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Means Much to Japan.

For months naval and army experts
have been specializing on the effects of
the outcome of the naval battle. Adj
miral Dewey and other members of the
naval board, and General Davis, Gen
eral Weston and other leading army of
ficers have declared that if the battle
should result in the humiliation of the
Japanese fleet, it would mean that all
the costly victories of Japan on land
and sea would count for nothing, as
with the Japanese navy swept from the
sea, Russia would then be mistress of
the situation. She could prevent rein
forcements being sent into Manchuria,
could cut off the supplies of the Japan
csc in that province and force them to
live off the country. This the japanese
could not do for any length of time.
With the japanese feet disposed of,
the Russians could get supplies to the
front by way of Vladivostok and use
the Trans-Siberian road exclusively for
the transportation of troops. Hundreds
of thousands of men could be rushed
into 4Manchuria and the Japanese could
be driven into the sea. In fact, the
life of Japan depended on winning the
naval battle.
With Russia, the loss Of the naval en-
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CZARS ADMIRAL
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Nv FLIGHT HIS II.
FLEET CRUSHED
Continued from First Page.

cad special prisoners
Admiral Togo adds that
ABSOLUTE AND OVERWHELMINGLY ~
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EIGHT RUSSIAN CAPTAINS DROWNED.
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sian ships were all SO badly damaged
that they were unable to leave the har-
Dor. Togo, however, maintained an eff
fective blockade, to prevent the pro-
visioning Of Port Arthur from the sea.
~ Ships Sunk at Anchor.
In the meantime, Nogi was burrow-
ing his way into Port Arthur. On Nov.
80 the besieging army captured 203
Meter hill, from the summit of which an
officer with telescope and a telephone
was able to direct the firing of the
heavy mortars and siege guns at the
ships lying helpless in the harbor. One
after another the battleships Retvizan,
Poltava, Peresviet and Pobieda were
sunk at their anchors by japanese
shells. The cruisers Bayan and Pallada
and all the gunboats, destroyers and
torpedo boats in the harbor suffered the
same fate. For some reason the battle
ship Sevastopol was taken outside the
harbor, only to be sunk by japanese
torpedo boats few days later.
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gagement is not SO serious matter, and
while such an outcome may tend to
shorten the war, there will be nothing
to prevent the Russians carrying OF
operations with its army indefinitely, as
1T will not be cut eff from its base of
supplies.
There is no indication in the authen-
tic adyices that the entire Russian feet
has been destroyed, but in the event Of
such an occurrence naval experts do not
believe that Russia would sue for peace.
There has been little or no peace talk
here especially as the belief is general
that Russia would not consnt to accept
peace in the face of long series of dis
asters and she would not look with
pleasure on any such suggestion coming
from any of the frst-class powers.
Takahira Visits Roosevelt.
In view of the fact that it is so well
known that Japan would welcome peace,
the hurried visit of Mr. Takahira, the
japanese minister, to the White House
last night is rather significant. 1t is not
the custom of the diplomats to call at
the White House on Sunday, except by
special appointment or on extremely
pressing and important business.
When asked if his errand was for the
purpose of discussing the question of
peace and securing the good office Of
the president, he would not discuss the
subject and dismissed it in diplomatic
manner by inquiring for news from the
battle -
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NAVAL EXPERTS SURPRISED
They Did Not Expect Togo to Meet
Russians So Openly.

