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Americus times-recorder., 1904-02-17
RUSSIAN CRUISER
BOYARIN BLOWN UP
Ship Goes to Atoms by Strik
ing a Mine.
MANY OF CREW ARE LOST
soyarin Was Last Reported as Having
Taken Part in Engagement at Port
Arthur, Feb. 9-Russians Terrified
at Disasters.

st. Petersburg, Feb 16.-The report
circulated here today that the Rus
sian cruiser Boyarin was blown up last
Saturday and that al her officers
and crew, 1877 in number, were lost,
is confirmed from a private source.
The Boyarin's armament consisted
OF SIX 4.7-1nch guns. eight 18-inch
guns, two 1.4-inch guns and three ma
chine guns.
She was also fitted with six torpedo
tubes. The Boyarin was last report
ed as having taken part in the engage
ment Of Feb. 9. at Port Arthur.
Americus times-recorder., 1904-02-17

Nothing is politically right which is
morally wrong.--O'Connell.
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4 Especial Cor. OF The Times-Dispa tcll)
NEW YORK, Jan, 2-Ncwly brought
irto connection with the new world by
the service which the American line Of
steamships has Just established, the old
port Of Plymouth, mother OF all the
o,ner Plymouths in the world" bids fair
with the beginning Of this year to have
% fresh interest to Americans. As tho
haven from which the Mayhower set sail
in 1920 on Its memorable voyage to New
FL gland the English Plymouth has al
ways had claim upon this country,
It's advantages as landing place and
the attractlyeness OF the surrounding
country, rapidly becoming the most. m-
pcrtant recreation ground In England
wlu probably bring to It q degree OF
rr omnence in American thought scarco-
Iy second to that which Southampton has
attained, 36 48s "a VI
Although the plan Of having steamers
stop at Plymouth on their way TO South
ampton was probably devised by the Of
noials Of the international Mercantile
Marine Company primarily for the pur-
rcso OF shortening the distance Tor pas
gengers and mails between Now York
and London since tho railway connec-
tons with the metropolis are admirable
. nevertheless the incoming Of the Amerl-
I Gun vessels to this ancient port VIII have
the effect Of NAL king the Whole enchant-,
"a region ot peyo Ashlrs ana Gosp Wasl
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They were five weeks In arrears. No
sooner was the husband in prison than
application was made at the court for
an ejectment order. The poor wife appear.
ed in person. A young woman made appli-
cation for the order. The magistrate ask
ed If she let the room to the defendant.
mo" sch sale, my mother did Have
you collected the rent? mo, my mother
always collects It," Then your mother
must come and make the application"
"But she can't. sir, she is paralyzed. and
almost blind. she cannot get out OF bed"
The matter was adjourned for few
days, so went to see both parties. It was
truly mean street in which they lived.
The houses one and all abutted close on
the narrow pavement, the street was close
and evil smelling. But every room In tho
street was let unfurnlshed at average Of
As. weekly.I went up to the woman whose
husband was in prison. to make some ar
rangement for her comfort, for she was IN
a helpless plight. While / was speaking
to her the young woman who appeared
against her at the court, came In without
ceremony and said MY mother wants
to see you." went downstairs to see the
old woman. Her room was on the front
ground floor, close to the pavement. I saw
an old, withered bit of humanity, gray and
shrlvcled. Sho was propped up In ped
Her bony hands shook and har falsetto
voice qulvered as she called, Tell him
I want my rent. want my rent"
spoke gently to her. and told Ter that
would pay the rent. 81 want It now,
want 1t now, ten collector is coming.
know shall be turned OUT the poor
old woman repeated. She could not 500
me, so took her thin hands into mine.
and told her not to fear. The next day
I went again to see hor. Tho old woman
heard my voice as stood In the passage.
