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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-08

cr a shell exploded there, but did not
mjure him. Latter he lcft the bridge in
care of the first officer and went to the
main deck. in order to supervise the
work of suhduing the flames, the Au-
rora being on fire and of caring for the
wounded and the killed
ON his way to the main deck another
shell exploded near Capt. Nebotsm and
five fragments hit him, three in the
head. one in the right leg and one on
the right ankle. The captain was
stunned for Il few moments, but recov-
cred and proceeded to look after the
wounded. He then returned to the
bridge and continued to command the
Aurora without receiving any surgical
aid. He never gave up the command OF
the vessel at any period of the fight or
" lille on her way here. Chief Surgeon
KravtchenkO praises the captain high
ly for his courage and endurance.
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EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS.
Admiral Togo Visits Rojestvensky In
Hospital-Tak In English.

London, June THE SaSebO CORES :
pond-nt Of The Daily Telegraph sends
the text of the interview between Vice
Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Ro-
jestvensky.
Togo said: although such things usu-
ally happen in battle. l am sorry you
are. wounded. The conVeniences at this
hospital unfortunately are not the best
in japan. for which | am very sorry. l
hope. you will recover and be able TO
return to your country. l praise your
Valor.
RoicstvcnSky replied: II thank you
deeply. | greatly admire the strength
Of your fleet and deem it an honor to
have been wounded by so powerful an
adversary. Moreover, l deem it great
honor To receive Il call from your good
sell. anG congratulate you upon COM
manding IL fearless fleet. l pray for
your health
The correspondent says that the con-
verSation on both sides WAS conducted
in broken English.
There correspondent says there We're
many women on the hospital ships cap
tured by the japanese, including Vice
Admiral Eojestvensky niece. who
asked permission to nurse her uncle.
He declares that the total Russian
casualties in the naval battle We're IL
600 pcrished and 1900 captured. While
1000 escaped. He adds that Il large per
centaec Of the prisoners are suffering
from disease.
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HE is A HERO!
Freight Fireman Saves Woman and
Two Children from Death.

Newport. Ne. June Had il not
been for the Watchiul eyes of the be
grimad and hard worked tiremln on
one Of the morning freight trains it is
almost certain that Alrs. Simeon i'r"'vn
and her tn" Chi lrrn would have met
death Will track walking between here
and Detroit Styti IN. Tuesday.
Mrs. Iroyn ANA her children We're
coming to the village and wer. walking
On t..r cas-; bound track The freight
train h..I finished its work ut the sta
ton ANA WAS pulling out, when along
came the Knickabocker express run
iinG to Detroit The train was prOba-
bly, making >, miles an hour on the
west bound track when the fireman
l"ering from his side of the cab SAW
the woman ami Two children on the
east bound track. Around the curve
n.tck Of them came the Knickabocker
express. running probably 80 miles an
hour IN the down grade.
The engineer "l the express had seen
the people on The track and his whistle
Was Scrccchin| ana bowling ana the
brakes We're applied, but the three peo-
plr did net hear or notice their peril
owing to TIL" fact that they We're in
tcntly watching the grooming freight.
1t MS 100 late I" stop the express be-
fore il would strike the woman ana
children.
The freight fireman lid not hesitate
when his engine Was opposite the trio
but he lcHprd from the fast moving
train. grIsp"l the three and hurled
them ana himself from the track just
as the express dashed Ivy.
It WAS one If tn" moSt daring things
done On the Main" Central for perhaps
years and The fireman. whatever MS
name ma! be. thoroughly deserves full
credit for it. His nrme Is withheld BY
his Own request.
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MERRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY
At Yarmouth Dedicated, Wednesday,
Address by Prof. n. L. Chapman.

Portland. Me. June THE Merrill
Memorial Library. which vas built at
Yarmouth. at an expense of $4,000 by
Joseph +. Merrill of Newton, Mass.
was dedicated. this afternoon. An ad-
dress was given by Professor Henry
l.. Chapman of Bowdoin College, also
by Joseph =. Merrill, who presented the
keys to the town. The keys were then
presented by 3. G. Woodman in behalf
of the town to the library trustees
and accepted by George w. Hammond.
The addresses were interspersed with
a literary program. The building is
a two-story structure of brick and is
situated on Main street near the CEN
ter of the town.
Set into the right wall Of the vesti-
bule to the building is a tablet bear
ing this inscriptions:
This building was erected in menu
Dry Of EZelsial Merrill and Sarah Hol-
bart Lewis by their son, Joseph Ed
ward Merrill. a. d. 1904
Above this inscription is the old coat
of arms which once adorned the es-
cutcheons of the English ancestors of
the family.
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WILL BE lNTERNED.
u. S. Now Responsible for Detention Ct
Russian Ships in Manila.

