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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-27
EXPLOSION
KILLS Ten |: N
Two Boats Blown to Pieces by
Combustion Of Boilers and
Sixteen Are Injured.
OCCURRED ON OHIO RIVER YER
OCCURRED ON OHIO RIVER
Force Of Explosion So Great I
Shattered Windows in Louis
vile, Four Miles Away.
(By Associated PreSs.l

\ LOUISVILLE, KY. May 2s-The tow
boo t Fred Wilson was torn into frag-
ments, ten men were blown to pieces and
six teen are injured by the tremendous ex-
plosion OF the boats boilers to-day on
the Ohio River. OF the thirty-three per-
sons aboard the boat. only seven escaped
unhurt. OF the injured, one will proba-
bly, die. The force of the explosion was
so great that 1t shattered windows and
awakened the occupants of the houses
In Louisville. four miles from the scene.
The dead:
JOSEPH PRICE. captain. Braddock.
Pa
ALBERT H. MILLER, pilot, PittsburE.
w. 4. HOLLAND. guest Of Captain
Price, Braddock. Pa.
WILLIAM QUINN. steward, Pittsburg.
8 HUGH HOSKINS. cook. Pittsburg.
j. c. JOHNSON, deck hand. Tyone. Pa.
PATRICK WHITE, deck hand. Pitts
burg.
SHERMAN sHILLER, second engineer,
Piltsburg.
WILLIAM THORNTON. colored. fire
man. Middleport. O.
JOSEPH WARREN, colored, fireman,
lIiddleport, o.
All the injured except Tobe Lettzicouch.
deck hand, OF WellsburE. W. Va, Will
recover.
Bodies Recovered.
Only three bodies have thus far been
recovered. The bodies OF the other seven
victims are thought to be pinned under
the wreckage. and may not be recovered
for several days.
The Fred Wilson was the property OF
the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal
and Coke Company. and at the time OF
accident occurred. was arranging her tow
near Riverview Park, about sixty feet
from shore.
No explanation Of the cause Of the
accident has been offered. The one theo-
ry shat there may have been an en-
: >i..l- ! !
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Russian Army Of 10000 From
Hal cheng and Lao Yang
Run At1uck 10000 Japs.
THE JAPANESE LOSSES
HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED
Information Of the Engagement
Comes From Chinese Sources
and Is Not Credited BY Of
fcials Fighting Around
Port Arthur Has Been
Heard Of.

SHAN Hal KWAN, May
26.-A report reaches here Of a
crushing defeat administered to
the Russians Monday in Taung
Pass. According to the report,
the Russians, 1900 strong, in
formed by their scouts that the
Japanese had fallen back in Feng
Wang Cheng, were marching
south from Hal Cheng or Lao
Yang, the report is not clear,
When they reached Taung Pass
they were surprised by a force
double their own and desperate
battle ensued. Before the Rus
slams succeeded in battling their
way out Of the trap they lost
fully a third Of their men oi
whom four thousand are said tc
have been killed or wounded and
one thousand captured. The
story comes from Chinesessou
and must be taken with more o.
less reserve.
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WILL INVESTIGATE
GRAVE CHARGES
School Board to Look Into the
Complaints Against superin-
tendent Riley Of Bedford.

At full meeting OF the State Board
Of Education, held in this city yesterday
at the new quarters In the Marshall
house. variety of important business
was transacted. and the ground was LAID
for consideration OF the one hundred and
seventeen county and city reports on
textbooks for the next school session.
Perhaps the most interesting develop
ment of the session was the determina-
tion to investigate the charges recently
made against Superintendent John S.
Riley himself and other residents OF the
made at the instance OF Superintendent
Riley himself and the residents Of the
county. the charges are, In effect, that
the superintendent attempted to defraud
an insurance company by placing a fic-
tltlous value upon his property, destroyed
by fire The date set for the investiga-
ton Is Friday, June 24th.
The board elected Colonel Robert Sat
lett superintendent of schools of Rock
bridge county and pr, M. y, Cheatham
superintendcnt OF Amelia county DR..
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GENERAL CABRERA
KILLED in BATTLE
Leader of Government Forces Is
Slain by Revolutionists, Who
Are Victorious.
lBy Assocls tel press,l

