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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
HEARS HEAVY GUNS.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated l'ress.
Chefoo, April Is. 2 D. m.-Admiral
Tash, in command of the Chinese
cruiser squadron, reports that he
heard intcrmittnet firing in the dircc'
tion of Port Arthur all day Thursday.
iNTERPosED HIS OWN SHIP.
BY Associated Press.
Chicago, April IA special cable
o the Daily News from Toxic gives a
lew theory as to the death Of Maka-
roff The dispatch says; Admiral
Togo ii is surmised, while maneuvcr-
ng his squadrons of cruisers opp9.
iite the entrance of the harb0r for the
purpose of attracting Makaroff to yea
Iure out, dispatched torpedo boats for.
yard for considerable distance on
10Th tanks, to cut off the Russian
'etreat. 1t Is suspected the advance
If the torpedo boats was not observed
~ Makaron's ships, which were in
ent ON the engagement with Togo's
squadron. until so late that II was i'm
possible that all the Russian fleet
,ould regain the harbor. Makarolt's
ceputation for courage in taken to
warrant the opinion that he inter
posed his heavily armored flagship to
protect the retreating vessels and
thus saved the squadron at a cost OF
his own ship and life, as well as the
lives of nearly all on board.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
FELL FROM THE BRIDGE
Fred Phelps, Of Carbondale. Piunoes
sixty Feet From Bridge Ap.
proach to Earth Below.

AT 2 o'clock this morning Fred
Phelps was lying at St Mary's inhr.
mary sinking rapidly as a result of
injuries received by falling from the
trestlework of the Illinois Central
bridge at about o'clock yesterday
afternoon and no hopes were enter.
tanned or his recovery.
At the bedside OF the injured man
was his father and his sweetheart,
who arrived from their homes at Car
bondale late last night. ana the scene
was indeed touching one.
The injured man had not regained
consciousness, and the woman, who
was to have become his bride next
July, wept bitterly as she thought of
the man she loved so dearly, and how
cruel was the hand of fate.
Phelps was employed on the treste.
work of the new approach to the llli-
nois Central bridge ana was working
west of the Sycamore street arch. He
was on q swinging scaifOld about five
feet below the top of the trestle and
sixty feet above the earth, when he
lost his balance and fell
Forty feet below he struck some
wooden braces and from there fell to
the earth twenty feet below
He was taken to st Mary's iniirm-
ary where DR. w. f. Grinstead attend
cd him. His injuries were found to
consist of a dislocation of the left
knee joint, broken left leg iust above
the ankle, left side of head and face
badly bruised resulting in coneussion
of the brain
Phelps Is 81 years old and lived At
Carbondale.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15

stopped and lowered small boats. ana
torpedo boats steamed as quickly as
possible 10 the rescue of the sur.
yivors. The force of the explosion
sent Grand Duke Cyril flying across
the bridge, and the base of his skull
struck an iron stanchion Believing
the ship about to sink he camberel
down its side and plunged into the
water. He reached a piece Of wreck
age, to which he chung. and was
picked up by a torpedo boat. Won
Kobe was also found swimming, and
was picked up Jakovleff was thrown
against stanchion- With such force
that he was killed. Grand Duke Cyrils
Injuries were severe Besides receiy-
ing a blow in the head his legs were
burned, and he suffered a serious
shock.
The exact number of Marakoif's
itaff on board the Petropavlovsk when
She sank IS unknown. but II is thought
10 be Is or 1G. The Petropaylogsk had
crew of about csc, Of which So were
saved at last accounts. Nicholas
Kravtchenko, well-known Russian
literary man, acting as correspondent
for the Associated Press at Port Ar
thur. 1t is believed went down with
the Petropavlovsk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15

Special to The Bulletin.
Memphis, April 1.-THE stay of
the Nashville and Lawrence at this
port will likely be brief They are
proceeding up the river al a rate that
breaks all records for boats Of their
class.
The vessels reached Lake Provi-
dence last night. and laid up for the
night. They viii leave that place az
an early hour this morning. and
should reach GreenviIle between S and
9 o'clock. No stops have been made.
The first halt in the long run up the
Mississippi will be in Memphis. The
vessels should reach here sometime
during Friday morning. Their rate of
speed is abOnt 1874 miles per hour.
From Lake Providence to this city is
about 300 miles. According 10 advices
received last night the boats will cast
anchor here about time given above.
There is no information as to how
long the boats will remain here. Sec.
retary Moody has stated that the ma
ter was one to be decided by Comman-
der Hubbard The two boats must
reach st. Louis by April 25d. To IL
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
The House Passed the Philippine
Bill at Last.
GROVER FLAYED ALIVE
BY COCHRAN, OF MISSOURI, WHO
DECLARED HIS SUPPORT
MEANT DISHONOR AND
MEANT DlshoNOR AND
DESTRUCTlO.
BY the Associated Press.

