti.-n
known a* I he. "Heftirs Hay club,"
the ohJtH t belug to murdi-r and rob
whltm.
The negroes wera accused ot the
A l*li Flck-Ui» I
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LINER TREMONT
IN COLLISION
Steamer Ramona Smashed
into Big Vessel off Mar=
rowstone Point at 2
O'clock This Morning-
Both Steamers Damaged
The Oriental liner moat.
otiaed by Ihe It. at.,n , > ... com-
I .-it. and th« I'a. Ifle I'oatl ;-.--,
ship ..-.:-... steamer I' ■-
collided at 2 o'tlork this morning off
Marrowstone t-vlnl. ~i, ut sll miles
ejst of Tor I Tits risen,! As a result
nf the accident ih« stem of Ihe lv
meal Was smashed from Ihe water
line lo Ihe top rt Ihe railing. The
hull of Ihe vessel was not Injured to
sujr great ettent. The Tl annum
sustained very lllle damage, a few
ef her pistes being- dented.
After colliding ihe I; • bsrked
sway and proceeded on to Heallle,
and the Tremnnl put It^n Fort
Tswasend fur in Inspection of the
damage. Tbe it--... was In com
mand of Captain C, li Clanrey. and
"c i.. ,■ ■ i waa •. t. i....ii i. i by
Captain W. T. Oarltrk.
Al the lime or the collision most
ef ihe passengers ef the lUmona
srsre asleep m ihelr berths, and
when the crash came, they rushed
up on deck, A few worda from (ha
officers „..'■! thim and no pwfila
— it. •
A heavy tap |n addition In dense
clouds if smoke from Ihe numerous
foetal ftrea rendered It :■•..,••,
ta see for more than half a boa l a
length ahead.
"Tn add lo Ihe ennfuslnei." Tap
lain Clancy said, "there were a num.
bee of ath*r vessels In Ihe vicinity,
I and alt wer* blowtng Ihelr fog • «
itit ma lhat It atsa hard In deter
mine Ihe position of any of Ihem.
WHEN ABDUL IS SICK
e^V. riV-'.'. r. f'AM' M' D-" IF THAI DOEBNT MAKE \'OU DETTE ii, All, 1I 1. HAVE TO I'SE THE
STOMACH MP,"
I The Tremonl had just |af| ...-•-.
for ihe <>ii*nl and ih« Ittmona waa
on her lelurn trip from Vancouver
lo Heaitle. IWilh ■ marl. a. ,i . run
ning under slow bell and a danger
ous accident waa averted. Tlie ra
iiit.iia struck Ihe Tremonl amt>lahl|.*
on tha starboard side.
Capt Oarllck. In hit statement of
the a, • Mi i.i says:
"We bad stopped our engines and
were drifting lust off Marrowstone
point. Our engines hsd not been
working for some time Tbe fog
was so dense thst we rould not see
an object fifty feet away. There
were severs! steamers within sig
naling distance and all were blow
ing their fog signals.
"We heard Ihe Itamona's whistle
and she must hsve hesrd ours, as
we kept It going all the lime. The
Ramnna struck us on tbe starboard
side and we rould not see ber until
aba was right on ti», and It asa too
late to do anything. Hhe Imme
diately bounded off snd someone
hailed t:s to learn who we were. It
ass Impossible to see whether we
had .'anil. '. i.r seriously or mat
"After the accident we anchored
for a few moments and then pro
ceeded to I'ort Townsend. Our
damage Is not serious, aa there are
on open eeaats Three of her plates
are dented. Hhe will . - all an In
spection by the marine under writ
| ers before proceeding en her voy
age to the Orient."
II I>e|y. who was below when
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the vessels collided. Immediately run
up mi dei It.
"Th» fog was so thick that t could
nut see what kind of a vessel we had
stru.k." Ball Mill* liely. "I then
ran to the bow of the lt,itti'it,,i and
yelled. 'Ahoy there; wh»l ship la
llialT The answer came ba'k
thn.tißh the fog. The Tremonl." Af
ter tepoitliig the matter lo I'aptsln
t'lnruey I went below to find out
Ihe nature of Ih* damage sustained.
"I found thai Ihe Itamona was
only making shout four Inrhes of
water and reported the esult of my
lnt|tilry lv lb* captain. As this
...nil le easily hsndled Wllh Ihe
pumps ll was tecltet to cuntlnue
th* run lo Keattl*. There was no
panic on board the vessel. A num
ber of the passengers came up nn
deck and vtanted lo know what the
I I'll- waa, but none seemed to be
flgtitenrd very muth. I told them
there mm* no danger and they went
down ...In."
Captain I'lamey. when making his
stsletnent tn the officers of Ihe I ,
ctflc Coast company this morning
raid lhat he was of Ihe opinion thst
the Tremonl wss lo blame foe Ibt
ect-iiienl. In his report he Bald:
"W* lefi Vsnrouver shortly after
» o'clock lasl night. There waa a
dens* fog hanging over the sound
st the lime and. on making Ihe
strslts of Han Juan lie Cuca, th*
density Increased, owing, perhaps,
•o the Imrrter.se amount of smoke.