new 1ork sun special service.
Washington, May 29.-Naval experts
are somewhat surprised at the tactics
Of Togo, for they believe, in view of
the fact that his fleet was much less
formidable than Rojestvensky's, that
the, little Japanese would not make a
standup fight, but would choose his
own time and place and pick off the
Russian warships one by one until he
had so reduced the Russian strength
that the fleets would be nearly equal in
strength.
These experts believed Togo would
pursue this course because there were
two good reasons why he should be ex-
tremely cautious. One was that the
Russian feet was much stronger than
the japanese, and the other that the
success or failure of the war, so far
as Japan is concerned, depended on the
outcome of the naval engagement.
But the Japanese by their masterful
tactics and daring have surprised the
western civilization a number Of times
since the outbreak of hostilities, and
Togo has again demonstrated that his
people are the peer Of any in the world
in the arts Of war.
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been inactive in these months. On
April rs and 26 it crept down the east
ern Korean coast, shelled Gensan and
sunk the japanese troop transport, Kin
shu Maru. Ka1mimura's, who had been
stationed in the Korean strait to pre-
vent a juncture of the Vladivostok and
Port Arthur fleets, did not give pursuit,
and for this he was severely criticised
by the impatient naval writer's in diff
ferent parts Of the world, who did not
know that he was under specific orders
not to leave his post: =
In June the Vladivostok squadron
made another raid, going down the east
stroying number Of British, German
and American steamers on the ground
that they were carrying contraband Of
war destined for the Japanese govern
ment. For these seizures the Russian
government afterward paid a heavy in
demnity. s2
Fleet Tries to Escape.
1t was not until Aug. 10 that naval
that day Rear Admiral Withoeft. who
had succeeded the ill-fated Makaroff,
made a sally from Port Arthur in an
attempt to escape. .--
The effort to escape was well planned.
Withoeft sent the destroyer Ryeshitelni
into the neutral harbor of Chi-fu with
dispatches to st. Petersburg announc-
ing his departure re-, and asking for the
Withoeft IS plan was to elude Togo s
fleet and if possible form a junction
with the Vladivostok ships. Failing in
this he proposed to seek the shelter Of
some harbor on the Chinese coast, there
to remain protected by the laws Of neu-
trality, until the end Of the campaign.
Russian Fleet Dispersed.
The plan failed. Togo was not caught
mapping and promptly gasSs R bat The
ship Czsrevitch, Withoeft's flagship,
and it became unmanageable. It man
aged to escape, however, and to reach
| the German port of Tsingchau, in Kiau-
chau bay, China. There it, was dis
| mantled, and there it has remained.
| Admiral Withoeft and many of his Off
GERS and men were killed.
escaped to Shanghai, and the Diana
reached Saigon in badly damaged condi-
ton. The Novik was not heard from
for several days. The cruiser circled
| the southern and eastern coast Of Japan
and reached the island of. Saghalien,
where, on Aug. 81, it was sunk by Jap
anese cruisers from Kamimura s fleet.
! A number of torpedo boats were sunk
along the China coast.
The main part of the Russian feet,
however, was compelled to put back to
| Port Arthur, never again to emerge.
Battle in Korean Straits.
The Vladivostok fleet made heroic
! effort to carry out instructions. It
steamed boldly down the coast and en-
tered the Korean straits in an effort to
elude Kamimura 8 waiting fleet. The
japanese admiral was ready, however,
and promptly gave battle on Aug. IA.
He sunk the armored cruiser Rurik, and
crippled the Rossia and the Gromoboi so
badly that altho they managed to return
to Vladivostok, they were compelled
to remain there during the rest Of the
year. Practically they had to. be re-
built.
That Ends Naval Campaign.
That ended the naval campaign for
the year 1904 and Togo was compelled
by force Of circumstances to transfer
the task Of destroying the Port Arthur
feet to the besieging army. The Rus
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Great Guns Boom.

Inventors.
Americas Best loo Cigars.
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VERMONT MURDERESSTO
BE HANGED ON FRIDAY
New York Sun Special Service.

Windsor, VT, May 29.-State s pris-
on officials have begun preparations
for the execution Of Mrs. Mary Rogers,
whose reprieve expires Friday. Mrs.
Rogers was made acquainted today
with the action of the supreme court
yesterday in refusing to grant her a
new trial. She was much downcast,
tho she accepted the result without
emotion. Little faith is placed by Mrs.
Rogers friends in a stay in proceedings
thru the United States supreme court.
It is the general opinion that the young
woman will go to the gallows on Fri
day.
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Doesn't Fool Togo.

