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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
TOG0ROUTS RUSSIANF FLEET
Port Arthur Ships Emerge From
Eiarbor and Engage laps.
BATTLESHlP REPORTED SUNK

after Long Running Fight the Czar'i
Vessels Put in at Different Ports
Some Return TO Port Arthur-ATika.
dos Armament suffers Little Damags
Report Of Admiral Togo.
Toxic, Japan.The Navy Department
issued a brief statement Of the engage
ment with the Russian Port Arthur
squadron. The statement follows:
According to reports received to date
the enemy's feet which emerged frem
Port Arthur was attacked by our fleet
south of Yen Tao Gn the Elliot group,
lilo miles northeast Of Port Arthur, in
the Korean Gulf.
'sThe Russian fleet ned during the
night. The cruisers Askold, Noyik and
another cruiser, with one torpedo boat
destroyer, ran into Kiao, Chow Bay on
The evening of August II. One torpedo
destroyer went to Che-Foo, and three
Of the enemy's battleships, one cruiser,
probably the Diana, one hospital ship,
two gunboats and several torpedo boat
destr0yers seem to have separately re-
turned to Port Arthur between dawn
and noon of August IL
''Our feet appears to have sustained
no damage"
Admiral Togo has reported as fol-
lows:
ION August 10 our combined fleet at
tackled the enemy's fleet near Gugan
Rock. The Russian vessels were
emerging from Port Arthur, trying to
80 south. We pursued the enemy to
the eastward. Severe fighting lasted
from / o'clock in the afternoon until
shutdown.
Toward the close the enemy's fire
weakened remarkably. His formation
scattered. The Russian cruisers As
kold and Novik and several torpedo
boat destroyers fed to the southwark.
Other Of the enemy's ships retreated
separately toward Port Arthur. We
pursued them, and it appears that we
Inflicted considerable damage. We
found life buoys and other articles be-
longing to the Russian battleship
Czarevitch floating at sea. The Care
witch probably was sunk.
I'VE have received no reports from
the torpedo boats and the torpedo boat
destroyers which were engaged in the
attack on the ships of the enemy. The
Russian vessels, with the exception of
the Askold, the Novik, the Czarevitch,
and the cruiser ,Pallada. appear to have
returned to Port Arthur. Our damage
was slight. Our fighting power has not
been Unmarried.
The casualties in the Japanese Navy
are reported to have numbered ITO.
1t is anticipated that the Japanese
Government will Immediately make
representations to Germany concerning
the Russian warships which have
taken refuge at Tslnchou.
These are anxious hours in Toxic,
but the people are confident that Adj
mlral Togo has inflicted serious dam
age upon the Russian fleet. Accurate
information is awaited anxiously BE- all
classes, but 1t is believed that this dis
persal Of the Russian warshi.;s will
further weaken the naval power Of
Russia in the Orient.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
JAPAN AGAIN WINS AT SEA.
Kamimura Meets VIadivostok Fleet
in Korean Strait.
RUSSIAN CRUISER RURlK lSSUNK
The Cars Squadron Then FIees In the
Direction Of vIadivostok Seven Hun
dred Miles Away-Two other ships
Badly Damaged-Tbe Jap Loss Is Re-
ported to Be slight.