CAPB IIAYTIEN. May ?d--A serious
battle was fought to-day between tho
Dominican troops and the revoutionists
at lssperanaa. on tho road rom Monte
Christi to Santiago, near Mao, The revo-
lutionists We're victorious. Many We're
killed or wounded on both sides.
General Raoul Cabrera, minister OF war,
who commanded the government troops,
was killed and his body was taken 10
Navarette.
The reyoutionists arc before NaYaretta,
whore another battle VIII bo fought,
Tho government troops are awaiting inS
endorsements.
The United States cruiser Detroit and
the gunhoat Newport are off Monte
Christi,
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FIGHT ABOUT PORT ARTHUR.
Reported That japanese Have
Been Successful in Recent
Engagements.
By Paul Lambeth.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch
Copyright. 19o4)

especial .R-dDLP 10 lle iiiSS A1tsE'SASE'i'
Copyright. 19o40
LONDON, May 26.-Reports
of hard fighting about Port
Arthur continue to come in from
all sources than those which are
official. The late reports tell Of
Japanese success and are not
embellished with stories of enor-
nous losses, which was a fea-
ture Of the stories which began
Ito come in several days ago.
Toxic has heard Of the fighting
at Ken Chow and closer to Port
Arthur, but the news is not Of
6cial, though. It is altogether
probable, in the opinion Of mill
tary experts, that the Russian
advance outposts are being
pushed back steadily, that they
are resisting with all the power
it is safe to exert, and that heavy
losses had been inflicted on tho
attacking forces, but beyond this
it is not believed the fighting
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velt!" ''There she Isl! until the car
rage was reached at the entrance OF the
station. So great was the crush at the
carriage that the Presidents daughter
was almost forced against the wheels be-
fore she could enter AS soon ns she
was seated, the carriage was driven away
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Names Of Ships to Build.
(By Assoclated Press. J

W lBy Ass0cIhted PTeSs,J
WASHINGTON, May 26.--'fhe names de-
cided upon for the warshps authorized
at the last session of Congress were an
! nounced at the Navy Department as fol-
lows; Battleshlp, New Hampshire; ar
mored cruisers, North Carolina and Nlon-
tana: scout ships. Chester. Birmingham
and Salem; colliers, Erie and Ontario.
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Vessels Arrive at Horta,
tBy Associated Press,0

WASHINGTON. Aiay 90. Rear-Admiral
p Barker has reported his arrival with the
Eearsarge. Alabama. Nal Inc and Iowa at
probably will be ordered at once to Tan
gler In connection with the t!nappins Of
the American Perdlcarls.
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Challenge Accepted,
10, A.snciated Press 5

(By Associated FFess1
NEW HAVEN. CONN, May 2s.--Alan-
ager Elton Parks, of the Yale Athletic
Association, announced to-n1ght that tle
managers Of Yale and Harvard coming to
that agreement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-27
Postmaster for Crider's.

Especial to The Times plspatch)
HINGTOM, p, c. May 26-lsrael
Dove was appointed fourth class post
master to-day at Orders. Rockingham
county, yioa Sobart Wilson. resign@tt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-27
North Carolina.

