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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
TEN GRANDPARENTS THE
HERITAGE OF AN IOWA CHILD

Iowa Fails. Iowa. April lj.-Tcn
grandparents is the unusual number
of living relatives in this line possess
ed by the infant daughter that recent
~ arrived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. {. Weaver. in this city. The father
of the child is son Of Judge :. NJ.
Weaver. of the Iowa supreme bench.
and the new daughter has living two
"randfathers and two @randmuther~.
these being Judge and Mrs. :. NJ.
Weaver and Mr.. and Mrs. j. O. Hall of
this city. Mr.. Halls parents are still
living at York, Ncb., and are two of
the six grandparents of the child. the
others being Mrs. Judge Ncaver's par
ents. who live in Omaha. aud Mrs.
NeaNer's grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. j. Hall, of this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
SEES A VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY IN SALE OF
GERMAN STEAMSHIP TO RUSSIA.

Berlin. April 1J.-In the reichsta .
Herr Bebel. the socialist leader, de-
clared the socialists did not object 20
Chancellor Won Buelow's declaration OF
neutrality and the locaIizatiOn OF the
war in the Far East, but Germany's
neutrality was not above doubt. He r-
ferred 10 the HambUrg-Amer!can
Stea mShip cOmpany'S sale OF the
steamer Fuerst Bismarck to a Russian
company, and asked whether the for
eign office permitted the sale, as he as
sumed was the case, since the directors
of the company are cautious men. who
would not coniure up conflict with
the German~government.
The steamer was an auxiliary -
er OF the German navy at the time Of
the outbreakOf the war: hence her sale
was all the more astonishing. Herr Be
bel added that il was also asserted
that the German steamer Kaiser Fried
rich had been sold TO Russia. Such
sales. however. can only accomplish III
directly the re-enfcrcement Of the Rus
sian navy. We" said Herr Bebel.
must energe.ically protest against
such Il procedure. The world * filed
with tinder material. One spark can
set the world ablaZe. !. therefore. ask
the chancellor what he thinks of these
sales aud the resulting damage 70 Japan
and the advantage TO Russia:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
Rhodes Examinations sun.

University Of California, April b.
Eight students labored Wednesday
with til" questions asked in the ex-
aminations for the Rhodes scholarship
Latin and Greek grammar and COM
position were the subjects. The eight
who passed in papers We're impressed
with the thOrOughncss Of Latin and
Greek work at oxford as shown 10y
the questions. The Latin aud Greek
compositions was not 80 hard" said
one OF them 49, lie came out of the
examination. but in grammar they
certainly are more thorough at OK
ford than we are here. Some pretty
stiff questions were asked"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
FORTY-FIvE THOUSAND
MEN FOR HARVEST TIME

Chicago. April ID Nebras ka. Kan
~H~. Missouri. Iowa. Minnesota. Okla
h"ma and South Dakota viii have to
import $4,000 men 10 assist ia harvest
in" the wheat crop next fail. accord
in% to members of the Western Assoc
cinti"n of Free Employ mcnt bureaus.
The organization. which j. designed to
assist in securing" help for handling
the western wheat crop. met here YES
terdaN with representatives from
Statc- belonging to the association.
20 great - the demand going To he
for harvest hands This year that the
association t. already hunting for
men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION AT REYNOLDS

The annual convention of the Rock
Island County sunday school a-~ocia-
ton Will be- held ~ the Methodist
church at Reynolds April 2G-25. There
are - sunday schools in the county
and the lower end town j. preparing
So entertain at least 100 delegates
Prior {" the convention there Will be
held "one-dal" normal institutes at
various places a. follows: Andalusia
Baptist church. Npril 10: Coal Valley
Presbyterian church, April 20; Cordu-
sa Baptist church. April u: Moline
Sefnnd congregational church. April
-. and Milan Methodist church. April
-. The institutes viii consist Of af-
tern""n and evening sessions and will
be conducted by the officers of the
county association assisted by state
workers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
vAssrnI YEREsCHAGrN.