Badly Damaged-Tbe Jap Loss 10 Re-
ported to Be slight.
Toxic, Japan. - In a battle lasting
from o'clock in the morning until /
O'clock the next afternoon the Russian
vladivostok squadron practically was
destroyed by Vice-Admiral Kanimu-
ra's fleet. The fact that nothing was
heard from the warships since 3 o'clock
the following afternoon led to the be-
lief that the Japanese squadron was
pursuing the two cruisers which es-
capped, and that the warships were too
far west in the Sea Of Japan to commu-
nicate definitely by wireless with any
of the home stations.
1t is definitely known that the Rus
sian cruiser Rurik was sunk in the sea
fight, and that the Rossia and Grom0-
boi fed northwest, after receiving Sc
ri0us damage. The first bulletin of the
fight came to Toxic at 7 O'Clock in the
morning from the protected cruiser Ta-
kachiho, which announced that the
Russians had been sighted west of Tsu
Island at the entrance to the Sea Of
Japan, and that Kamimura's squadron
was about to engage them. This tele-
gram was received at the Takeshiki
naval station, and was relayed to To-
kio. An hour later another wireless
telegram announced that the sea fight
had begun. At IL o'clock the Admir-
atty was informed that great loss had
been inflicted on the enemy, and at
moan a dicno,faIt 20 m a 0r,nrr1n0fflc fh +
the Rurik had been sunk just north of
Tsu Island. At o'clock came bulle-
tin from the Japanese fleet conveying
the news that the Rossia and Gromo-
boi, badly damaged. were in fight tow
was the following from Kamimura at 3
o'clock
1--WE sighted three Russian cruisers
at $40 a. m. in the Straits of Korea,
and at 6 o'clock engaged them. We
found the Russian vessels were the Ru-
rik, Gromoboi and Rossia. After five
hours Of severe fighting the Rurik was
sunk north Of Tsu Island. The other
two ships, which suffered heavily, are
fleeing nortnward. Our damages were
slight"
Kamimura's victory undoubtedly de-
stroyS the remaining sea power OF the
Russians in the Pacific, and now makes
certain sea attack with little delay
on VladiVostok. 1t is well known here
that the guns in the forts at Vladivos-
tok are of old pattern, and not at all
dangerous to battleships. The Russian
torpedo boat fotilla in the Vladivostok
harbor is of little value, and previous
to an attack blockade will be at once
established. 1t is certain that no neu-
trail ships will now enter the harbor,
and the Russian population will have
to obtain its supplies by rail from Rus
sian territory.
There was great celebration in the
streets of Toxic at night in honor Of
Admiral Togo and Admiral Kamimura.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
NEW GARB FOR PRISONERS
New York State Introduces New
Regulation For Convicts.
Those Serving Their First Term in State
Prisons WIN No Longer Wear Stripes
Follows Other Reform Measures.

Albany, n. Y.-Following the abO-
Iition Of the lockstep and the cropped
head in the New York State prisons
has come the doing away with the
stripes on convicts' clothing, and three
thousand suits minus the stripes are
being made. On October all "a"
grade convicts in the three State pris-
ons, those who are serving their first
term, Will put on the new dress The
clothing for each prison is being made
up in its own shops. The cloth was
woven at Auburn, N. ", and is of
the same texture and dark gray color
as that now in use, except that the
stripes are missing. 1t costs eighty
cents yard, and a suit made up costs
$4.02, exclusive of labor or shop ex-
penses. Twenty-Five hundred suits
will be required to clothe the "a"
grade men, and five hundred addition
faI suits from which to select sizes will
be prepared at first.
The suits are cut. in a smart semi
military style, with high standing col
lar, showing a white linen shirt col
lar beneath, and the coats are always
to be worn buttoned. The cap of the
same material is patterned after the
French military kept. The same ma
terial in lighter fabric is provided for
summer wear.
The ..B' and &c" grade men, those
having previous convictions, Of whom
there are about fifteen hundred, and
the incorrigibles,' supplied from all
grades and numbering only about a
dozen, will be retained in their present
zebralike dress.
The abolition of stripes is Superin-
tendent Collins latest important amel-
ioration in prison affairs IT has been
adopted because the previous meas
ures have had the most salutary effect
upon discipline. Since the abolition
of the lockstep and cropped head pun
ishments in all prisons have fallen off
forty per cent, and in Sing Sing
prison forty-seven per cent.
The Prison Superintendent of Indus
tries, John P. Powers, an ardent sup
porter of ameliorative reform, reports
that he is obtaining cheerful days
work, and vastly improved product,
and that the character Of the inmates,
as shown by their behavior, is visi-
bly, improved.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16

WASHINGTON.

It was announced at the Navy De-
partment that Captain George r. T..
Wilde, Commandant Of the Navy Yard
at Boston, and Captain Charles D..
Train President of the Board of In
spection and Survey. have been pro-
NOTED to the grade of Rear-Admiral.
The Cabinet discussed plans for q
Government telephone service in Wash
ington.
After genera. consideration OF the
question at the Navy Department. it
has been decided to install two Of the
submerged type of torpedo tubes in
each Of the scout ships to be construct
ed for the nary.
The War Department decided the
controversy over army gauntlets and
gloves In favor Of gloves.
Secretary Hay bluntly told the Turk
ish Minister at the capital that the
patience Of the American Government
Is well nigh exhausted at the Porte's
procrs stination respecting granting
rights of Americans in Turkey.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

f. L. Dorr and B. r. O'Brien, for
merly the publishers Of Freedom,
paper published in Manila, P. l., were
sentenced to six months imprisonment
and to fine Of $1,000 for libeling 81.
Tavera, member of the Philippine
Commission. This sentence having
been confirmed by the Supreme Court
of the United States the prisoners have
been committed to the prison at Bilibid.
One hundred young FiIipinos will be
placed in educational institutions
opening Of the school season this fall.
and will take fouryear course OF
study.
Plans were approved at Washington.
D. c., Tor the Identification OF Manila
at cost of $6,00O.n00.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
A SON BORN TO THE czAR.