Governor Aycock issues reauisIt,on on y,
Governor Montague for forger--A tram
lead Of tobacco shipped from Durham 70 70
Raleigh; six pass the State Board---The
contempt proceedings resumed before
Judge Peebles at.Lumberton: at he makes
i prc-osition to the lawyers to which they
reply; the court takes the reply under al :
visement and adjourns court unti! to-day
Trading stamps surrender the 5held ~
Winston Salem; though they won % the high !,
teen. young ladies by st. Mary's School
At Raieighhe n, Rprng of HosniaI s1Grst
Rhleigh greatly endangered the hosptal
Tile Conservatory of Music at Dur
ham gives diplomas, TO two full graduates
and certificates to teachers.
N General.
Russian army Of 1000 runs amucs nansb, 3aP, p
trap; 1000 Of tho Emperor's troops ar are
f1ict was a bitter one, but Japanese losses
that Japa have been s,,coessful-The
Picket captures the BROOKLYN Handicap
and wins from h Lad ~ hf In
landd adopts Platform and elects delega.es M
TO the National Convention. which go u un-
!Estructed, but will vote as unlt-nsleim- ',ni,,
Crowd at st. Louis crowd around Miss
Roosevelt in order to get Q. glimpse of,her
~-slemp will be chairman Republican con
yention--West Virginia Democrats con-
fdent Of electng Governor-Tow-boat
Fred Wilson blown up by explosion on
Ohio River and ten are killed. while sS-
teen are seriously iniured--Tennessee
Democrats endorse Senator Garmack tor
Assembly discusses question Of closer re-
lationship to other calylnistic churches---
Martial law now prevails IN fazoo Clty;
snranee--Cumberland Presbyterian AS
,kembly adjourns after adopting measure
against marriage of divorced couples.
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SUMMARY OF THE DAYS NEWS
The Weather.

A wAsHlNGToN. May 2G.-Forecast lor
hrrday and saturday;
" 1uuIa3; 1uIrs3;n ia1showers and cooler Friday;
eat;ifday fair; fresh brisk south, shifting
PoNnrib ~ nra caroiina--Shower Friday. cooler
Nm INTERIOR: Saturday fair; fresh SCUM
Ewinds shifting TO west.
IN. weather in Richmond yesterday was
very bright and very warm.
7 RANGE or THE THERMOMETER
n A. M. s......'....t.''' 1880 4
W NJ ...............,,..t-..' ~,
r. NJ. ...,...... ....'-.'.'..t'''.''''' g
f p. III. ................'..'4.'..'ss O. O.
PIP NJ, ,.......,............' '....... o.
IL midnight ................'.'...''..-' :.
H, .,,,r.y. -. 50 ia
highest temperature yesterday...,.'.. ey
Lowest temperature yestefday....t... q
Mean temperature ycsterday y...'....'.. -
Normal temperature for May..........
bepa arture from normal temperature. - ~
precipitation during past v houfs'''' -
MINIATURE ALMANAC -,
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Average
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Richmond.

MIR. Virgtnlus Newton died last nigh az
1870 al his residence in this city. having N
been iii with pneumonia since Aprii ls!h ~
DIR. Robert Strange. rector q et.
paiil,s Church. this city. chosen plshup
Goa d1utor OF East North Carolina; 1e
is at present out OF the city. but " Is
not at all certain that he VIII accept, as
his people are much attached 10 MN ano an
will be 10th to give him np---Colohei w.
D.5chesterman thought to be In eatretni NE ~,
he has been unconscious for many hours
ia ndolph-hiac con alumni OF RichmGnd
Games Morris Page. Of the University oI
Virginia. as the chief orator--,state
board of Education elects two superinten-
dents and decides to inyesugate the
charges against Superintendent Rlley; o.
Bedford. at his own reaues,tt-I,,1,Board =, o. Of
1Tire Commissioners reject all bids for the
new West End engine house as being TOO
high-e3ymnas site exhibition at the Ca sino
very credtablc to the Y. NJ. G. A.-Mr
Thraves wins best debater's medal at
Richmond College, AlANCHES1ER---
Meeting OF Board OF Water Commission ers
'insnight--Delcgates to the State Conyen-
iion viii probahsysbe against the prlmia,lp
plan--Strects car company to sprinkle,
ihe streets--Funerals OF k1mmel Jerrcli
nj O'Clock this afternoon-Bazaar at
the Temple to-nightE Entertainment az
Leader Hail. s5S ts8> sSta
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Virginia.,