Tint the advtccs received do not show
that a naval engagement took place
unless the cornerinE and sinking Of the
torpedo boat destroyer BeZStFashni
can he so dcnOminatcd.
The destroyeran four conSortS were
outside scouting during the night. The
BeZstranshni Jagged behind and he
came lost i'm the midst. When day
broke she tried to creep in along the
coast. but was discovered. cut of. over
powered and sunk. only five a. her
crew escaping. The fate Of tn cOthcr
members of the crew is unknown. al
though it Is believed that some a. them
NAV have ben captured.
That tho Petropavlovsk was blown
uu by Il mine placed at the entrance to
the harbor to prevent the blocking of
tho channel is the opinion entertained
bv the general staff. 1t il true that the
vessel sank in full view OF Vice Ad
miral Toco's fleet. which was seen on
the horizon, hut her loss was not
caused through the agency OF that feet.
There is disposition, however, To raise
tleship. similar 10 the controversy
a controversy a. 10 whether the cxplo-
sion occurred inside or outside the bat
which followed the destruction OF the
Maine IN Havana h1rbor.
The fact thar many OF the wounded.
Including Grand Duke Cyril were
badly burned seemed 10 support the
theory of an internal explosion. TIE
first dispatch received from Rear Ad-
miraI Grisorcvitch coma ndant At Port
Arthur. distinctly stated that mthe
V,,re Al
Prince Ouktomsky's Telegram refers
only to an explosion.
liar wireless TeIeCrAphy.
Washington. April lj--Thc Rus
sian government has given notice that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
senate and House in Brief

Washington. April 1j.-The senate
devoted the entire day to consideration
Of the bill for the government Of the
Panama canal zone and Morgan again
occupied the floor most of the day. The
bill WAS pending at adjournment.
The house passed the Philippine bill,
following which there was an extend
ed debate over ii resolution to permit
Colonel Thomas w Symon-. or the en-
gineer corps OF the army. to- serve on
tine advisory board of consulting On
sineers in connection with Internal i'm
prOvemcnt in the state Of New York.
which was adopted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
HORSEsHOERS ELECT MOLINE
MAN STATE ORGANIZER

Bloomington. Ill.,, April 10. Tn,
state convention Of the Master Horse
shoe Mems National Protective asSo
citation adjourned last night after
| cIccting the following" officers:
PreSident-M. Hucuning. Chicago.
Vice Presidents H. w Sellman.
Bloomington; W. II. Anderson. Jack
somille.
Secretary and Treasurer -- +. II.
Bio>r. Bloomington.
State Organilcr-W. T.. Iieeler. Mo-
line.
The meeting was the first annual
one of the association. One Of the
objects j. the passage ur Il state law
requiring hor>e~hoere to acquire a
certain degree of proficiency. 1t is
the intention to 90 before the Iegisla-
ture with am amended bill for the APP
pointing Of Il state examining board.
and also another bill viii bc present
ed which will be known "a the horse
shoerS' lien. For illustration, it i
proposed in the bill that when horse
ShOer shoes Il horse he j. 10 take a
description of the animal and in case
the owner does not pay him fer his
work within a certain length of time
he will he permitted 10 sell the horse
for the amount of his bill. This bill.
if passed. will do away with much loss
annually incurred by horseSh hoers
from failure of customers to pay bills
for work
Horses hueing material iS much high
cr nov than it was several years ago.
Shoes now sell for from S4.I1 10 - per
krg. whereas i'm 1892 and along there
the price was 81 per keg. Journey
men hursc~hoer~ are now receiving
better pay than ever before for nine
hours work and eight hours ON Sat
UrdaN~. In Chicago the prices paid
them range from $3.50 To S24 per
week and in smaller towns and cities
this is about 20 cents per day less.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
AMES IS IN The
TOLLS ONCE MORE
Minneapolis Former Mayor Has
Fresh Charges Of Bribery
to Face.

Minneapolis. April 15.-Albrt 4.
Ames. former mayor of Minneapolis,
has been arrested on an Indictment
charging him with accepting u bribe
Dec. 10. 1901. from Bessie Lee.
The Indictment is like the others up
on which lie was first arraisned. but
the sensational feature of this one is
that the same witnesses are not de-
pended upon. On the Indictment ap-
pear the names of Lilly L. Ames. wife
of Colonel Fred Ames; Joseph Cohen,
Frank Larrabee, Irwin A. Gardner,
Thomas X. Brown and two women. DIR.
Ames pleaded not guilty, and his case
was set for trial May >.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15