Russia Rejoicing in Direct Heir to
the Throne.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-A son to
the Gear and heir to the Russian
throne was born at 1890 o'clock in
the afternoon. The Empress and the
child were reported doing well. The
child will be christened Alexis. An
imperial salute of 101 guns was fired
at Peterhof, in honor of the event, and
was repeated from all the forts around
st. Petersburg.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
The National Game.

The Utica Club has released Pitcher
Harvey Bailey.
Says the veteran Tim Murnane: ut
takes brains 70 play baseball. but none
TO nag an umpire"
The sight-handed pltche- in the
American League are having all the
best Of their left-hanGed brethren.
The stars of the college baseball,
world have practically all been Cleaned
by the professional reaper. Lynch and
Clarkson. the greatest pitchers. have
been captured by Plttsbugg ana New
&oEk
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A Russian commission has been APP
pointed to settle the status of the vol
unteer feet.
Lord Landsdowne said, in the House
of Lords, that Russian assurances JUS
tilted the hope that no more neutral
prizes would be destroyed, but Great
Britain would insist on her rights.
Paraguayan insurgents were report
ed to have captured several ports and
steamer.
A special cable dispatch from Berlin
points out that the German Govern
ment does not view with sympathy
Americas demonstration against Tur-
key.
Many automobile tours are being
made in France and the neighboring
countries.
Fifty houses in Victoria, B. O., most
of them homes Of working people, were
burned, with loss Of over $15O,00O.
Forest hres in RavelIi County, Can
ada, got beyond the control of rang
ers. and threatened Bitter Creek Re
ssrve.
NJ. Barrere. French Ambassador to
Italy. received the Grand Cross Of the
Legion Of Honor,
British Board Of Trade returns for
July show a decrease in both imports
and exports.
The Russian Emperor. according Il
a dispatch from the capital. is opposed
to the establishment of responsible
Ministry, and no hope Is entertained Of
further reform measures.
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News Of the ToiIers.

Danville, ILL.,, carpenters have Sc
cured new working agreement
Railroad Telegraphers Union has
lately initiated 1917 new members.
Present indications seem TO point to
the employment Of the Southern negro
on the Panama Canal work
The union label will now appear on
all advertising issued by the Buffalo,
n X, Office Of the Grand Trunk.
Carriage and wagon workers at TO.
ronto. Canada. have decided to ask
their employers for a nihe4hour work.
49,
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DOMESTIC.

Robbers dynamited the Woodmere
Il. H. post0ffice and shot at woman.
Former Governor of Illinois Joseph
w. Fife, slipped on wet pavement at
Charleyoix, Mich, and broke his arm.
A gas we'll was struck at Hunting
ton, w. Va, at depth of 300 feet, ca
pable of producing 100000 feet daily.
A lockout of all the building trades
workers in Hartford, Conn.,, due to a
dispute over seventy-fiye cents in
wages, was declared.
The body of ex-senator Vest was
buried in st. Louis.
Fearing he was losing his sight,
Theodore Hilmer of New York City.
weighted himself and leaped into the
East River.
The special board appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt recommended that all
coasts, insular possessions and the
troll Of the navy.
Idle srumor that it had been robbed
caused a run ON the Wilkesbarre (Pa.)
Deposit and Savings Bank
China, Pembroke and Webster cot
ton mills at Suncook, N. H.. start up
after shutdown of two weeks.
OF the 269 generals on the retired list
of the United States Army, 120 were
in service for less than a month before
retirement.
Captain Mcguire and a priest, in
ington, Long Island, were arrested on
n o1,orcro re ho VIM ord cssod fho 1fra1<.
ing of some men who built bonfire
near the camp.
Many of the fifty children On blaz-
ing car at Coney Island. Long Island,
were injured by jumping, and four
year-old girl was severely burned.
A Santa re passenger train crashed
into crowded trolley car on q grade
crossing in Kansas City, Missouri, kill
ing one passenger and injuring ten.
After her spars had been cut down
to save her from wrec in a squall the
bark Kings County finally reached port
at New York City.
Charles NJ. ,Schwab returned from
abroad, having been in Germany con-
sulting with the Krupps on business.
What is said to be the largest cleo
tro-magnet in the world has been in
stalled in the Bridgeport (ConnecticuD
Hospital for extracting pieces Of iron
and steel from the eyes of machinists
and other metal workers who may be
injured
Charles Suss. Of Rochester. N. r.,
nearly lost his life at Atlantic City in
vain effort to save Solomon LOrwitz,
of Philadelphia, Pa. Suss son, who
went to his fathers aid. also narrowly.
escaped death.
Matthew Driggers, Union Army
veteran, was hot and killed at Arcadia.
Fla, by his intoxicated son, who was
lodged in jail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
WORLDS FAIR FLYER WRECKED

