One CentVOL. 1. No. 100

The Tacoma Times.TACOMA, WASH., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1904

Independentin All Things

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MORE GRAVEDISASTERS TOCZAR'S FLEET

THE FIGHT OFF PORT ARTHURPARIS, April 14—(Bulletin.')—A dis-

patch to the Journal from St. Petersburg

•tates tliat a rumor in current in tbe

Russian capital that another Kus^ian war-

ehip has been totally destroyed.

Le Petit Parisian has a like dispatch.

ST. PETERSBURG, April H.—An offi-

cial dispatch states that the Russian bat-tleship Pobieda was also struck bj a Jap-

anese torpedo while engaged with the fleet

under command of Admiral Togo, and had

ft large hole torn in her side.

The Japanese boats also surrounded and

sunk the Russian torpedo boat Vefltraahni,

Fifty members of the crew of the latter

boat were saved.

LOXDOX, April 14.—The Central News'

correspondent at Rome states that a tele-

gram has been received from Newchwang

Stating thai the fall of Port Arthur is be-

lieved to be imminent, and that Admiral

Togo is preparing to immediately landtroops for a siege of the town.

TOKIO, April U.—AcoordiDg to a dis-patch received from Admiral I'i'iu today,

the Russian battleship Petropnvlovsk wassunk by the Japanese, and not by a Rus-

sian mine.

Admiral Uriu's report says that Admiral

Togo's fleet sunk the battleship and one

torpedo boat destroyer.

The Japanese suffered no losses.

ROME, April 14.—The correspondent of

the Agenda Italian at Chefoo, in a dis-

patch received this morning, states that

the destruction of the Russian battleship

Petropavlovak has produced immense de-

pression in Port Arthur.

The rapentitlon Buttiani take the eventas a ilgn that God !| againtt them and il

is believed that only ilie preMBM vf theczar at Po« Arthur "ill revive the martialspirit of the people.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 14.—TheGrand Duke Uoris has been ordered to

bring his brother. Cyril, to St. Petersburgas soon as the latter is able to undertakethe journey,

The definite 1i -1 issued by the govern-

ment shows that 41 officers and 750 men

lost their lives in the destruction of thePetropavlov.sk,

ST. PETERSBURG, April 14—The capi-

tal has a desolate appearance this morning,

A driving snowstorm prevails, while the

faces of the people depict' sadness.

The early morning newspapers published

the details of the jcatastroplie and even

the most ignorant' people bought them mid

implored passerby;{thread them aloud.

The papers unanimously" deplore the dU-

aeter and try to excuse Admiral Makaroff

and the ,other-.officer*' by. recalling the

collision between l|»* English battleships

Victoria and ( atiipeiu1 n during maneu-

'•' , \u25a0 \u25a0 itSp *'"vers in the Sledjjerranean a few years

ago, in which .ne'air[* the entire crew of

the Victoria was lost.

In official circle* the hope is expressed

that the catastrophe will react to the bene-

fit of the Russian-.fighters by adding rage

to courage. ,' iiv,\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0.

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It is stated that, Rwssian officers havesolemnly sworn, in case they capture him,

to hang Admiral 1 liv, who commanded

the Japanese fleet which' stink the Russian

DYNAMITE IN 11 ST. PETERSBURGHOTEL KILLS ft GENERAL'S SON

LONDON, April 14.—A Central Newsflitspatch from St. Petersburg states thaia, dynuiuite outrage at the Hotel Moidtoday wrecked a room in which the son

of General Kazaroff was lying and theyoung man was killed.

Papen containing the >m had gone toBrew when they were warned not to pub-lish it.

It is stated that the police have doctt-

ments incriminating the miscreants , whoare responsible.

LONDON, April 14.—A dispatch ir.iinParis says that one version of the dyna-mite expiation at the Hotel Xorde in St.Petersburg which lias reached the Frenchcapita] states that the victims were nu-merous, including members of the statecouncil.

passenger boat; on any Pacific coast run.,and will lie able to accommodate 700 pas»engers.