During the BOer war an English
firm placed large orders for Krupp
shells. but the German government
finally. after the fact could no longer
be denied. took energetic measures TO
prevent the order being filed The
present case is precisely similar. The
sale Of the German ships is dOubly
objectionable. AZ rumors are circulat-
ing Of q far coming hill 10 increase the
strength of the German navy" The So
cialiSt leader furt her dIIated on the
recent expulsion OF Mandelstamms,
Silberbaums and other Russian stu
dents from Germany for an offense
which Minister Of the Interior Won
Hammerstein had characterized as
"childi>hneSs
Chancellor Won Buelow in reply. e1-
pressed his pleasure at the fact that
Herr Bebel had solemnly declared
that Germany must not take sides with
either party engaged in the war. but
he was sorry 10 observe that the So
cialist press took sides against Russia
in the most partisan manner. trying
unweariedly 10 embfoil Germany with
Russia. Continuing the chancellor said
that according to the principles OF in
ternational law hitherto prevailing
the sale Of the vessels OF private firm
TO a foreign state was admissible. At
any rate, the question eyas very
doubtful one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
BOLT THE MEETING
Hearst Men Leave Convention
Hall of New Jersey DEM
ocrats.
A HUNDRED OUT OF 1900 GO
Delegates Named by Minority Will
Contest for Seats at st.
Louis.

Trenton, y. J., April IA practical.
~ harmonious Democratic state con
vention OF more than 100 delegates
TO elect de.gateS TO the national CON
ventiOn at 81. Louis. which selected an
uninStructed delegation. was followed
by boltiug convention Of the support
erS OF William Randolph Hearst for
president. The bolterS numbered about
100 men, who alleged that they had
been Illegally deprived of seats in the
regular convention. and th " nominated
delegateS-at-large and delegates from
tive congressional districts. The four
teen men named by the bOltiny cOnven-
ton Will go to st. Louis and contest
the seats of the men selected at the
regular convention. This convention
adopted no resolutions.
Favor Repeal of Duties.
Inc PLATFORM adopted by the regu-
lar convention favors repeal or reduc-
tiOn Of all duties that favor trusts;
calls it u criminal Of1cuSe TO create
monopoly in ncccSSariCs of life: con
dcmuS the administrations action in
Panama; flVOrs popular election OF
senators. y resolution was adopted
binding the delegates at ST. Louis to
vote as a unit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15

He citca the NorwaCrts ,or=aH Of the
Socialists In support of this view and
added that the principle OF neutrality
fOrhids neutral state from giving di-
rect or Indirect support 10 either bellig-
erent through furnishing ships for war
transportation purposes. In the case
of the Russian transports il was not to
4 state hut To private firms that the
vessels We're sold. In the same way in
the SpaniSh-Amprican war the Nor
MAMMA and the Columbia We're sold to
an English firm. There could not be
any question If taking sides against
Japan. since the latter also had full lib-
erty to buy vessels from Germany.
So far IA the supplies ordered by an
English firm from the Krupp company
were concerned" the chancellor ex-
planned. '-we were unable 10 maintain
our standpoint. IA all the other states
sold arms to Southwest Africa
The chancellor admitted mat the
Russian students were expelled in ac-
cor,laHce with his orders because they
exceeded the reserve which foreign
guests must everywhere observe.
We simply avaiIed ourselves of the
rights he pointed out. "of a master
of the house in turning out Of doors
guests who make themselves obnoxious
Neither tho German officials nor the
Prussian police nor / can permit rude
language against US"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
CHICAGO AND ALTON COAL
MINERS ACCEPT SCALE

Springfield. ILL.,. April 15.-Thc coal
operators and miners of the Chica 90
and Alton Sub-distriCt. which embraces
fourteen mines with 2. 100 miners. have
agreed upon scale after being in ses-
sion over week. The scale of last
year was agreed upon. with TN" "xccp-
:.on that powder shall he delivered at
face. and more stringent rules adopt
cd for firing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
FEDERAL BANK OF NEW
YORK CLOSES ITS DOORS

New York, April l5.--Thr Federal
bank. a state institution in this city.
has been closed. and officials of the
state banking department; are in
charge. -. Rothschild is the president
and its capital is S250.00O. and accord
:Es ~ q recent statement it .:wed l"12:-
itOrs $4S6.0O0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
ONE BODY IN WRECK AT
SCALES MOUNDS is LOST

Dubuque. la. April 1I-EfuTtS To
find the remains of Fireman SkeIly.
Ot Waterloo. who i supposed to have
been killed in Il hcad-on collision he
tween two freight trains ut Scales
Mounds. ILL.,. are unavailing. His coat
and hat have been found. -Four others
We're seriously injured Brakeman
Cross. of Waterloo: Engineer Fay.
Brakeman Mccormick and Fireman
Whitesock. rhe engines and several
box cars wpt" ,lrmnliSl"d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
AMERICANS CUT
DOWN BY MOROS
Capt. David Wheeler Fatally Wound :
ed While on Accommodating
Expedition.