Washington, April 1.-THE house
today passed the Philippine bill, fol
loving which there was an extended
debate over the resolution to permit
Col Thomas w Symons, of the en-
gineer corps of the army to serve on
the advisory board OF consulting en-.
gineers in connection with interna.
tional improvements in the state Of
New York. After several fiery
speeches had been made in opposi.
tion to the resolution. it was adopted
by an overwhelming vote The gen
eral deficiency bill was taken up, and
Hamilton. Of Michigan, discussed CAPT
tai and labor, while Cochran, of Mis-
souri,, criticized 'usurpation Of legis.
latiyc power by the executive, and
said that former President Cleveland
had given the most notable instance
Of such usurpation in forcing his
financial policies on the people Cleye
land, he declared, was n man whose
friendship meant destruction, whose
touch meant paralysis, and whose sup
port meant dishonor He declared
Cleveland had been put into exile
never again to be reinstated in the
confidence Of the people.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL VERSION.

BY the Associated Press.
st. Petersburg. April 1.-THE As
sociated Press obtained tonight what
is practically an Official version Of the
sinking of the battleship Petropav
lovsk. and il clears up to a great ex
tent the mysterious features of the
vessels destruction. Retiring before
the advance of the superior Japanese
fleet, the Russian squadron approach
cd the entrance to the harbOr. II was
shortly after eight O'Clock In the
morning. aid most Of the officers and
members OF the crew were at break
fast. Marakon was in his cabin, ana
the wardroom was crowded with OH
GERS. On the bridge were Grand Duke
Cyril. Lieut.. Won Kobe, Captain Jakoy
left. commanding the vessel. ana tWc
other officers were on watch eXamin
ing the entrance preparatory TO enter
ing. About $50 o'clock there was
terrific explosion of boilers, foiio~e'
a few seconds later by det0natiof
from the magazines. Huge gaps we're
torn in the hull OF the ship. and the
water rushed in: the ship rollee
on her side and sank All Information
tends to prove that a mine was re
sponsiblc for the d1yucilon Ct the
PetropavlOsk
The scene below will never be de
ecrihed as so far as known. not o
single person between decks escaped.
The steam which scalded the men or
deck indicated what must have beer
the character of the death met by
those in .he engine room. Men on
deck we're thrown in all directions
those falling into the water swimming
ami graspiag the sreeksge- The re
mainder Of the squadron Immediately
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
A BRAVE GuNNER's MATE.

oy Tue Associated Press.
Pensacola, Fla, April l4.--That the
Missouri had narrow escape from
being blown TO pieces by an explosion
Of the magazine and also being beach
ed, came TO light today. Captain
Cowles prevented the latter when the
vessel was within $50 yards Of the
beach by ordering the ships course
changed Chief Gunners Mate Mon
son saved the ship and lives Of oyer
COO Inen by jumping into the open
magazine aud closing the door behind
him.
II Is stated when the officers heard
the explosion In the turret and saw
the fire leapIng through the top. they
realized that the hot magazine would
next explode and headed the ship for
the beach, intending to beach her il
possible before the explosion. Cowles
quickly stopped the plan and put the
ship back to sea.
When the first explosion occurred
in the turret the men In the handling
room knew in an instant what had oc-
Cured. The magazine door was open
and standing against II we're four.
charges of powder Without mo-
ments hesitation Monson shovasl
these aside and jumped into the mag
azine and closed the door after him.
The magazine was flooded with water.
and when the men opened the door
they found Monson barely alive. the
water having reached to his neck.
The damage to the battleship ia
much greater than first stated In
addition TO large amount Of ammnni-
ton ruined by flooding the magazine
the after turret Is badly injured The
hoist is q charre1 mass, and the mech
anism OF the gun completely ruined.
Estimates place the damage at $780,
900.
The total list Of the dead now num-
bers 32, o. B. Moe, apprentice, J. +.
knight, seaman, and T. Donnelly,
ordinary seaman. dying since last
night The funeral Of seventeen sea-
men occurred this afternoon, fully
five thousand men being present
while thousands from the city were lii
attendance. every place OF business
being closed aud flags half mastol.
The bodies Of the officers and eight OF
the seamen were shipped TO their for
ner homes tonight Others ara being
1ell 10 await advces from relatives.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
ARRIVE AT SYRACUSE.
BY the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
Syracuse, Sicily, April 1.-THE
American steam yacht North Star.
with her owner, Cornelius Vanderbilt
rived here. Emperor William who
is here on the German imperial yacht
went on board the North Star, where
he remained an hour conyersing. The
emperor seemed in the best Of health
and spirits ana all those whom he met
on the North Star agree the opera
tions recently performed on his throat
has resulted in no change in his ma
iegtys voice
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
REPORT OF ADMIRAL uRlu.