The Victoria will go into commissionJune 1. The now owner! stated this morn-ing that Captain Truebridge could hold liisposition with them if he uanted. to. It isunderstood that he willstay with the boat.It is rumored thai former Captain J, X.Jones of the Tacoma will accept tin posi-tion of fii>t male nil the \'ii turia.

The Chinese craw oj the Victoria willIn replaced by an American crew. TheChinamen will leave for home tomorrowon the Agamemnon.

MAD MULLAHHAS ESCAPED

LONDON. April X An Aden dispatchstates that i lie Mad Mullah, against whomthe ltniish have tti;iu conducting a cam-paign for months pftst, lia> escaped toItalian territory.

MUMPS IN THEWHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, D. C, April 14.—Presi-

dent RoOKevelt returned from Oroton tiliamorning, accompanied by his eons, Ted

and Kermit. Both boys are suffering frommumps.

The lads are quarantined in a room onthe second floor of the White Hou»e.

FOSTER URGESAPPROPRIATION

The efforts of the Chamber of Com-

merce to secure an appropriation for dredg<

ing the Puyallup river are bearing fruit.

Senator Poatat has taken the matter tin

ami [i making an effort to secure favorable\u25a0onsideratloa of the project in congress.

following i» a copy ol a telegram from

Senator Foster which was received at theChamber of f'ommeree this morning:

"I have canvassed congress and tho wardepartment regarding an appropriation todredge the mouth ol the Puyallup river,and shall endeavor to have passed a tiillauthorising a small expenditure of money

on this project. 1 have already started anamendment to either transfer the balanceof the city waterway fund to be used Indredging the Puyallup river, or will at-tempt lo Mime a sin.ill additional sumfor illedging purposes."

Members of the Chamber of Commune(mil other parties interested in gettingthe steamship Jefferson out of the I'uval-lup river are taking a hopeful view of thesituation. Then' jr feeling that the Jeff-etson episode tl 'he last aafiii of the kindthat is likely to occur.

VICTORIA TAKENBY NEW OWNERS

The steamship Victoria will finish rtis-charging her cargo at a late hour this

afternoon ami will then !»• taken by hernew owners to Seattle. There she will beplaced in Moran'e shipyards, where a nevrhouse "ill be built on the upper deck Tor

passengers. The lower de<-k uill alto hefitted up to carrj passengert.

When -he is completed renovated, be*daw ownen state, .-ht will be the ftaeat

HACKMEN IN 'FRISCO GO ON I STRIKESAX FUA\OIS( n. April 14. -Th< inm-

beri >\u25a0! tlie Hackmen's union struck thismorning for shorter hours and higher

wages. I'l.i'in ill) everj hackman in thecity it- out.

PREACHERS HAD A PLEASANT VISITThere was a sort of a love feast in the

law office of Ellis & Fletcher yesterdayafternoon. The occasion wai the meeting1,1 Mayor-elect Wright and Rev, I). LRader, Rev. J. Lewis Smith and Rev.John Reid, a committee appointed by tlieMinisterial alliance to wait upon Mr.Wright and ascertain his position on thequestion of an "open" or "cloned" town.Judging from reports that have leaked out,

the preachers know but little more nowthan they did before the conference.

There threatent tn' be a repetition ofthe cunditioiui following the hackmen'tNtrike in Chicago, whea »coie« ol bodieiremained unburied for t*yi on aooouni ofthe iiiu-.il of the drlyera to take outhearaea,

Rev. .F. Lewil Pmitk find Rev. JobflReid reiterated the «Vat«niea< ol Dr. Tlailcrthat the meeting "wat verj pleaaant."

Mr. Wright says: "The committee fromthe .Ministerial alliance called on me andin .111 informal way presented their view*on certain matters. 1' made no promise!to thorn whatever,"

When Dr. Radtr via* asked about themeeting he said :

"Yes, we saw Mi. Wright, but decidednot to make the result ot' the conferencepublic until after we report to the Min-isterial alliance, the body that appointedthe committee. We decided that wewould say nothing further than that webad a very_ pleasant visit.' ..-.-•]

Politician* are inclined to view the mat-ter hi the light of 1 joke mid where two orthree of them meet the m»tt«i Ii prettymrt to come up. One of them wild thismorning: "If the preachers are really inearnest about thin mutter, why didn't they(mil out where Wright stood before theelection? To «o after him now i- a K"oddeal like locking the barn door after thehorse in- been atolen."