After dividing and reuniting his
fleet a dozen, times in the evident pur-
suit of a policy of confusing the Jap
anese admiral, Rojestvensky collected
sixty miles southeast of Shanghai-on
Tuesday, passed day in coaling and
reftting, and on Wednesday night
headed for the Korean straits, $50
miles away.
But, according to the naval intelli-
never been misled by the Russian STRAIT
egy. By scouts, by wireless and by
score Of unnamed sources of informa-
| ton, the Japanese admiral had kept in
| touch with the enemy and actually
Swallowed him from the moment of his
departure from the Saddle islands.
More than that, Togo made his fight
in the field of his own selection.
With Vladivostok as Roiestvensky'
objective, there were but two ways for
him to reach that point-either by the
straighter, holder course thru the Ko-
rean strait, or by the roundabout
course outside Japan. Had Roiestven-
sky sailed around by the Pacific he
would have found Togo waiting for
rendezvous. Rojestvensky. chose the
| Korean strait rout and found Togo
waiting for him in the passage between
Tsu island and the Japanese forts of
| Shimonoseki.
Korean Straits.
For the clear setting of the scene Of
Korean strait from the Korean to the
japanese shore is ITO miles wide, but is
divided into two channels by Tsu
island. the southern end of which is
heavily fortified On the Korean side
lie Fusan and the great harbor Of Ma
sampho bay; on the japanese side is
Shimonoseki. Here, at Fusan and on
the northern extremity of Tsu island
are wireless stations. The Korean chan
mel is about thirty miles wide, the jap
anese channel is about eighty miles
| across.
It was by the Japanese channel that
Rojestvensky elected to pass.
In Double Battle Line.
Leaving his empty GOLFERS at Shang-
hal with orders to return to Europe,
double battle line. The evening of Sat-
urday, May 81, was closing when the
Russian sea columns appeared north of
Quelpart island, and it was growing
dark when gun was fired from the
japanese flagship.
Instantly swarm of the sea wasps
darted out toward the oncoming Rus:
I
shots from the Russians, but the de-
stroyers shot on, the sea rose in foun.
tains and the great battleships, against
which the torpedoes were principally
directed, rose and shivered in the tur-
MOL. The moon was in her third quar-
ter when the fight began, but the sky
soon clouded and it was in this obscur-
ity that the torpedoers did their de-
structive work.
Great Guns Boom.
Meanwhile the great guns of TogoI
battleships had begun their long-range
firing and the turrets of the Russian
battleships heaved as they replied. The
| twelve-inch guns of the Russians
seemed to be centered on the japanese
admiral's flagship, but Nagasaki re-
ports that the Mikasa received no in
juries of consequence and is now di-
recting the pursuit.
The Russians fought bravely, but the
gunnery of the japanese was deadly
and when Sunday was closing the Rus
| sian armada was scattered and heateu
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Montreal, Que, May 29.-The judgment
sin the Gaynor-Greene case by Judge La
sfontaine, eXtradition commissioner, has
sbeen postponed for another eight days,
3the judge not being ready. = >57 go.
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TOGO HOLDS THE STRAITS
Rojestvensky Strikes Japanese "Stona
Wau'' in Korean Straits.
Jew York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
London, May 29.-''Togo holds the
straits' is the laconic message that has
been received by the Japanese lega-
ton. This means that Roiestvensky's
bold dash for VladiVostok by way Of
of Japan has failed.
One dispatch from Toxic says that
"several' Russian ships have been dis.
abled and that "the remainder are in
flight Where they can flee to, now
that Vladivostok as a port of refuge
is cut off, is not stated; neither is any
report made of the whereabouts of the
cruiser Gromoboi and her sister ship,
which sailed out to join forces with
Roiestvensky.
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g. New Elevator to Women's Floor
At the Plymouth Corner entrance.
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That Ends Naval Campaign.

That ended the naval campaign for
the year 1904 and Togo was compelled
feet to the besieging army. The Rus
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FREDERICK, s. D.-The village will sink a
second artesian we'll for the waterworks.-
brick store building of J. J. Chamberlain
which he was erecting to replace one burned
in the winter, was demolished by heavy wind
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WILL WANT TO SEE HIM
Curiosity May Draw Many to Jacob
Riis' Lecture,