Manila, April 15.-Capt. David p.
Wheeler and Corporal Percy Heyvelt,
of the 22nd infantry. while recon
noitoring the Moro works along the
Taraca river. island Of Nindauao.
April II. were stabbed i'm the abdo-
men. Wheeler died the 18th. and Hey
welt il fatally wounded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
In thn Hand, nf Receirer,.

Baltimore. April 1.-THE Baltimore
Equitable Life Insurance company has
gone into the hands of receivers in the
circuit court upon the application Of
State Insurance Commissioner Lloyd
Wilkinson and upon an answer filed by
the company IN which the appointment
OF receivers was consented TO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
A..auI, on Collins Proves Fatal.

VirccnneS. Ind. April l5.-Perry c.
Collins. Republican candidate for the
Twelfth judicial Cirluit. died on the
way to the county poor asylum from
the hospital ward at the Jail. Collins
was found unconscious on the street
Saturday night either from being
struck on the head or falling on the
pavement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
RAW MATERIAL FOR PLUG
TOBACCO IS MUCH HIGHER

Louisville. April 15.-Within the last
three weeks all grades of Burley to-
bacco have been enchauced in price
from 81 to SO per 10 pounds. Burley
is generally used in making up plug
tohacco and with one sale of 5000 for
100 pounds the price is higher than it
has been since 1887.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
CUNARD LINE TO BRING
OVER $4,000 HUNGARIANs

budapest. April 1J.-The Hungarian
government has concluded contract
with tn" Curard steamship limo TO traS-
Port $4,000 Immigrants to the United
States within the next ten years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
FORTY-sEvEN MEMBERS IN
TWO IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

Baltimore. Nd. April 1.-Two rec
ord breaking families bound for Chi
cago landed from the steamer Brand
enberg from Bremen Thursday and
left for the west at night. One is
headed by Joseph ZOwinski, aged 7S.
whose sons and daughters and grand
children number thirty. The other is
that of Carl Zenke, and number seven
teen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
Gunner's Mate Prevent
ed Blowing Up of
Magazine.
LEAPED IN, SHUT DOOR
Capt. Cow1eS Kept Mis-
souri, From Going
Aground.

Pensacola. Fla. April 15.-That the
Missouri had narrow escape from
being blown to pieces by an explosion
of the magazine and also being beach
ed has come to light. Capt. CowleS
prevented the latter when the vessel
was within 80 yards of the beach by
ordering the ships course changed.
Chief Gunner's Mate Monsoon saved
the ship and the lives of over 600 men
by jumping into an open magazine and
closing the door behind him.
Jumped In and Closed Door.
II i stated that when the officers
heard the explosion in the turret and
saw the fire tapping through the top
they realized Il hot magazine would
next explode and Headed the ship for
the beach. intending" To beach her if
possible before the explosion. Cowle>
quickly stopped the plan and put the
ship back to sea. When the first eN-
plosion occurred in the turret the'meu
in the handling room knew in an in
slant what had occurred.
Was Close Can.
The magazine door WAS open and
standing" against il were four charges
of powder. Without moments hesi-
tation Mun>on showed these aside. and
jumping into the magazine closed the
door after him. The magazine was
flooded with water. and when they
opened the door they found Monsoon
barely alive. the water having reach
Ell to his neck
The damage to the Eattleship j.
much greater than was stated at first
m addition to the large amount of
ruined by the flooding of
the magazine the after turret is bad
ly injured. The hoist is charred
mass. and the mechanism of the gun
i completely ruined. The estimates
of damages are $4,000.
Extra Prec;. ;.utions Were Taken.
Captain Cowles and Lieutenant |
Hammer. the ordnance officer. had tax |
en extra precautions against such an |
accident realizing that such could Oc-
cur. and for three days no firing with |
l large pieces was done on account |
Of the wind being from off shore Final |
ly Wednesday morning il shifted, and |
ii was dCmed safe 10 commence the fir |
ing. Lieutenant Hammer had remain |
cd in the turret watching the firing |
until the first string of shots had been |
fired in rapid succession. lie thought |
from his observations that IL was safe
to allow the continuation at rapid fir
ing. and left the turret to consult with
the target expert on board on this mat
ter. Only three shots of the second
string had been fired when the explo-
sion occurred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
Mrs. Botkin ON Her Third TriaI,

San Francisco. April 1J.-AIrS. Cor
della Botkin appeared i'm Police Judge
Conlan's court for her preliminary eX-
animation on the charge of numbering
Mrs. Josiah Deanc. of oDver. Del The
taking Of testimony OF the Delaware
witnesses was begun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
HEART FAILURE FOLLOWS
JURY's VERDICT OF GUILTY