NEWMARKET, 1! April 14. — RichardCrokwr'i St. Patrick* Day 00 the Bi-ennial atakat 01 300 covereign*. •

(tuisrrs Variag and Korietz at the battle

of Okenulpo.

A ma*« for Admiral Makaroff and the

members of his crew was celebrated at the

Admiralty chapel at noon today. The czar

and all the government officer* attended.

TOKIO, April 14.—The first news of the

sinking of the Petropavlovsk was received

here in a private telegram thin morning.

Japanese officials expressed satisfaction,

though they regretted the death of the

gallant Admiral Makaroff.

ST. PETKRBBURG, April 14.—AdmiralPrince Ukptomsky telegraphs today:

"At 10 o'clock yesterday movniiift. dur-ing maneuvers in the. rotdstead m the Gsttof the Japanese fleet, tlie battleship I'ctio-

pavlovak, carrying tlie (lag ol the admiral,capsized after an explosion.

"The torpedo boat Yctemi lmi W%% sctil

out yesterday, willi Others, 00 a nighl ex-

pedition, and was surrounded by the ene-

my's torpedo boats and sank while fiu'it-ing. Five men were lived.

"After the sinking of the Petroptvioveh

I took over teinpoiaiily tUc command oltin' licet.

"While rarrounded by the enemy's iqnad>

rtß, the battleship I'olieidu ran inlo ii

mine, which struck her on the starboardside amidships. The Pobeida succeededin making the harbor without aid. No oneaboard was hurt."

PARIS, April 14.— correspondent ofthe Echo de Paris at St. Petersburg si » i cm

that Viceroy Aloxiclf hag been ordered to

proceed to Port Arthur to assume com-mand of the squadron, pending the ap-

pointment of Admiral ,\lal-ni successor.

The viceroy leaves. for l'ort Arthur 10

night,

Grand Duke Cyril ham telegraphed thathe li suffering from burns on the neck

and contusions of the knee.Only two ininuleH elapsed between Hie

explosion tnd the sinking of the Petropa^lovuk.

BASEBALL INSNOW STORMS

CHICAGO, April 14.—The real harbingerof spring was heard in the land today whenthe umpire's cry of "Play Ball" was givenas a signal for the opening of the baseballseason. The temperature, however, Ismore of the winter variety. Flurries ofmiow occurred here and in Cincinnati, NewYork and Philadelphia.

DEATH LISTGROWS TO FIVE

LEAVENWORTH, Wash., April H. -The deatliH of Fireman John Wilson andEngineer John Croak yesterday bring Iliatotal death lon in Tuesday night's ('real'

Northern wreck to five. The other in-jured are all out of danger.

TheM two men were literally cooked todeath. When Urn. McCoy and lloxeymade their post mortem examination ii

was found that Wilson's hip bone hadbeen fractured in at' least 50 places, re-ducing it to one bum of bone splinter*,and both of his legs ware badly broken.Engineer Croak could not possibly havesurvived the shock.

Several narrow eHeupes occurred! but thestrangest was the experience of a boy whowag riding between the baggage am) niftflcan, both of which went down the haul;.When this occurred lie stepped from lie-tween the two cars on to the bank tadfor several hours wan dazed with surprise.

Engineer Croak bad hit 12-year-old boywith him, but on leaving Lcavenworth hadconsigned him to the care of the mailclerks, who put him to sleep on 1 pile ofsacks. In the Bina»h-up the lad was thrownto the bottom of the car and the mnilnarks went' on top of him. Thin protectedhim from the steam which scalded lilafather to death.