Washington. June Gov. Wright
cablcd the war department. from Ma
Mia. today, acknowledging receipt of
his instructions, of yesterday, relative
to the Russian ships. Admiral Train
has been instructed by Governor
Wright to take charge of the Russian
vesscls i'll the event that they do rot
leave Manila within the "A hours limit,
which period ii is estimated will cX-
pire. by o'clock, this evening. Wash
mgton time, and rs the Russian adj
miral reports that his ships are una bl.
to go to sea their internment by thai
time will be IN accomplished fact.
The United States will consequently,
from now IN, be responsible to The
Japanese government for the detention
of the Russian ships IN Manila harbor,
until the end Of the WA. MeanWhllc
under the Presidents ruling, such re
pairs may be made as are necessary
to keep III" ships aIioat but nothing
will be. done to restnra the fighting
portions of the ships 10 their normal
condition.
50 far no protest has come to the
state department from the Russian
government against the application "l
the new rule of International law, E'ld
down by the President. restricting the
use Of American pores ~ belllGrr"'lt
ships and the only communication tina;
has passed within the past a hours
ON this subject, was Il request from III"
Russian governments T. DC informed 81
The. names Of the killed and wounded
among the Russian crews which Was
rromptly granted.
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BANQUET TO DR.. GORDON
In Honor of 50th Anniversary OF Be-
ginning Practice in Maine.

Portland. Me-. June I.--Dr. ;. :.
Gordon was rendered banquet.
Tuesday evening. at Riverton by his
associates in the medical profession.
The following acted as a committee Of
ARRANGEMENTS: Drs. JOHN +. Thomp-
son. stephen II. Weeks Il. Il. Foster,
=. +. Dunn, Stanley P. Warren. G. W.
Bray of Portland. F. c. Thayer. Water
Vile: Edwin NJ. Fuller Bath; II. b.
Palmer. Pennington. The banquet
was i'm recognition of the fact that
he mas been sc years in active practice.
DIR. Gordon was bonn at F'ryeburg.
Aug. Il. 1880, served as assistant sur
gccn of the 18th Maine volunteers
during the civil war. and has been
prominent in many respects 70" many
wears He is one Of the leaders of the
Democratic party in Maine. and served
as Il member of the Democratic national
committee.
Sneeches We're made by John +.
Thompson, who presided. ard by Drs.
MCDonougl. Weeks. Dudley. Reynolds
and Tnayer. to which DIR. Gordon made
a graceful and feeling response.
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LOOKS BRIGHTER.
Continued from Page One.)

cral days past, he has been anxiously
awaiting an acknowledgement Oh MS
cablc,;rani detailing his conversation
will! the President. last FRIDAY. In eN-
pectatiOn that a message would CONF
later in the evening. ScVcrai ni th'
secretaries returned to the embassy ~
ter dinner prepared to translate the GiS
Patch as soon as it arriVel count '''A-
SIM has not yet male an appointment
at the White House.
The President had confided to an am
bassador who called 1T the White
House that he expected Aihpass'd'l
Never to be received 1T Tsarskoc-S"l".
today or tomorrow The instructions 10
Mr.. Meyer did not p""vior for :; !"r .
mai tender of good Offices. While ii Is
imtossible to give th;l" text, they may
be correctly parapnrased in these
words
Find out from III. car what We
can do to assist an carly Itate.
Much was left u TIL tact and Dip
lonuti,. .iiSt r"tion of Mr.. Meyer. 1t can
be stated very empsiat:citlly that IN
transmitting Il faithful report of what
occurred at the'Wniir House. last FRI
day afternoon. Count f.'Ssinl clnIhh-
sized the sympathetic ana 1flciiaiy
frankness with which the President
speaking informally and personally.
expressed his strong desire Tor peace.
1t is generally realized here that IN
importincr of that report can scarcely
be ovcrcstim,ted.
To all of his callers, this afternoon
admit that
the moment was fun Of possibilities.
had no news to impart. ana TINS APP
piled to his closest friends among his
diplomatic confcle"S.
"Contac!" remarked Il European am
bassador tonight. is what the Presl-
dent has been erdcaNorln5 to e.tahllFh
between Russia and Japan. 10 do TINS
il was necessary to obtain from one
side or the other some expression fl =
vorable 20 peace. japan has refr;:in'-d
absolutely from giving any indication
As to what her terms would be. oil
the ground that this would be inter-
preted by Russia as sign or weak
ness ON the other hand, Russia has
until now met all suggestions regard
ing peace with the plain unequiVocal
settlement. The Gar has determined
To continu. the var. This answer pre-
Guided further representations. If Rus
Sia has officially expressed interest iii
Japan'S terms there is for tie first
time since the war began some sub
stantill hope of peace"
Whether upon receiving from Count
taSSini ar official expression that the
car wishes TO know the Mikadn' s
peace terriS the President VIII be abb"
to obtain q statement of this subject
from Japan remains to be Sell.
Diplomats. however. recall the state
ul"nt of Mr.. Takahira some days ago
10 the effect that when Russia really
wanted to know Japan's terms she
could easily find them out without
communicating directly with Toxic.
This is taken to mean that with such
IN official intimation in his possession.
the President can obtain from Mr.. TAX
thira a general statement of Japan's
terms, for transmission to Russia.
Great Britain as the ally of Japan,
it is understood here. has felt unable
to participate in the preliminary activ--
'ty initiated by the President since the
lnnihilation of tho Russian fleet.
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SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED
BY Train PIungine into Creek from ar
Undermined Bridge.