Toxic, April IA brief report from
Rear Admiral Uriu of Wednesday,
fighting ea Pert Arthur re Nehed the
navy department this afternoon. u
says Vice.Admiral Togo's fleet at
tackled Port Arthur in the morning
and succeeded in sinking batteshif
Of the PetropavIovsk class and ont
torpedo boat destroyer. The Japan
ese sustained no losses. One Japan
ese was wounded.
a detailed report Of the engagement
is expected hourly. 1t is clear from
this meagre report that the Japanese
claim an important victory.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15

and Morgan again occupied the flOOI
most OF the day The discussion re-
lated principally 10 the details Of gov
erniHg the canal. but some considera
tion was also given HaIe's amen4
mcns requiring the use Of Amaricar
bottoms in the shipment of canal sup
plies 10 the zone Consideration Of Tho
bill was not concluded when the ses
sion closed.
Senator Fry today introduced bill
proyi ling for the retirement of letter
carriers who have reached tho age Of
Is and who have served 80 years The
bill gives the carriers retired pay al
80 per cent Of the salaries they worc
receiving at the time OF their retire
mcnt
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
To Mount Stamp photoaraphs.

Since STAMP photographs have be-
come a fad, new ideas for mounting
them have been devised. One of the
quaintest methods for the Western
girl, or the girl who has returned East
with souvenirs from the Western
woods, Is to mount her stamp pictures
on the brown bark of the eucalyptus,
or on yucca or orange wood. The
beautiful birch bark is also excellent
for mounting these miniature pictures.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
A NATIVE or SIOUX CITY.
lsv the Associated Press.

Sioux City, Iowa. April l4.--Lieut.
w. G. Davidson, who was Killed by
the explosion on the battleship Mis-
souri. was the only son Of Andrew j.
Davidson, Of this city He was ap-
pointed 10 the naval academy at the
request Of Congressman Pickler. oK
south Dakota, Wolfe attending the
agricultural college at Br0okings. 8.
D.. In 1891 While serving as ensign
on the cruiser Concord Ia the Philip
pines. he commanded the marines ON
the steamer Petrol. and captured the
Spanish cannon, which was after
wards given to Sioux City.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
"BloW Back From the Charge Ig-
nited Its Successor.
THE DEATH LIST Is SWELLED
HerOism OF Gunner's Mate Saved Missouri
From Being Blown UP With All
on Board.
Spacial to The Bulletin.

Special to The Bulletin
Pensacola. Fla, April Il, Rivalry
and ambition brought about the hor.
rible accident ON the United States
battleship Missouri, announced in The
Bulletin of Thursday, and in which
32 lives were lost
That they wcro in behalf Of the ma
tion's glory mtgates, even if II does
not condone, the possible carelessness
that may have permitted the slaught-
er.
The monster ship was on the verge
of being blown to pieces
The Missouri rinew, stiff and green
was competing with the wellsea-
soneI crews and smooth-worn Texas
and Brooklyn for target honors.
The prizes offered for best scores
ana fastest firing and the glory &C.
crung TO the winning ship made every
officer and man eager to prove his
alertness and smartneRs at the guns.
To this spirit the accident, which re.
suited in 80 terrible loss of life, is
attributed by naval officers ashore.
The explosion Of a ton of smoke
less powder Killed five officers and
81 men TWO BIT the wounded cannot
recover
The Missouri had been at WORK two
days at target practice 10 miles from
this port, in the Gulf Of Mexico. She
was to have completed this work in
two days more, and was under orders
then to proceed To New York to be
docked, to prepare for a cruise to
Europe
There are two accounts of how
the accident happened These are
based on theories as all the men who
were in a position to tell are dead
Lieut.. Hammers explanation seems
to be the accepted one In substance
1t is said one string had been fired
from the l2-inch guns in the after tur-
ret and three shots OF tha second
string" had been fred when the first
explosion occurred.
The left gun was being loaded and
one section or 1880 pounds OF powder.
had been rammcd home and the sec
cond of 1870 pounds had cleared the
hoisting ear when gases from the pre-
vious shot ignited the powder
This charge exploded and a portion
Of il dropped into the handling room
81 feet below, where four charges
were ready 10 be hoistod exploding
them
The officers describe the cause OF
the explosion as 4 blow back" or IN
other words. the wind blowing from
cff shore blew portion Of the flame
from the muzzle back into the breech
where the charge was being rammed
home.
This ignited the charge This, the
officers say. was guarded against with
all possible precauti0n. For several
days no firing was done on account of
the wrong direction Of the wind
The breech Of the gun was dam
lgcd, but otherwise the piece was not
il iured TO any extent
Before the facts had been told,
some Of the officers ashore had as
cribed the explosion TO a hang fire
This is where the charge fails 10 go
olT when the lanyard has been pulled
The rule is to keep the breech closed
ill il is certain that the load has not
taken FIRE II was supposed that the
brccch had been opened and that the
powder already ignited blew out into
the tlrrct Lieut. Hammers cxplana
tiens disposea of that theory.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
PORT ARTHUR BLOCKED
BY JAPANESE HULkS