HOW THE DISASTROUS EXPLOSION ONTHE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI OCCUHED

- PENSACOLA ~ Fla., April H.—Later no-count* of the explosion on the battleship

Missouri, by which 29 men lout their livenniul live other*, were injured, are \u25a0to , tin'effect that ii charge' of. 400 pounds ofpowder whs being loaded into th« 12-inchleft hand gun mid that it became ignitedwhile the breech wit* open, probablythrough burning powder or Aredii of thecartridge cover, left over from the i""ceding discharge.i Part of the: exploding charge Ml Into

the .handling room below, where 1,000pounds of powder waa being hoisted, till*nil being ignited, with a loud detonation.li was toil second explosion that did mollof the damage, the lone being \ upwardinto the turret. fs®m£&t& .

Win I In- flames burst from the turret,followed by ilir dull thud of the first ex-plosion, 25 office?! and men' were in theplace and not one of them escaped | alive.The others killed and injured \ were:, inthe hoisting room.

Immediately after I In- explosion, Com-mander Oowlee, 1 heading \u25a0 rescuing party,rushed down into the | hoisting roomj andhimself carried out a dying bluejacket.Stream* "of water, were \u25a0 turned , upon thepart, of. the ship where, the explosion oc-curred, and the nearby magazine was flood-ed,; thereby preventing iv explosion • nmlthe lon of the ship.

SENATOR BRINGSA LIGHT CARGO

The Pacific Coast eompany'H Iteamghtp{Senator arrived tliig morning from BanI 1 .in. .-I-ii. The Senator is making the runin place of the Queen, which it under-going repair* necessitated t)y the fire earlyin March. Captain* Cousins reports flue;

weather during the trip, the finest for thisseason of the year in his 18 year** ex-perience.

The Senator had a light cargo, whichhhe is discharging today. She carried 400passengers on thig trip, 300 of whom werefishermen bound for the northern ground*.

The Senator it* loading while (she i- dii'i Vi;iitiiMr. and willleave late thin afternoonfor Dellinghain; Victoria and other pointsto pick up freight. She will return toSeattle and will nail from there for SanFrancisco nest Monday..

Within three minutes after the disasteroccurred every one of the bodies lay uponthe deck, and the injured were being at-tended to by the surgeons of the Missouri,Texas and other nearby ships.

The Humes hiul burned the men in i tinlturret, almost beyond \ recognition, i Theirclol'hiug was almost completely destroyed.

The complete list of the victims Is asfollows \u25a0\u25a0• - ' \u25a0.. \u25a0'; • :\u25a0 -j-\u25a0.'- ; ;'\u25a0 ••'•>*

LIKUTENANT W. C. DAVIDRON.LIEUTENANT :\u25a0 E. A. . WKICUIiRT

(junior grade), :.;. .'\u25a0 . .:',.— »';:\u25a0TENANT Of MARINES ,i. \r.r.

ORIDLEY. : • , : v ;

MIDSHIPMAN W E. L. MANN.MIDSHIPMAN THOMAS WARD, Jr. !

HOATSVVAIN'S *. . MATE," (fiHitclass),({. K. PETERSON. \u25a0\u25a0:'\u25a0"\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0• '.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0

seaman W. .1. BOQABD.SEAMAN 0. N. BONDER,SEAMAN,K. R. II ALLISON.ORDINARY SKWIAN C. KICK.ORDINARY &EAMAN 0. .1 KILLEN.ORDINARY SEAMAN J. UEDRIB.ORDINARY [SEAMAN .J. F. KEN-

NEDY." . V ..'\u25a0.,\u25a0:;;;„_.,; :.;.„„-•;:,_^ORDINARY SKAMAIT.t: I' STATU?.ORDINARY SEAMAN J. C. NUNN.ORDINARY SEAMAN C. 11. If.

FRANKS. \u25a0

ORDINARY SEAMAN, 0, 11. MEYER.ORDINARY SEAMAN R. C. TOBIN.ORDINARY SEAMAN J. W. COLE.OOXWAIN J. BLOXOPOLUS.LANDSMAN 11. CIIERHARTITS. 'LANDSMAN B. .T. MULLIGAN.LANDSMAN J. M. ROACH.ELECTRICIAN (second clots), T. F.