and I heard her queer voice call out
"Have you brought my rent: have yon
brought my rent2" I took hold Of her
skinny hand, opened It. and put a SOW
ereign into her palm. THAT Is SOW
erelgn," I said. Her hand convulsivcly
closed on It, Then she put the sovereign
up to her fast closing eyes, shn could
not see It. '"Jane," she called out to her
daughter. us this a sovereign" She was
assured on the point. took hold Of her
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to fortlfy the entire coast. In Queen
L.izabeth's reign we read In connection
with Plymouth OF such doughty Rritons
g.; Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Sir Francis
Drake Sir Walter Raleigh. Sir Thomas
Cayendlsh, Sir John Hawkins. Sir Mar
tin FrobIsher and Lord Howard, together
with countless other heroes OF the sea,
Among the noteworthy events In which
Plymouth has taken part probably tho
most famous was the gathering OF her
sa ilor sons on the famous Hoe on that
glorious July afternoon In 1888 when the
tinyincble' Armada hove In sight and Sir
Francis Drake made his memorable re-
mark to his fellow bowers. LET us finish
the rub and we will then beat the Span
!ards." sijt
Eight years later there was another as
scmbling OF $50 ships at Plymouth, which
sailed hence after the successful attack
on Cadiz, led by the Earl OF Essex
Again In 1920 the Pilgrim fathers after
long stay In plymouth. during which
they gave up one OF their ships, the
sreedwell, set sail In the May1lower TO
find In the new world the homes they
had lost In the old. and to become tho
founders sef the greatest republic Witness
ca by the goth century. Hence, too
Cock and Vancouver started forth OH
their ocean voyages; and to Plymouth In
1915 came the Bellerophon. bearing on
board Napoleon Bonnparte. defeated and
captured In general Plymouth has been
but very little c9nrsstsa vStA SaAkRak
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II INTEREST In ANCIENT PLYMOUTH

affairs save at the time Of tho great
Civil War. when It was held and retained
by the Parliament. although It suffered
some long and very severe sieges from
the Royalists.
Plymouth at present occupies a very
important position from commercial
point OF view. and has a large coastwlse
and Mediterranean trade, Tho value OF
its harbor Is dependent upon its cele-
brated breakwater, giant work which,
suggested by the great Earl OF st. Vim
cent Was begun in 1872 and completed
In about thirty years. The huge stone
pier, extending to a length OF 500 feet
and estimated to contain nearly 100000
tons OF stone, cost about $10,C0Oo00.9
Some fourteen miles out to sea rises the
new Eddystone Lighthouse to height Of
1873 feet. It was constructed OF 2l7l6
blocks OF granite under the direction Of
Sir r. N. Douglas. Its lantern exhibits a.
flashing light visible seventeen and a half
niles. fixed light on the lover leyel
r,arking the Long Deeps. During the
foggy eather a bell Is sounded twice at
intervals OF one half minute, Since the q
completion OF the light and breakWater
Plymouth has always been counted one I.
Of the safest harbors on the globe--'a fast
that vii! give satisfaction 70 the hon ( \
sands OF American travellers rho sge 4
destined Il lRRd at III Quayxs Fl
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London Police Court.
Pafl1os and 7raqedv III Human
THOMAS HOLMES, Author of a Pictures and
Problems from London Police Court. 5l 3ESRE

other hand. opened It. and put the odd
shilling into it. "A smile OF content came
over her old face; the daughter laid hor,
gently down. and the skinny hands lay
on the bed1 closed on the money. Tho col
lector called and signed her book sho wnH
not put into the street. But tho week
following the Great Collector called on
her. gave her a receipt In full for her
rent. and the old womans anxteties were
ended.
A SLUM PROPERTY OWNER.
An old woman, dressed In greasy black
silk. with a bonnet of ancient date, often
appeared In one Of our courts for process
against some of her many tenants. Her
hair, plastered with grease, hung around
her head In long ringets; her face never
showed any signs Of having been washed;
long black veil hung from her old
bonnet, and black cotton gloves anlinch
too long. covered her hands. She was the
widow of q well-to-do jeweller. and owned
some rows Of cottage property ~ one OF
our poorest nelghborhoods After her hlls-
bands death she decided to live In one
of her cottages and collect her own rents.
She brought with her much jewelry &C.,
that had not been Sold and there In the
Sums, with har wealth around her, lived
I the quaint, odd creature. Week by week
she appeared at the court for orders
against tenants who had not paid their
I rent. Though seyenty-three, she would
have no agent: she managed her own bus
mess. Suddenly she appeared as an aprll-
cant for advice She had married. her
husband was a carpenter twenty-one
years Of age. They had been married
but a few days, and her husband refused
to 20 to work, 50 she told the magistrate.
well, you know. madam, that you have
plenty for BOTH said His Worship.