Chip eva Falls. Wis. June "A
west-oound passenger train on the
Wisconsin Central Railroad, today,
plunged into RED Cedar creek from /"
steel bridge. west of Cola.
Engineer GCoc@e Phillips. Fireman
Severns and five tramrs are believed
TO have been drowned.
The tender. baggage and mail cars
went dow. with the bridge and are
buried in the water. The baggageman
climbed out of window and the mail
clerk crawled through a ventilator as
the ears plunged into the water. and
both escaped. The smoking car stands
on one ..ni i'll the creek. The passen
gers in the smoking car We're bruised
hut none was serious hunt.
The rest of the train remained on thu
track. The centerpiecc of the bridge
Lad been undermined by high waiter.
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AT ST. PETERSBURG.
An Easier Feeling Grows Out Of Offer
of Pres. Roosevelt.

st. Petersburg. June S.-1.3S A. Nd.
With Ambassador Meyers delivery
to the Emperor. yesterday afternoon.
IF President RooScVelt's message tom
d"rinS his good offices. the prosI ect of
the Presidents efforts to bring the bel :
lEercnts together III peace neGolia-
tons is belie"td t. be distinctly
brighter
1t is equally evident that the situa :
ton is an exceedingly delicate one.
Ambassador Meyer when seen by The
ASSOci1t,.d Press, tonight. absolutely
declining 10 say 4 word regarding his
visit 10 TSarkCc- Scloe. the mission
with Which he is charged. o. the En-
per1r'S response.
Til" center OF interest is again trans
ferr"d back to Washington. Count
CpsEini has doubtless received instruc-
lions from the Emperor However. it
Will proba bly, require some little time
to finally decide whether succ, SIS shall
crown the Presidents efforts TO end
the war.
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RISING WATERS.
Flood in Wisconsin and
Michigan More Serious.
Rivers Out Of Bounds and the
Worst Is Yet TO Come.
Train P|unges Into Creek from Bridge.
Seven Persons Drowned.

Grand Rapids, Mich, June THE
food situation in Grand Rapids is hour
~ becoming more serious, tonight, and
the Grand river is rising at the rate Of
six inches an hour. IN to this even
ing, tie west SIDE Of the city has been
the principal sufferer. but now the wa
tc!' is backing from the river into the
Easements Of many of the business
houses ON canal street on the east side
Great damage 10 merchants through
tiuoiilg easements is expected before
the water itcedeS.
a large number Of factories on the
west side are closed On account of high
water interfering with machinery and
over go men are temporarily out Of
employment.
The property loss cannot be estimated
II this time. but it will be large.
The reports from the weather bureau
show that the river may be expect ed
to receive a reinforcement Of no less
than three more feet of flood waters
with the water already about three feet
above the danger line. At North Park
many houses are completely surround
ed by water.
Tho Grand Trunk tracks are still
above water. although the flood is
nearing them.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana, Pere
Marquette and Grand Trunk lines east
and west from the city, are still una
bic to resume train service owing to the
many WashoutS.
More serious developments are ex-
pected during the night and early to-
morrow morning. from the flood, as the
crest will not have been reached until
some time, Thursday.
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OREL TERRIBLY BATTERED.
60 Gaping Holes Tell of Story Of Japs
Gunnery.