ROWLANDS. '

GUNNER'S MATE (second' class); .A.

ESHELMAN NAMED FOR LIBRARIANMoyor-elect Wright today appointed .T.

'I. Kshclmiin to \u25a0 succeed Jonathan Smithas city librarian. The place was offeredto Mr. Eslielinan neveral days ago, buthe did not accept it.until t!ii« morning.

Mr. EWhelman in probably as well knownat Hiiy man who took part in the Demoiiiitic campaign, Tie hie been a memberof the state legislature and was at onetime treasurer of Ktickitat county, liealso held the position'of county mipcrln-

DANGEROUS DISEASE APPEARSAMONG PIERCE COUNTY HORSES

Mange him broken nut among the horsesand dogs in the vicinity of Spanaway.Deputy Game Warden Thompson, actingunder instruction* from the county com-miwsioneiis, went out to investigate themutter and found some of the animal* Invery bad condition.

Mange, or Texm Itch, an it i* aometimeacalled, i- a very dangoroua diaeaie. Whenii break* out in a neighborhood if ipreadivery rapidly among cattle and dogs un-le-, the faxes arc isolated as soon iw thefirst syniptonm are dittcovered.

'J'lie d'teaie made it* appearance in It-

R. W. CLARK ISREADY TO MOVE

SMITH. •-'.'. ;•.'.:- , «*;CHIEF -''GUN- CAPTAIN T. K. BE-

I.Al'X. '\u25a0...•\u25a0\u25a0••\u25a0•'.-.•,\u25a0-'.-\u25a0•'\u25a0•;-";:• \u25a0'•:\u25a0"-\u25a0; ::-r~.r~-risl'lll\Ml. MARINE W. L. SHIFMAIf,

' APPRENTICK (aecoml * class), O. \u25a0C,HARDY. .;:•:;*« -.-^r..;:;;\u25a0".::/ *\u25a0'Vy'X• APPRENTICE P. I! OABTLKR. . >

The two men who cannot live km J. T..1. : Donnelly, . ordinary,' Bcaitian/i and; O. H.Moore,. apprentice', (second ' ela«»;.: \u25a0

WASHINGTON, I) C, April 14.—Tli«bureau 'of, navigation makes the followingKtatement' regarding the • explosion: on. tb«MiMOtiri'yesterday: *'X'.~* ..'•;- '\u25a0'?':'\u25a0.\u25a0•[\u25a0

; "If\u25a0is , learned , from unofficial informa?tion that prior to,the accident to the punaboard • the; Missouri 'there: hail been noflume; ;blown ; back: whatever;' 1"thai therapidity of live of all the >fissouri's gun*hail been relatively 'Very ilow; 'In ". fact,only half »>\u25a0 rapid a*.that of the Albany,The turret roof.wan not injured,.but oneman was blown overboard • from the' tur»ret.'' *\u25a0:/. —.- .;.\u25a0\u25a0,;: . \u25a0

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WASHINGTON', D. C. \fttii I*, llioiSnglieb admiralty baa cabled eondolenceaon aieinint n| the aeriilenl on the battle*ship MIHOIIII

A SAILOR 9SHEROISM

PENSACOLA, " April ."- H. . Ouptniil('owlcs of . the" Missouri ? this" morning. >-«*;ceived more" than 100' messages from • rein*tives of sailors,' making .inquiries. He ro-plied i" all personally,;'.