Defective Rail in Texarkana. Ark,
Costs Lives of Three Men.
Texarkana, Ark.-A Cotton Belt pas
senger train, known as the Worlds
Fair Flyer, sonth-bound. was wrecked
as 1t was entering the local yards here.
The locomotive ran upon defective
rail or into an open switch
Bob White, the engineer, was buried
under the wreckage and died two
hours later. James Vauch, the fire
man. was terribly burned and bruised,
and is not expected to live. A negro
employee of the road whe was i'll and
on his way to the company's hospital
in Tyler, was badly crushed, and has
since died.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
NEW HAVEN STRIKERS WIN.

The Long Strike is Ended by Mutual
Agreement.
New Haven, Conn The long strike
of the locomotive boilermakers of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad has been ended by mutual
concessions. 1t is estimated that. the
strike has cost the company at least
$4,000 for stea mboats here and at
Boston to house the non-union men
and for guards.
Unofficially it is learned that the
men will get an increase of from one
and a half to two cents an hour accord
ing to grade, nine hour day and over
time at tho rate of half extra wages,
also actual expenses when sent out Of
town.
The non-union men have left town
and the steamboats, will be put in ser
vice.
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sportIng Breyitles.

George e. Smith. "Pittsburg PHIL
has been reinstated BY the stewards Of
the Jockey Club.
fire troubles and broken springs de-
iayed many Of the automobiles in the
tour to ST. Louis.
Myopla won the polo championship
BIZ defeating Bryn Mawr In the final
game Of the tournament for the Astol
Cup.
Holcombes Ward beat BeaIs G.
Wright three sets to one in the final Of
the lawn tennis singles at L0ngwood
Mass.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
1000 HORSES FOR MIMIC WAR.


VIII Be Needed For the Army Manoeu-
vres at Manassas.
Washington, d. C.-The army ma
noeuvres arranged for next month at
Manassas, in which nearly 10000 men
will participate, will be on a scale of
actual war. The Quartermaster's De-
partment has arranged for the employ
ment of nearly 1000 horses, which will
be used in transportation and in meet
ing other necessaries Of the forces in
the field
The engineers will go to the camps
fully equipped for bridging streams,
and in this work will use fourteen six
line teams. For the medical corps
forty-four mounts will be required,
thirty eight ambulances, six escort
wagons and pack train Of twelve
mules. This pack train will be in the
nature of an experiment in the trans
portation of medical and surgical sup
plies.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
BIG AEROnITE FALLS.
1t Makes Great Light and Shakes
Buildings Twenty Miles Away.

Meadville, PA large aerolite, NOV
ing in northerly direction, struck the
earth somewhere near Concord Station,
thirty-ive miles east of this city. on
the line of the Erie Railway.
A terrific explosion accompanied the
contact with the earth, followed by a
high wind lasting fifteen seconds.
Erie trainmen from Salamanca to
Union City, eighty miles, saw the great
light, which lasted from five to ten Sec
cnds. The explosion shook buildings
in Titusville, twenty miles away.
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MRS. MAVERICK SAILS.