Toxic, June it A. Ma corrcSpon-
dent of The Associated Press has been
permitted to inspect the Russian bat
tleship Orel, now lying at Maizuru. The
Orel received a terribl bSttering. Her
hull shows 20 gaping noles pierced bv
large shells and many smaller where
she had been hit while the superstru"-
ture. her upp".. works and upper decks
were riddled by shells, Steel fragments
and splinters The starboarC. forward l.
inch gun was smashed ten feet from
tie muzZle by Il shell or explosion. A
fragment of the gun went over the
bridge sma Shing the rail and after car
Tying away the breach of Il 12pounder
buried itself in the signal luckar.
On the mean deck up,>a'G tn" condi :
ton OF the vessel WIS t ,hl.. To pe
hold The partitions Were -. shed ANA
the gtnGWay broken ann tnchio2S
wrecked Gear of various X covered
the decks ana the STAT ~ alley
ways shows that the shl S atle
several times. The mark Of tiam'
increased the scene Of desc. l''n. The
main ;irnor belt is intact. he turrct
;rmor generally withstoot the batter
ing from shells. although TWO of tn.
six-inch turretS We're rendered unstf-
viceable by shots which struck close Io
their base. Several smaller guns were
disnounted and smashed. a gruesom.
sight was Il bulkheaI despatched with
blood fragments Of 1esh and hair.
The Drel is sound structurally al
though it will be necessary to recon
efruct from the water line up. The con-
dtion of the ship shoNs that the cl'-s'
underwent a terrible ordeal before they
surrendered.
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HEARTY CHEERS
For Alfonso Whenever He
Appears in London.
Enjoys Hospitality Of Lord
Mayer and Corporation.
Shows Pleasure at Demonstrations Given
Him by the People.

London June king Alfonso. today,
visited the city Of London and enjoyed
the hospitality of the Lord Mayor and
Corporation at the Guild hall. For the
first time since His Majcsty's arrival
in England. the weather was sufficient
ly fine to enable him to appear in an
omen carriage and for the first time
anything in the nature of really large
crowds gathered to welcome him. From
buckingham palace to the historic
Guild hall the royal procession passed
under 1t continuous ;irchWay OF flags
ana flowers. both sides of the route be-
ing hedgrd by deep rows of Sightseers
whose welcome tn the young monarch
was OF the hc;Irticst description. Seven
thousand troops lined the route to the
Guild bah which included Pail Mall,
Regent street. oxford street, and
ChcarSidc.
The procession returned to the palace
by the Victoria crlbankment thus Civ
ing the public ample opportunity to
witness the royal procession. This was
composed of six landauS drawn by four
horses with Positions and II sovcreisn's
escort Of the lie Guards HrSid"s the
Spanish King sat the Prince of Wales.
HaltS We're made ut the boundaries of
The different boroughs to receive and
answer the addresses of the local au-
thoritics. At each of these points. the
decorations We're very elaborate and
the crowds were, notably large.
King Alfonso uurcStraincdly showed
his pleasure at the dtmonstrative greet
ingS which eliminated i'll Il scene of
he -
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SMALL ENGAGEMENTS.
Japanese Win in Skirn,ishs with Small
Portions Of Russian Army.

Toxic June ..-i.3O P. MA dlS-
patch from the headquarters OF tl''
Jaraneso armies, i'll the field, n'i'
nuhlir. this afternoon, says:
The tnemy's infantry. strength not
mcnticrel. attacked Machatung, tW"
miles north of WeiHuamps", early III
the morning. June ,. but wer" repulsr".
THE same day our forces which had
advanced to Snahotse. nine miles east
of Chantu. dislodged the enemy head
iug for that vicinity and occupied Il
rrignboring eminence. y portion OF "ui
cavalry drove the enemy northward TO-
ward ChishiatZu. l. miles north OF
E..angling and Machittum. seven
.I!.s east Of Chiratun and our troops
o,cupied their vicinities.
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Ihc fact of Ambassador Meyers r.is-
IL To TSarSkoc-Sclo il up Ia the present
known only in the higher official circles,
many diplomats even being entirely
unaware of this important event but
where it is known. it has created in
tense interest.
In the meantime. il is necessary to
state that there is not the slightest
surface indication Of any change in
the situation regarding the continue
ton of the wal.
Preparations to send additional
troops to the front continue. A new
draft Of horses from Poland has been
made and Il furthe~ mobilization Of
men i'll the province of Moscow is an
roUncnd
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About $4,000 Perished in
Battle Of Corean Straits.
About 4600 We're Captured
and About 5000 Escaped.
Many Women on Russian Ships--Rojeshen-
sky Is Slowly Improving.