Grand Council OF the United Commercial
Travellers OF Virginia. West Virginia ana
MARYLAND in session at Roanoke: twenty
one members added--Seniori eXamina--;
lions conclude at " p. /. and under
classmen s. examination will be oyer In
lime for the trip to st.. Louis Tuesday~a,,
Supreme Council Royal Arcanum, at Old
point adjourn; tie vote as TO place OF
meeting and president decides In favor
Of Atlantic City--New camp OF Woodmen
Of America organized at Chatham
Farmer near Winchester dies from ef,
fects of lightning stipke--The old and
new Councils in Petersburg to hold eau.
Gus TO decide which is entitled to elect
the officers whose terms expire June 3osh
Memorial Day observed In Norfolk
with exercises and parade on a large
scale; Major Robert w. Hunter. OF Win
chester the orator-Warrants Issued In
Petersburg charging Rev. Eli Tart (coi-
ored) with Insulting and abusing girls in
the American Cigar factory and the man
ager OF the factory-Tralned nurses in
session in Norfolk elect officers and adj
5Curn to meet in Richmond next year--.-
James O'Conner heavily fined at Tazewell
for assaultng passenger on a. train
German warships In quarantine In Hamp-
ton Roads---Bristol (Va.) Republicans
elect delegates to District Convention:
they go uninstructed; Stuart II. Lindsay
Is one Of them.
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The weather In Richmond yesterday was
very bright and very warm. u
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-12
Confusion at Pittsburg.

The Chadwick business grows In serious
ness and Importance. 1t is stated that the
bankers of Pittsburg are refusing to confer
with women on financial matters through
fear OF being entrapped in some wildcat
money venture. Thus is the admonition of
the elder Weller to mis- son, "Samivel." en-
llrged. He feared only ''vidders," and
warned his son against them. The finan-
ciers of the smoky city fear all women, and
are adopting extreme measures against
them. But the program will fail The wild
ows are more powerful today than in the
day of the Tony Weller, and men are warn
ed in vain. The Pittsburg bankers. are
doomed to surrender, and their plan of
protection will thus receive deaths blow.
Safety does not lie In seclusion. Man must
learn to take care of himself in manly
fashion. He Is a poor creature at best, but
owes It to himself and the world to take
all risks and grow stronger. One swallow
does not make a summer. Nor should one
Chadwick SOW universal fright.
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The Consular Service

One of the remarkable features of the
American Industrial and commercial ex-
pansion of the past few decades Is the COM
parat We slCwness with which the govern
ment has improved its consular service a.
Vitally important adjunct to the foreign
trade Of the country. This service remains,
TO degree which is deplored by every in
telligent student of public service condi-
TONS a place for the rewarding of political
friends II Is unrestrictedly open to per-
sonal selections regardless of merit and
while of late years the standard of fitness
has been steadily raised. the betterment is
too slow to meet the vital needs of the
trade interests
During the meeting of the National Civil
Service League in this city Mr.. James r.
Dubois delivered an address on the subject
Of the consular service deserving of the
closest attention by all members of the
government, whether executive or legisla-
tive. Mr.. Dubois knows the subject as a
result of his own experiences and his
thoughtful study of conditions. He is an
earnest advocate of certain reforms which
promise eminently beneficial results. In the
course of his remarks before the league he
called attention particularly to one of the
chief evils Of the service today, the ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-12
Washington City as a Model.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
To make the national capital an ideal CITY
as model for the other cities Of the
United States is no new proposition. In
some degree it has been kept in view from
the very conception of the federal city on
the banks of the Potomac. In a measure
the dream has been realized. In its gen.
eral plan. it's wide, wel-paved tree-lined
streets, in it's parks and boulevards and in
much of it's development it is nearer what
an American city ought to be than any
other in the Union. President Roosevelt
takes up the idea Of making Washington a
model city, but from new point of view.
He would have the national capital not
only magnificent and attractive in its bet
ter portions, but he would have no slums.
Washington must have it's share of the
poor, and even occasionally of the desti-
tute but it need not have slums. The
tary dwellings, overcrowded tenements are
evils which the President sees in some
parts of Washington, and which he would
abolish
The national capital, being under the di-
rect control of Congress, and being meas
urably free from the conditions which
breed Sums disease and crime in manu-
featuring and commercial centerS, can and
ought to be model city, not only in the
appearance of it's spectacular portions, but
in the humble quarters of the poor as we'll.
This aspect of municipal administration
has not heretofore been sufficiently dwelt
upon President Roosevelt will make his
administration memorable for good IL he
succeeds in giving strong Impulse to the
development of the national capital which
shall eliminate the insanitary and squalid
sections and make the city a model in it's
alleys as well as it's avenues.
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cessive number OF foreigners now employed
by the government abroad.
1t Is unnecessary to argue that the con-
dition disclosed by the statistics adduced by
Mr.. Dubois is unwholesome, a positive in
jury to the American trade. He shows that
the majority of consular agents and clerks
are citizens of other countries. 1t Is obvi-
Gus that these men do not have the welfare
of the American merchants at heart They
would be unnatural If they devoted them
selves vigorously to the fostering of Ameri-
can trade. They must necessarily regard
their employment merely as a means or
living and perform their duties perfunctor-
ily If replaced by intelligent young Ameri-
cans, fairly paid and encouraged by the
hope Of promotion, the service would be in
finitely improved Every employe of the
consular service would be a partisan for
home manufactures and a diligent worker
for his government and countrymen.
The chief difficulty today IS that these
places yield very small returns to their in
cumbents. The salaries are not suff1cent In
many cases to enable Americans to go
abroad and maintain themselves in strange
lands. 1t is possible to find resident for-
eigners to take these positions while per-
haps drawing upon other sources of income.
The difference in the cost of paying Ameri-
cans sufficiently to persuade them to take
these places would be a bagatele compared
with the benefits derived by all interests
which are in any degree dependent upon
the consular service. Mr.. Dubois polnts
out that the present fee system Is an eVli
which should be eradicated. He believes
that if fees were turned into common
fund to aid in the maintenance of the whole
service it would be possible by process
of equalization to establish a fairly remu-
nerative pay scale for all the consular en-
ployes.
The subject is of vital Importance, for II
lies at the root OF the commercial pros
perity of the country. 1t may be that our
manufacturers can succeed in the foreign
market despite the handicaps now imposed
by loosely organized, iil-paid and illog-
ically constituted consular service. But IL
is unouestionably true that they would win
even greater victories in the world field IL
they could have at all times the aid OF a
compact body of intelligent, patriotic, en-
thusiastic Americans. spurred by the pros
pect of promotion to higher spheres or con-
sular or even diplomatic usefulness.
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Reform in Russia.