IauIanapohs. Ind. April 1j.-Waiter
Brown of Eikhart was found guilty
Wednesday night of conspiracy 10
wreck the Elkhart National bank. I'm
mediately after he was stricken with
heart failure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
LIEUT.. DAVIDSON, KILLED
ON MISSOURI, IOWA MAN

Sioux City. Ia. April 15--Licuten-
ant W. G. Davidson, who was killed iii
tine explosion on the battleship Nilsson
ri. was the only son of Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew J. Davidson. OF this city. He
was appointed 10 the naval academy at
the request of Representative Pickler.
of South Dakota. while attending the
agricultural college at BrOokings. $. D.,
in 1891.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
DON CECILIO BAEZ FIRST OF
OF BIS CLASS FROM PARAGUAY

Washington. April 15.-Don Cecilio
Baez, the first envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to the
United States from Paraguay. was re-
ceivcd 10y President Roosevelt at the
White House today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
Ruler of Korea Routed
Out by a
Fire.
ESCAPES WITH SUITE
Thought to Have Been
Work of His En-
enieS.

Paris. April IA cablcgram re-
ceiNcd at the foreign office says the
imperial palace at Seoul. Korea. was
completely destroyed hy fire last
night. The emperor and suite sue
ceedcd in escaping to a nearby refuge.
Plot Suspected.
Recent political unrest in Seoul leads
to fears the destruction Of the palace
WAS the work of the rchclliuus cle-
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
Elkins say. EmpIiatIcaIIy. No.

Washington. April 15.-Seycral SEN
ators have discussed with Senator FL
kins the adyisability OF making him
chairman Of the Republican national
committee. He emphatically asserted
that he would not think Of taking the
place under any consideration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
WITTENBERG COLLEGE GETS
AN ESTATE WORTH $500, 600

Springfield. O.. April l5.-The will of
the late Rev. Charles Stroud. filed for
probate Thursday. bequeaths the entire
estate. valued at 100000. TO Wittcn-
berg college. the great Lutheran in
stitution of the west located here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
STATE OF MAINE IN LINE
TO SUPPORT ROOSEVELT

Portland. Me. April 1J.-Thc Repub-
lfCanS of Maine ut q largely attended
and harmonious convention here elect
ed deleGatCS-aT-large TO the national
convention and electors of president
and vice president. Resolutions indors-
ing the administration of President
Roosevelt were adopted and his nomi-
nation was recommended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
ChocLed to Death by sausage.

Sioux Falls. :. H., April 15--Rcna
oJhnson. the 12-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles oJhnson, we'll
known residents OF this city, is dead
as the result of chunk of bologna lodg-
ing in her wind pipe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15

London. April 15.-The British torpe-
do-boat destroyer Teazer. which ran
ashore during the naval maneouvers at
Portsmouth, has been towed of and
docked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
Port Arthur Silent.

ST. Petersburg. April 15.-Up to the
presnt hour not IL single new dispatch
has come from Port Arthur, although
scvral newspaper correspondents are
there. Nassili NCrcst chagin. the Rus
sian painter. WAS Vice Admiral Malla
rOffs guest on the Petropavlovsk. 1t
is reported that he was lost with the
shin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
verestchagin, Famous
Artist, on Fated
Vessel.
WAS ADMIRAL'S GUEST
Port Arthur Silent on
Developments of
the War.

Tien Tsin. April lj.-It il asserted
here the reason Of tine delay in the
movements of the Japanese army in
Korea l. that over II per cent of the
troops are suffering from Il malignant
sickness described a. being Il species
of beri bcri
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15

newspaper correspondents using wire
less telcgraphy will be treated as
pies and shot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
Grand Duke Reported Dead.

81. Petersburg. April 15.-Persistent
rumors are in circulation that Grand
Duke Cyril i dead. but the Associa
ted Press cannot secure any conirma-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-15
skrydIoT to Succeed Makaron.

ST. Petersburg. April 1J.-It has been
definitely decided that Vie q Admiral
Skrydloff. commander Of the Black sea
fleet will succeed the lajc NiVe Adj
niral NIakaroff ~ commander in-chief
of Ia" Russian naval forces in the Far
East. Orders have been sent to Vice
Amiral SkrydIOff to come 70 st. Peters
burg for the purpose Of receiving in
strUctiCnS. after which viii leave inn
mrdiatCiy for the Far East.