London June 1.-Fourteen thousand
Russians persisted III the great naval
battle in the COrean strait. Dispatches
from Toxic reveal that the Russian
losses were much greater than was at
first reported.
In addition to the 1900 who persisted
there were 1900 captured. About 5000
escaped.
OF the prisoners a large percentage
are suffering from disease.
Many women were on the hospital
ships captured by the Japanese. Among
these was Admiral Rojestvensky' $
nice. She has asked permission TO nurse
her uncle.
Rojestvenslly. who is wounded in the
forehead and right leg. is reported to
be progressing favorably i'll the hos
pital at Sasebo although suffering from
a great mental strain. He soon will be
cOnValeSceMt.
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AT FLOOD TIDE.
The Chippewa River Rises. Flooding
Stores in Durard. Wis.

Durand. Wis. June - Durand ana
vicinity is having the WofS: flood since
1854. The Chippewa river has risen IS
feet and is still rising. All store ba Sc
mentS on River street ere tul of water.
No trains are running on the Chippe-
WI valley division o. the Chicago.
Milv aukec & ST. Paul Railway because
the tracks are washed out. Launches
have been kept busy taking peopl"
from the lOwlandS along the river 10
places of safety. Drowned stock of all
kinds is floating down .h@ river.
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Wanted ut Once.

A little forethought will often save ~
end of trouble. Think Of the pam anu
suffering that must oe endured In cas- :.
OF an attack Ct pain n the stomach =,
cramn collie when medicine must oe
sent for. Every family should nave :
bottle of Chamberlain's conc ono r.
and Diarrhoea Remedy IN the nous .ra
"a sure to be needed sooner or ia'er -.
when that time comes. 1t VIII De "'n ~.
at once. BUY it now. 1t may save e ~, n
Sold BY John Coughlin. Augusta " -
Bsape. Gardiner.
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OUTRAGE BY RUSSIANS.
Board Steamer Celurnum and Threw
Part of Cargo Overheard.

Nagasaki. June 10 p. M.-The Brit
ish steamer Celurnum, chartered by
the Mtsui Russian Steamship Co. OF
Toxic. bound from Shanghai for Kobe.
Japan. was stopped IN June ,. so miles
from the bell buoy of the entrance of
Woosung, by the Russian transport
Rion.
A boarding party. after the steam
cr's papers had been examined. remov-
ed her matches and threw overheard
All bags Of beans, 12J bales of cotton
and IL boxes of antimonE.
The Russians left again suddenly.
stating that the steamer was released.
1t is supposed that they received 4
wireless message announcing the APP
proach OF Japanese warships.
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ENoUIsT's SHIPS WILL INTERN.
The Cars Order Possibly Indicates
the Approach of Peace.

Manila, June S.-Rcar Admiral En-
q'list received. at o'clock this morn
iNS, the following cabiegram from st.
Petersburg:
Remain ut Manila at the disposition
Of the American government. Effect
repairs as much as possible.
tSigned) "Nicholai."
Governor General Wright has re-
Re-" Admiral Train to ARRANGE
:or the disposition of tie Ru.,SiHn war
ships ard their officers and crews.
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Asks 5000 for Hurt from SNOWFALL

Louisville, June The case OF ~ =
weatherton against Meade Rooinsoh'
Jr., by his father, Meade hooil'so"'
and George Leib. by his father LOUIS
Ieib. is on trial IN Judge Goruo no =
court. Weatherton sues for s''oOV
damages. He was IL delivery "aeo'
driver, and last winter. he says ~
was attacked by the boys WIN SIM
halls. and his jaw broken. the poSe
say Weatherton was STRUCK VII"
whipstock by negro.
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NATIONAL COUNCIL. K. OF c.,
Listens to Reports-Cash Balance Of
$1,234,526 Now on Hand.

Los Angeles cal. June THE first
business session of the NHtipmll COun-
oil OF the Knights of Columbus was
devoted chiefly to the appointment of
committees ard the reading of reports.
including that of Supreme Knight Ed
ward Ahcarn.
The report of National Secretary
DAME! Colwcll regarding the financial
condition Of the order showed n bal
ance on hand. Dec. 81. 1904 Of SI.o34.-
52e.
Officers will be elected tomorrow.
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NEW ENGLAND ECLEcTICS
Meet in Annual Session in Montp eIier-
Routire Business.

Montpelier. VT, June THE annual
meeting of tho New England Eclectic
Medicll Association vas begun in this
city. today. delegates from various
parts of Vermont and from Maine and
massachusetts being present. The pres
ident. DIR. AlgernOr Fossett of Port
land. Me-, presided. Preliminary busi-
ness was transacted, today.