.ri-e iitit tig fiom the numerous forest
fires that lnir pr*valled tn Ihe sur
rounding lountry of later We were
running under s alow bell, and the
' k waa so thick thai the bow* of
my vessel could hardly ha distin
guished.
"There were a number of vessels
In the i hannel snd all were sound
ing th* fust signsls, Hhorlly befora
S o'rlotk I heard what muat hava
been th* whistle of the Tremonl
about three point* off my perl be*m.
I kept sounding my fog signal all
the time and waa running very slow
A few momenta later the Vessel
strut k something solid and I knew
* a ha 1 hit a large aW-at-ier.
"The Ramunit, after striking,
bounded back. I then gave Ibe sig
nal lo bark snd we i lesred her. A
lew moments Inter Mate liely re-
I ported that «•> had struck .if Tre
monl. We hsd hi! her sbout amid
ships on Ihe starboard side, and af
ter Baiting for any signals she
might mil to mske I proceeded on
my wsy to **••' I
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'Th* fact ths! her whistle waa
heard off the port beam of our ves
sel arid that Ihe ftamona afterward
struck her on the starboard ~ aid*
would MN-m lo Indicate that ah' had
crossed our bows. If -' • changed
her courae she should have signalled
her Intention to do so at l then the
accident would have been avoided.
The damage lo ihe ,rr. ma. rough
ly estimated, wtll amount to about
11.000. whhb will also entail the leas
of lime necessary for the repairing
of Ihe vessel.
"Hhe will go one one of the dry
docks cither in Ihla city or Tsooma,
Hhe may very likely '•- repaired at
the M . .■, I true' shipyard, but sea
have not decided as ,-I where tS
place her. Hhe will be off the run
lor about ft week,"
The damage sustained by ths
Tremont would not permit her to
proceed on her voysge to the Far
I:, t Khe left Tort Townssad for
Seattle at 2:20 o'clock. She will ba
npaired at one of the local dry
docks, or at quartermaster's harbor
el ',in«-
SHE
CHICAGO, Aug. IS.— Th* polks
began a rigid enforcement sf tb*
order stalest picketing during th*
packers' strike thla moraine. Fif
teen arrests were made. President
!>. in in Hi denies all rumors of a set
tlement being In sight.
The South Hide buslneaa men ait
this morning and formed aa aaso
. .it:.,n to aid tbe strikers. They
will attempt to raise a relief fund
in the nest two weeks If ths strtka
Is not settled.
tithstanding the rumors of
pending negotiations, a representa
tive of Swift * torn pan aald thla
morning that there would be bo
overtures from the packers looking
t-.aards pea. The packers con
sider the strike won and a closed
incident
The action of the packing house)
teamsters In refusing to return un
til the butchers were reinstated. In
dicates thai Hi- Is no Immediate
prospect of breaking tha atrlks.
RIOTING AT OMAHA
OMAHA. Aug. IS. -Thirty strtke
breaki-rs were stoned by a mob al
Sheelry, a suburb, this morning. One
t .-ii- i-t- :■ tt it as probably fatally In
jurrd. I a tit arrests were made.
Representatives of the Retail Oro
■ t is' autl Meat Dealers' associations
nut Mayor Harrison today and In
formed the mayor of their futile ef
forts and asked him to use his In
fluence to settle the strike. They
said business was at a standstill
and conditions were Intolerable.
Ma>,'i Harrison agree! to consult
with th* leaders of both sides with
the view of arianglgn another con- .
ferraca.
RESIDENCES ARE
ENDANGERED
Ri'vl.lints of the neighborhood ot
Thlrty-aUth avenue and East Mer
cer street are very muh alarmed
this afternoon by the fresh outbreak
..f tho fire that has been burning
fur the last 21 hours In the brush
In the tract of uncleared land to the
north of Madison street. Under a
brisk breeze thai sprung up tha
flames gained headway .111,1 began
to sweep down the valley towards
the lake tad people In the vicinity,
fearing their homes were endanger
ed, turned in an alarm. Chief Cook
sent tho department out. The flra
endangered tho homes of 0, Folsom
and E. F. Chase.
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 15.—Despite
the frantic efforts of a large force of
all I!, fiMiU.il.lt' men the tsrrtflo
forest fire continues 111 encroach
ment* In tho Mt-Kcnxle river valley,
near Wiitervllle and -Ussburg. Thou
sands of ncrea of vsluabls timber
have been awept away. Fleeing
settlers this morning ant the smoke
at some places Is so dense ss to
render Ihe roads Invisible, miking
escape very difficult. Eugene I« -I)
miles distant from the fire line, bul
It Is hurrying men to assist in tin
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