9'"rhat's what he says, but tell him that
II did not marry him that limight keep
him." She got neither help nor comfort
/ from the magistrate, SO she tottered out
OF tho court. grumbling as she went. In
n few days she appeared again. MY hus-
band has stolen some OF my 1ewelry."
Again no comfort. Still again she COM
nlained. my husband has been collect-
Ing my rents" "send a notice to each
tenant warning them not to pay your
husband Sho did 50; the husband did
tho same. warning them not TO- pay his
wife, This suited the tenants admirably.
They paid neither Never were such times
TIL the old woman applied for ejectmcnt
orders wholesale While these things
were going on the boy husband wasted
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more accessible to people on our size orc
the water than II has ever before been.
THAT the trend Of English fashion these
past few years has been toward the two
southwest countries is generally known,
THE diversified beauty OF the long stretch
OF seacoast from Southampton to Lands
End and back to Bristol and the Eugged
Interior filled with slightly tors, pic-
turesque gulllcs and delightful reminls-
ctnces OF the Arthurian legends, Lorna
Doone and Conan Doyle, has proved q
greater and greater attraction to well.
Il do Britlshers and to the members OF
the American colony In London
AS a rule tho fashion of sumEnerlng
10th In England and In this country Is
first set by artists. Just as the andscape
PAINTERS first discovered Newport. Bar
iIarbor and the Berkshires to be followed
later by the wealthy and fashionable
Il miles OF New York, Boston and Chlca7
go, SO the district Of peyonshire 1s ~
present passing through q stage Of popu-
Iiarity with the artists and with the class
of people whom art most easily influences
lCloyelly, for instance. q picturesque hue
Mace on tho north shore OF Devon, mas
Of late become distinctly a FAD Of the
London painters, both British and Amer
lean, and along Iel her coast, Wnethef
about Exeter or Plymouth 70 me south,
or Ilfracombe, Bude, or irintage! on me
north. you !; will always see White UNI
b: elias The Whole region - ipll q me
81. bjects which the early English artists
affected Here str Joshye REYNOLDS Was
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ostance IN rlotous 3 IlVinS.
STOLE Ills OWN WIFE

her substance In rlotOus living gt.58St XII;
y STOLE Ills OWN WIFE,
This aroused the old woman.s jealousy;@
she couldn't put up with IT. Packing sat'l,EA|g 1
her Jewels and ynluablas into a I: port
manteau, she left the house. When the
bosom was gone-neither did sha return.
He was disconsolate and sought horE
sorrowing Some miles away she had q
poor widowed sister, and there the old
woman found shelter. But no sooner
there than paralysis seized her. and a
doctor had to be called. He acted In tie
doubi, capacity OF doctor and lawyer,
for he drew up Will, put q pen INTO
her hand, and guided her gently while
she signed it.Al her worldly goods
were left to her sister. Ultimately tho
husband found out where she was lo-4
cated, and frequently. called at the house.,
but tho door was barred against him.
It was winter time, and deep snow
lay on the ground. At midnight a cab y
drew softly up to the house where the . old !
woman lay. Suddenly there was a. loud
knock at the front door and the sister
came down to answer: thoughtlessly she
opened the door, when she was seized by
two men, who locked her In the front
parlor, while they ran upstairs, rolled 4
tho old woman In warm blankets, carrkad
her to the cab, and away they Went.
"A nice room ana
her Another will was drawn up, which
tho old woman signed. AN her worldly
goods were left to hal dear husband"
Next morning the sister applied for ~
summons against tho young husband. y
But the magistrate decided that a. man
had right to run away with his own 4
wifo, All might have como merrily for
tho husband but tho old lady died. The
sister went to the police, who arrested
him for causing the death of his wife,
For many days the case was before tho
court. half dozen doctors on each Side
expressing very decided opinions. Ultl-
mately he was committed for trial. Doc
tors and counsel galore were concerned.
but the jury acquitted him at last. And 4
then came another trraA Counsel and /
doctors again concerned. Which will
was to stand? don't know how they
settled It, but one thing am sure about
When tho doctors and lawyers had got
their share and counsel had had n good
picking, there was not much left TOR the
loving husband and dear sister! M
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pRoFrssoB COLLINS TALKING THROUGH

Il
however that the possibility will So
cure for the public q little more consid-
GRAFTON in this regard TX
battleshlps Kearsarge and Alabama was
made in November. Verbal messages
without the use Of wires were exchanged
for more than an hour. and at the con-
.clusion OF the test tho naval officers
who had witnessed it and participated
in 1t clustered around Professor Collins
to congratulate him. RI
#,.s, HOW He STARTED.