Later reports from the ship Indicate LhaJ .the truth is'not yet known regarding. lliqcan .\u25a0 'of the -explosion. . : i

Thirty-eight, cnukets were . lerad 7 tlil<afternoon. , r.-t . , Vi'j,A,;Storj\ of _sclf-sarrifioe; by- a'man f t<f

save the . ship \ liHfold of a sailor jnemedjBogoud, Seeing a burning case containing Ia powder, charge, the jman -grasped "-It*;da&hedf, through .'• the ; turret \ and r; leapedoverboard. The net saved.the ship frowitotal destruction, a- had the charge'ignited*ii : would i have reached. the magaaine iindjblown the battleship, in twain, ;

\V \slllN(i'l(iN.D C. April 14.^Presl^dent Roosevelt has jcontributed slim andth« isecretary. of * the ;navy < a 'like,mini , nm :the nucleus of a fund ,for; the : relief titthe next of \u25a0 kin"' of \u25a0 the; enlisted, men " who •

lost.; their liven •mV the explosion, in ili«Va"f'tl««hip^Mls"wTuii.'1 < ' ,' . " ' j

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Secretary Mood) \u0084lias;wnt' dispatches. Idthe widow of Lieutenant Davidson anil' tliejnext of kin of other* killed; 1 alto a;tt'l«»;gram ' from the : president "\u25a0 himself vto ! A&<rniriil!Barker, commanding the North At"laritic squadron,.: conveying ; his -sympathy. ;, -: .:.:\u25a0,';:,..' \u25a0/; , V.";". vj

The telegram' sent to Admiral Barkedread us follows: • \u25a0"

"1 . am inexjiressibly " grieved . over,' ilia ;catastrophe and' desire [to express. to yoa •and tho/of fiVers and } men under ,you; myj iprofound grief and sympathy."

tendenl of" aokoola ', in tlmi . county." IT«(nine \u25a0to Xaooma an : paator ; of,, the; First'(in i.ii! church a* number of year* [ ago, ,During jCleveland'* last adralnlatratlon ; li«wn» appointed shipping Ioonuniiaioner |ofthe Puget Sound district and held the po«iiition nix year*.VLately he baa been" en-gng(«d tn tl^' real estate busincmt ln'ii', :^:Another appointment announced by Mr,'Wright today h .that of i harbornia«ter<For thai plaoi ml hag named Captain ltoJ>mi it. Uountfort,

\u25a0 . -I!. W. Clark, commissioner of \u25a0 public

work*, i- Inking an inventory of'the. cityproperty in his charge ami is preparing tomi the office over to hi Buceensor,: Mr.( lark requested the Democratic committeeor Mi. Wright to ''"I -\u25a0>«><\u25a0 one to tilloffice to check up the inventory. No at-

tention was paid to tint r«4HMt and tdt.(.'lurk irt pi sparing the inventory hintnelf.

"Thin morning he addr««aed the follow-ing letter to William Welnh, lie newly ap-pointed commlwmorier of public \vorkn:

"Dear Sir: 1 am informed that youhave been appointed by Mayor-electWright iii \u25a0 \u25a0Miiimiß-iniiiT ol public works,,i|M | ili'-iic to extend no eougrutultttlon*on your appointment.

"Jf you will call ut the office at your,

attic about two weeks ago and alpoe thert201 valuable horses | have" died ;in ,i I directI'ciHtilt of the disease or have been -killedto prevent it« spread., The stable* ot tintPortland Transfer;company ' have .beenquarantined on account of the di«ea»e. Hc<attle .miitirh are making itrmtM v(-forIh \u25a0I (i stamp it out, - and ,i - conferenceof veterinary surgeons. wan held to d*vWMime im.irn- of preventing its apread ,anddi«po&ing of aiiiimiilhfound to be Infecteq,

111, nifwiM first appeared in Wa»1»«ing on the Oregon border '\u25a0 and • has ; baaagradually working north.

earliest w convenience I will be glad fagive you any information'desired in rela*

ion to the'work coming under the juris-diction of thin office, and also any detailmatters and general; routine. Respectfullyyourg, R. W. CLARK."

MANGLES PRINCELAFAYETTE, Ind., April 14.-A \lar-

bath, mi Indian!prince, of Lahore, wliilariding i bicycle near Perdue university thismorning,. wa* struck by;a street ear. II«Itiit his left leg, is terribly mangled andmay die.

FISH MARKET DROPS

Columbia river wtmon arrived in thema) ki-i yeati r<l,iy and v \u25a0' conaequeu

J iruui nil 2 11 ii' .it once.