caused by torpedoes launched by the
Japanese and by the submarine yes.
sells. Hitherto 1t has not been be-
lieved that the Japanese had any sub
marine boats, but il is now admitted
that such boats might have been re-
ceived with cruisers bought from Ar
eentina and brought ont from Genoa
by British crews. Ii is difficult 10 yer
ify this, but the admiralty is Of the
opinion that the cruisers brought out
two submarine vessels
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
EXPRESSIONS or SYMPATHY

BY Associated PFesa.
Washington April lf.~-German Am.
bassalor Sternberg and Russian Am.
hassador Cassini have sent President
Roosevelt communications expressing
regret and sympathy for the acci-
dent on the Missouri Secretary
MOODY. al the direction OF the presl-
lent. has sent a message Of sympathy
% the relatives of each man killed on
the Missouri yesterday
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
Following the Night the Petropav-
|ovski Was Blown Up.
RUSSIA ADMITS SUBMARINES
Brought About the Loss of BattleStip By
Firing Torped0eS--TOgo's Great
Strategy.

ST. Petersburg April I5 5:52 mRumorS current here
that VceAdmra Togo sent in number Of steamers on the
night OF March and succeeded sinking several OF them and
in blocking the channel OF Port Arthur RamOrs cannot be con-
med at This place. The date referred TO by The correspondent
dispatch March ST. probably according to The old style
calendar by which The would have taken place April B
according to the new style calendar.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
DESTROYERS SUNK.

ST. Petersburg, April ID, 1926 p. M
1t was officially announced today that
the torpedo boat destroyer eozstrash-
nj was cut off from the rest Of the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur and and
sunk by the Japanese; that her crew
was lost, and that the batteshp Po.
beida accidentally struck mine while
maneuvering. but was able to return
to the harbor without loss Of life.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
PRICE or GLASS TO GO UP.
ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Cincinnati. April 1i.-About IS per
cent Of the window glass manufac-
turers were represented at the con
ference here today 4 committee was
appointed 10 form a permanent organ
ization. II vas decided to increase the
price uf glass Is per cent within tho
next three months and shut down the
mills June ist
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
AN lNTERURBAN RAILWAY.
By the Associated Pres.

By the Associated Pres.
bloomington. ILL.,, April 1.-THE
Bloomington. Peoria. Lincoln aud
Springfield interurban railway was OF.
ganize1 today by electing Lafayette
Funk, of Bloomington, as president.
S. r. Prather. Of Springfield, as vice
president. and Frank W Aldrich, Of
Bloomington. as secretary and treas
urer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
AGREE UPON A SCALE.
RY the Assnciafed Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Springfield, H., April 1.-THE coal
operators and miners of the Chicago
and Alton sub-districts, embracing
fourteen mines, with 3,100 miners, to-
day agreed upon scale after being
in session over a week, The scale Of
last year was agreed upon, except that
the powder shall be delivered at face,
and more stringent rules adopted for
firing
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
ROOSEVELT RECEIVED.

BY the Associated Press.
Washington. April lt-President
Roosevelt received In the east room
of the White House this afternoon
several hundred members Of the
Knights Of Columbus They were pre-
scented individually
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
ON a DEFENSIVE BASIS.
By the Associated Press.

