Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-03
WILL ASK FOR DEWEY
British Government Want Our
 Admiral on Commission.

British Government Want Our
 Admiral on Commission. VERDICT ON NORTH SEA KILLING.
 Killed Without Warning or Prov. ocation" by Shots. From Russ sian War Vessels, !! LONDON, Nov. 3.-It is officially an nounced that the basis for the British Russian agreement to submit the North sea incident to commission in- surcs an amicable settlement without sequel. The understanding is com plete.
 Now that the war rumors have been cleared away, it is possible to state that Great Britain disclaimed any in- tention of trying to detain the Rus sian squadron, which could only be in- terpreted as a hostile act.
 1t transpires that five and not four Russian officers left the squadron at Vigo and are now on their way to St. Petersburg. The fifth is Captain CIa- do, Admiral Skrydloff's chief of staff.
 It is now regarded as almost certain that the commission will sit in Paris and be composed of five naval officers, one Russian and one British, each power to choose another member and the four to select fifth. Russia has practically named Admiral Kaznakof and Britain Sir Cyprian Bridge, al- though the latter selection is not ab- solutely settled
 Great Britain expressed. her inten- tion of asking that United States na- val officer sit on the commission, whereupon Russia announced that she would select a French officer. There is strong intimation that Great Brit ain will invite Admiral Dewey to be one of the commissioners.
 Officers of such a character as those mentioned insure the acceptance of the findings of the commission by both countries and the world
 Late advices from Hull say George Henry Smith and William Leggett were at about 12:3O a. m. on Oct. p, while out fishing with travis aboard the British steam trawler Crane, with board of trade marks ex- hibited and regulation lights burning, killed by shots fired without warning or pr0vocation from certain Russian war vessels at distance about quar- ter of mile.''
 This is the text of the jury's yer. dict as the coroner,s inquest on the fishermen victims of the North sea tragedy.
 The testimony consisted of medical evidence, by which it was proved that the death of Smith and Leggett was the result of shell and machine gun wounds. Then an expert idenn- fed fragments of shells by private marks, which, he said, were undoubt- Sedly Russian, and the stories of cap- tains and mates of the trawlers. These latter related that while they were engaged in their regular work the ships of the Baltic fleet. in two squadrons emerged suddenly from the haze and, throwing the glare of their search lights on the Gamecock fleet, without warning and disregardipg flare green lights, the, fsherman's signal, and though within actual speaking dis tance of one vessel, commenced can nonade which the fishermen at first, not realizing the danger, enjoyed, thinking it was a sham fight. The f1r- ing lasted half an hour.
 To each of these witnesses was put the vital question regarding the pres ence of foreign vessel or torpedo boat Each with equal positiveness denied that at any time preceding or during the firing was Japanese, Brit. ish or other foreign vessel seen by them or the accompanying fishing fleet. It was also stated that there were no Japanese among the crews and that none of the trawlers carried arms of any description. One of the shippers, replying to question by the coroner. said that during the five weeks he was in the North sea he had not seen any warships until that night.
 It is reported that the channel, Medi- terranean and East Indian squadrons have received instructions to shadow Admiral Rojestvensly's fleet through out it's progress.
 Admiral Rojestvensky is expected to arrive at Tangier today.
 A British man-of-war at Malta, is < DuSly codilHS, pTcpdIHS " WalSA snU Baltic squadron.
 . Russia has not the slightest inten- ton of humiliating her fleet to suit England Rojestvensky has now been promoted to the rank of vice admiral and aid-de-camp to the emperor, while the Grand Duke Alexis, a grand ad- miral of the fleet, has issued an order of the day thanking the officers and crews of the Petersburg and Smolensk for their brilliant service. l To Avoid Pain. T%uto rnop If difforont po4sopa1ifioc