An ollcinl report on tho practicabllity
OF the system Is to BIO made to the Navy
Department by Lieutenant Hudgns.
Professor Collins succeeded In May OF
this year in establishing wireless tele-
phone communication between two Erie
ferryboats on the North River. between
Jersey City and New York. The condi-
lions which he had to overcome thon.
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=
that this is tho wireless age. Wo have have
wireless telegraphy, wireless lights and
wireless telephones. Tho only things 'lst'
Uncle telephones. The only things Uncle
Uncle Sam looks for. however, Is to adopt
sys TENS and Innovations only after they
are perfected. gt4
OF course the use to tho government
of a wireless telephone can be seen et' at at
once I II time OF war in squadron move
ments a message can be sent instantar
and simultaneously to every vessel II; in
action from the flagship. and there will
be no excuse for the misunderstanding
OF any ordered manoeuvre. These tele'
phones can be tuned to some extent after
the manner OF tuning the telegraph
system so that tho enemy may not be
able te. record messages.
Mr.. Collins freely admits he does not
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expect to find tleld over land for his
wireless system, except 1t be in the coun-
try districts where there are not tall
steel buildings to interfere and absorb
the currents. He says that despite all
statements to the contrary the passage OF
electrical waves through steel structures
to given destination Is all nonsense.
S5 WIRELESS ABSURD ON LAND.
He does not believe It to be possible
to send message three or four blocks 7Hl!
let alone through miles ri streets lined
on each side by steel skyscrapers. In
country districts he says 1t IS all right:
across lakes and over the water how
ever. is the proper field for wireless
operations: Though" said MIR. Collins.
i"it will BIO a very handy thing In dis
tricts where right Of way cannot be
secured to lay wires. The chances are,
The test Of the system on board r y the the
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and the duties OF the officials almost I'M
possible. This fellow knows all the laws,
bylaws and regulations and sends lengthy
complaints. set out In legal phraseology
and we'll written, to the local govern
mcnt board. Failing response from that
quarter he has come with his documents
to argue the points of law procedure
with the magistrate. When all these, and
many others have told their stories. then
the small tenement cases como on
Landlords having tenants paying less
than EGO year, II those tenants refuse
to leave after having received proper no.
ticc, may apply to the court for eject
mcnt orders. And they do apply every
day the year round. There Is no lack
of them. Tho difficulties Of the poor IN
finding housing accommodation IS ever
manifest. a poor, decent widow has
room to let: she needs the rent OF it to
help to pay her rent. A man and his
wife have taken Il. They have one child.
so they say, but when their furniture IS
safely in, and a weeks rent paid. four.
other children appear. 1t takes six weeks
TO get rid of them; meanwhile they pay
no more rent. I'VE can't get anywhere
to go to- is always the excuse, and 1t. Is
true. Every building scheme tried in
London has made life harder for the very
poor Slum houses are pulled down.
3''dwe.lings" blocks are erected, rents are
charged that only. the prosperous In reg
ular work can pay. London's housing
schemes arc all ON the same principle.
Ejectlng the poor and miserable. they
make provision only for those who can
nay high rents. The small tenement
cases heard every day at every Police
Court show this Some day. perhaps,
London will be sensible enough to make
provision for the poor before 1t drives
thorn out Of their wretched Sums.
TIE HOUSING DILEMMA.
Strange things come to light. Strange
fac and figures are seem Among these
cases, the wives generally appear to snow
cause why they should not be elected.
They admit owing the rent. admit they
are oyercrowded but gracious me! how
they plead for time" to find another
Place. One has only just got over a con-
nnement. another has a sick child that
cannot be moved the many children or
another have measles. whooptng cough.
or some other contagious complaint dy-
Ing husbands-all sorts OF pitiful stories.