Paris, April 14-A dispatch to the
Temps from St Petersburg says.
The fleet remaining at Port Arthur
is reducsd to strictly defensive ba-
sis. The new commander of the Gar
witch perished on the Petropavlovsk
before he had assumed command Of
the battleship"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
TWIN" SULLIVAN KNOCKED OUT

By the Associated Press
81 Louis. April i4-Jlck O'Brien.
Of Philadelphia. knocked ont Twin
Sullivan, Of Boston. In the third round
tonight
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
By SUBMARINE VESSELS.
Rv Associated Press.

Paris. April 15.-The St Petersburg
correspondent of Echo de Paris, under
this mornings friday date. sends
the following: Il learn that the firm
opinion prevails in naval circles,
based on kilograms from surviving Of
feers, that the loss Of the Petropav-
lovsk and injuries to the Pobieda were
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
NEGRO ELEcTRocUTED.
ey Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Columbus. O., April ll--Iohn Ben
nett, a negro aged % years, was elec.
tr0cutel at the Ohio pznitentlary at
1896 this morning friday for the
murder Of his wife al OBJ Rim last De.
cember.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
INSTRUCTED FOR HEARST.


By the Associated Press
Silver City. n ~. April li-By a
vote Of ~ to e. after a bitter fight.
the territorial Democratic convention
instructed the delegates 10 the na-
ti0nal e5nv nti0n for Hearst.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
IN TIE SENATE.

Washington, April 1.-THE senate
devoted the entire day today to the
consideration Of the bill for the gov
ernment of the Panama canal zone.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
ALExiEFF AT PORT ARTHUR.
BY the Associated Press.

St Petersburg. April 1i.-Viceroy
Alexisff has arrived at Port Arthur
and assumed temporary command OF
the feet until Vice Admiral Skrydloff
hoistg his flag
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15

Lake Providence is 335 miles below
Memphis, and at the rate Of speed .he
boats are running. including a one-day
stop at Memphis, and allowing two
days for the run from there 10 Cairo,
the Nashville and Lawrence ought to
reach here by Sunday evening or at
the latest Monday noon
The Bulletin will keep Us readers
advised of the progress OF the boats
and announce "a hours in advance
when they will arrive in this port. AMI
the length Of their stay. In conse-
auence OF the brief stay Of one day
and the certainty that hey viii go no
further up the Ohio river. the Merch-
ants' League, Board Of Trade. should
get together and formulate some plan
Of providing an entertainment, as vas
done on similar occasions
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
NASHVILLE AND LAWRENCE
WILL ARRIVE HERE MONDAY
They Are Now Steamng Up the Mississippi River at High Rate
Of Spect-Due at Memphis Friday Will Not GO
Up Ohio River

this they can remain here but short
time as all the running mus; be done
in daylight
At the longest it is believed that the
two vessels will not remain here over
Sunday They will likely anchor op.
pcste the custom house.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15
WHAT REMAINS.

The Port Arthur squadron is
now quite seriously crippled.
When the war began the squad
ron consisted of eight batteships,
seven cruisers and flotilla of tor
pcdo craft and destroyera.
Il has been reduced as the re-
suit of engagements with the
JAPANESE and accident, TO three
battIeshipe and probably four
cruisers and small flotIla Of
torpedo boats and dcetroyers. The
k1S@Iacti.a ,rn.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15

The Large cruisers are the PaIo-
da, the AskoId, the Novik and the
Fremiaschek. In addition there
are a few eunboats that add little
strength to the squadron.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-15

Many a man pretenls to care for a
woman when all he cares for is him
SELF.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-04-30
SCRANTON coLLIERY BURNED
The 600 Men at Work In Mine Were
Gotten Out In Safety


Scranton, Pa, April 27.-The Pine
Brook breaker OF the Scranton Coal
company was almost completely de
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimat.
ed at 100000, and it is insured for SO
per cent. of its value.
All of the 600 men at work in the
mine when the fire broke out, together
with the mules. were gotten out in
safety through secondary openings. 1t
being the dinner hour, the breaker
boys were at play in the breaker yard
and were therefore in no danger
The Pine Brook colliery is located
just on the edge of the business dis
trict, and is in the heart of one of
the principal manufacturing districts.
The Allis-Chalmers Locomotive Works
and number of other structures were
set afire by sparks, but the flames in
each instance were esasly eEtinguished
The mine has been in operation So
years, but is good for 20 more years.
The breaker will be rebuilt at once.
The company will provide places at
other mines for as many of the 600
hands as can be accommodated. The
others face a six months idleness.