The rioting in st. Petersburg shows the
usual features of great rest. There are
those who would go the whole distance at
once They would. If they could, proclaim
a republic in Russia tomorrow There are
others, earnestly DESTROYS of the elevation
of the people, who see and weigh the diff
culties and would be content with step
or two at this time The Zemstvo program
holds out much hope to them. They are
very cautious about where they put their
feet Others still are simply filled with
woe. They are sodden with distress, ana
without the capacity for any initiative.
They are now for this, now for that thing,
and are at the mercy of stronger men,
whose plans they do not altogether COM
prehend.
This. however. Is true of all reform
movements. And the greater the need OF
reform the greater the difficulties of this
kind In America here we have only to
recall the fight on African slavery. There
were the abolitonists, who would hear to
nothing but an emancipation proclamation.
The way to get rid of slavery, they said,
was to abolish 1t, and the sooner that step
was taken the better. The question, IN
their eyes, was as simple as the RUE Oh
three. There were Others quite as bitterly
opposed to slavery and as anxious Tor us
overthrow who counSeled course far less
radical and who acted as brake on the
wheel of the extremists. Others still SIM
ply protested against the institution, and
were without remedy of any kind. Al last,
as we know, the remedy came in fright
full form; and publicists and phiiosophlc
historians are still occupied with the ques-
ton as to whether it would have been bet
ter for the country had we gone a lutte
faster or a little slower in our warfare on
the evil.
The Russian reformers are not hkeiy 10
move with one accord toward the common
desire 1t Is the old case of many men OIL
MANY minds" The extremists-the mlli-
tant agitators-whether on the scene or In
bomb proofs abroad. will continue to urge
their views and the conservatives their
vtetvs. while the people who merely sigh
for relief will continue under the influence
of those who are the latest to get their
ears. But, for all this. the agitation will
not be lost. The good end sought Will In
some way be promoted; and whether this
plan wins or that will not be so much
to the point after the relief desired and de-
served has been obtained.