Coming Here on the vaderland Under
the Name Of Rose Ingram.
London, England-The Chronicle says
that Mrs. Florence Maybrick left
Rouen and was met in Paris by Percy
Barnard, stepson of DIR. Densmore, of
New York. They then went to Ant
werp.
lawyer, met Mrs. Maybrick. He and
his wife and Mrs. Maybrick embarked
on the steamer Vaderland for New
York, Mrs. Maybrick travelling under
the name of Rose Ingram. Baroness
de Roques, Mrs. Maybrick's mother,
will follow later. -.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
Newsy GIeanings.

A conductor who found $500 In his
car at Coney Island. Long Island, was
given twenty-five cents reward BY an
old lady.
Joseph Pike. 81 New York City, fell
from the fifth floor to the pavement,
breaking every clothes line and eseap-
ing the slightest injury.
The Seryian Government is having
the SerFlan coin restamped at the
Vienna mint with tile head Of King
Peter instead OF that Of King Alexan'
der.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16

Waldeck- Rousseau's Funeral
M. Waldeck- Rousseau's funeral was
held from church in Paris. France,
and uniforms were conspicuous by
their absence.
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wheat Crop Estimate.

Crop experts in the West say the
present outlook is for yield Of 1884,
100000 bushels of wheat, but the effect
of rust is still so uncertain that accur-
ate estimates cannot be made.
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State OF Siege III Paraguay

The Foreign Office ait Paris. France,
confirms the report from Buenos Ayres
that state of siege has been pro
claimed in the Republic Of Paraguay,
owing to fear Of revolutionary out.
break.
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Fast trains We're greatly endangered
when four trusses of bridge at 204th
street and Bronx Park New York City.
fell. Three workmen were hurt and
10000 commuters Were forced to walk
through the woods.
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Trades Alliance Brings Shit.

The Building Trades Alliance, Of
New York City, sued the Employers
Association to test the question
whether the latter is a trust in re-
stfaint Of trade.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
Governess Commits Suicide.

Miss Ethel K. Pardoe, governess In
the household Of Thomas A. Edison,
the inventor, worried over letter threat
ening the abduction of her charges,
killed herself.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
Refused a Drink: Killed Self.

Jacob Tugant, aged seventy years,
an inmate of the Soldiers Home at
Hampton. Va, committed suicide by
shostlng himself in the head upon be.
ing refused drink Of liquor.
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Admiral Wittsoaft Killed.

Admiral Wittsoeft was blown to
pieces by shell on the czarevitch in
the battle of August TO- The battle
ship was badly shattered, and will
probably be dismantled at Using Chau.
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The Barringer Gold Mine, located
near Gold Hill, Rowan County, N. c.,
was suddenly flooded with water,
causing the instant death of eight men
employed in tine mine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-16
Twentv Drowned ~ ocean

Twenty persons were drowned on the
British bark Inverskip, which went
down off Fastnet after collision with
British ship. ..,..vA
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British war Boat Sinks,

Two British torpedo boat destroyers
came in collision. or the Scilly Islands
and one, the Decoy, sank, but her crew
was rescued.
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American to build For Russia.
Lewis Nixon closed a contract with
Russia for building Black Sea mer-
camille fleet in the yards at Sebasto-
pol,
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BRYAN Is Beaten.

William J. Bryan was beaten in the
third and final stage of his contest in
Connecticut for $4,000 from the estate
Of the late Phil0 s. Bennett. h.
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special Low Rate via the Nickel Plate
Road

To points ia the West and South.
west. Round trip Housekeepers and
one-Way col0nist tickets on sale March
18th and April 5th and 10TH. Also Set
tiers one-waY tickets to points In
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
and Wyoming, each Tuesday during
March and April. Write r. &. Payne.
General Agent. 29l Main street, HUT
eal0. n. x
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Charging Exorbitant Rates.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion decided that railroads in Michi-
gan are charging fruit shippers exor-
bitantgrates.
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Ten Drowned at Regatta.

Ten people were drowned by the cap
sizing of a naphtha launch at regatta
on the Potomac River, near Washing
ton. ID. G.
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Russians in Korea.

Two thousand Russians, a special
cable dispatch from Seoul states, are
concentrating in Northeast Korea.
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Receiver For Big Order.

"A receiver was appointed in Boston,
Mass, for the Supreme Council of the
American Legion of Honor, bene-
ticiary organization.
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Prince Henry Not Coming.

Prince Henry Of Prussia, special
cable dispatch announces, has aban-
doned his contemplated visit to Amer
lea.