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rh., outside world can have little ldea
~ TIA many uses to which Londoh
n,olIco court is put Still less can y
/, 80 al adenuate conception OF the va
Nod humanity that finds ITS way. DAY
M day, into IT,. The extraordinary OF
every-day life Is the ordinary OF q ponce
court Sorrow and sin, drink anu diii
cultias are among the chief causes tnat
bring such multitudes OF men AID "o-
men, old and young, into such place.
A court Is not only an INSTITUTION 10y
the punishment OF evildoers, but II Is also
medium for comforting reward on those
that do we'll. While the criminals ana
the drlnkards, and the offenders against
nublic order know well-too weI-the pre-
cIncts OF tho court. to the poor and the
unfortunate, almost forgotten OF Goo
and man, they are like the shadow or q
.'great rock In weary land ana 70
those precincts they come for adVice or
eympathy, help or.rclief IN the dilncui-
ties or dIstresses by when they are ne-
set. No other institution the world over
typfies to such a marked degree the Two
qualities OF Justice and mercy.
+ rTIID ROUTINE OLA POLICE COURT.
At hnlf-past 10 every morning Hls Wor-.
ship takes his seat. There are no hoi-
days at the police courts, so every week
day morning, Christmas Day and Good
Friday alone cNCcPlcu,I1 tS " " 'A1'P A4Aus
n number Of people sitting quietly await
Ing his arriva. There are the "appl-
scants," who vary in number morning BY
morning, sometimes ten, other times
fifty; at a busy court there would In
ono year probably be as many as ten.
thousand Of these applications. These
applicants are worth looking at, tor they
arc q mixed lot In yonder corner are
two or three outgoing, and two or
three incoming publicans-they wish to
transfer the licenses. Ono by one mum:
her Of poor women follow; bandaged
heads and bruised faces are In evidence
these also want protection" of another
sort If grant you a summons against
your husband, will you appear and give
4 evldence?'' Each one earnestly assures
tho magistrate that She will. So sum
monses are granted. but when called
on"}ln a weeks time four out of five Will
be absent, and the proceedings VIII be
quashed. Next follow very hetero.
Eeneous lot. A stalwart man wants
something done to or for his boy Of eight
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tance connections. Collins promises to
do away with all OF this trouble. Tests
have already been made with his new
appliance for which patents are pending,
ana considerable success has been
achieved
CAN REACH TWENTY-FIVE MILES.
u Under the present system Mr.. Collins
has not been able to send wireless
telephone message moro than three miles
with Ills now appliance he has found that
It is entirely possible to receive q ines
sage at a distance Of twenty-five miles
without injuring the apparatus In the
slightest Just what further possibilities
there may DO In the new appliance Mr.
Collins does not care to speculate on.
'rhere Is no usc In speculating on
possibilitiest' said the inventor the
Other day when seen by your CORE
spondent. mo one can tell what the
future has In store, or how one dis
covery may lead TO another We can
only deal with facts as they are. 10 be
cons ervntive, can say we will be able
to telephone twenty-five miles without
the aid OF wires How much further wo
may be able to 60 I cannot say. When
Bell had his system theoretically per-
Gected the people asked how It would be
possible to make connections for 10000
messages day, and It was impossible
to answer the question. The perfection
OF the switch board was the thing that
made the telephone |. commercial possi-
bility. Without that Bells discoveries,
would have been useless. The threshing
out OF any invention Is a five.ycars JOB,
no matter which way you look at II, and
no matter how cievcr a man may be-
TESTS ON THE BATTLEsH1Ps.
The recent tests OF the wireless system
made on the battleships Kearsarge and
Alabama wro sufficiently successful to
warrant tho government In asking M +.
Collins to mako two instruments to be
permanently installed on these vessels,
In order that thorough and continuous
test may be made under the direction
OF Lieutenant Eudgins. who has charge
OF all the wireless equipment on the war
ships. lieutenant Hudgins has had q
good deal OF experience with wireless
matters. He has tasted pretty nearly
every system Of wireless telegraphy-
there are good many.
Uncle Sam always wants tho best, II
there are more than one, and while there
Is only one wireless telephone system It
present known this system Will have to
be perfect before It Is adopted.
THE WIR EIESS AGE.
Government electricians firmly believe