Possibly curiosity will draw many to
the lecture by Jacob A. Riis, April 3,
at Plymouth church, under the manage
ment of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION They may not care SO much
to hear about "True Americans as to
see the presidents biographer and per-
sonal friend.
Mr.. Riis always announces himself
as police reporter when he begins his
speech or lecture. He thinks that he
only reports what other people do to
help things along and ''roasts - those
who get in the way. Yet he has had
more to do than anyone else in New
York city in tearing down rickety rear
tenements; establishing small parks;
looking after the enforcement of sensi
BILE tenement laws; doing away with
police station lodging houses, and let
ting light in on the dark East Eide.
4 writer in the Bookman has said Of
Mr.. Riis: "He did not say in the book
that he did these things; it would, for
one reason, betray his method, which
is to discover an evil, look up cure,
persuade some good, rich or influential
men and women to stand for it, then
go to work and have the remedy APP
D1ied -
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Seldom are audiences so completely
deceived by cleverness in makeup and
acting as those that have witnessed
Florence Yer Valin's imitation of a
mechanical walking woman at the
Unique theater this week. Yer Vain,
the ventriloquist, introduces several au
tomato in his act. One is "Happy
Hooligan,' and there is, of course, the
saucy boy who is shut up in box be-
cause he refuses to keep still; the little
niger boy, the old soldier and the little
girl.
These figures are used by the ventril-
oquist to show his proficiency in imi-
tating different types of voices. Then
the mechanical walking woman is in
troduced. She resembles regulation
dummy, with stony features, stiff joints
and jerky movements. Her mouth
opens and shuts in response to the
pressing of the .ventriloquist IS hand
upon a spring at the back Of her neck
and she is wound up by the turning of
a crank or key, just as with a mechan-
ical toy. When lifted from the floor
her legs work with pendulum motion,
and once, when the ventriloquist is
looking the other way, she nearly walks
off tue stage into the orchestra pit
Finally the ventriloquist "sights' her
for one Of the flies and she walks out
Of the sight of the audience, which ap-
plauds the mechanical imitation of the
walk of human being. An encore
causes a second appearance of the me-
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UNDERLINED ATTRACTIONS

ropolitan.-Henrietta Crosman in
HMistress Nell,' the first appearance
of the celebrated comedienne in this
city in the greatest Of her successes,
is the announcement for the week Of
April 3. No one would wish to con-
TESS to ignorance OF Miss Crosman g
successes, hence everybody is supposed
to know that her most pronounced fame
and widest popularity have been earned
in 'Mistress Nell.' So it is gratify
ing to know that is the comedy she is
to present here. In this play Miss
Crosman made the amazing record of
a two seasons run in New York. It
was a genuin e triumph: Mistress
Nell' is the famous H1 Nell GWyn' and
drawn it in his comedy is one of the
most delightful ever depicted on the
stage. Gaiety, merriment, audacity and
ROBUSTNESS radiate from it. Nell is
daring and wilful, but generous and
lovable, and Miss Crosman makes her
such girl as all must fall in love with.
orpheum:-Cole and Johnson, the
highest paid colored artists in vaude-
vile, are the headiiners on the Orpheum
bill for the week Of April 2. Bob Cole
and Rosamund johnson are graduates
of Atlanta university and musicians Of
education as we'll as talent, and their
royalties from their songs is about
$1,000 a week. Many of the light OPP
era songs as we'll as the most popular
coon songs of the day are by them.
Notable are 81 Ain It Coin to Work
No Mo- and "Under the Bamboo
Tree" clay Moon" recently sung
at the Orpheum by Wynne Winslow, is
by Cole and Johnson. Hayes and Hea-
ly, the ''long and short of it, are on
the bill in an absurd skit called "The
Clerk and the Bellboy'; as are Ford
and Wilson, popularity known as 'sThe
Two Jacks,' in a fancy black face
dancing act; Angie Norton and Paul
Drako's rained sheep and dogs; Myles
Mccarthy & Co. in another of those
slang classics called GA Race Tout s
Dream,' and the five club throwing
Bijou.-The stirring comedy-drama
of Swedish life, "Yon Yonson.'' is
now in its fourteenth year of success.
1t is on it's way here for it's annual
visit and will be seen the week of April
2. A feature of interest will be the
first appearance Of David Brattstrom
in the title role. Besides having the
merit Of originality, Mr.. Brattstrom s
Characterization is said to be an anus
ing and faithful presentation.
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How Big "lNother Goose
Spectacle Is Managed

1t is no small task to organize com.
pany like that of "Mother Goose
which will be seen at the Metropolitan
next week, where the chorus alone num-
bers more young women than could be
easily counted The drilling of such q
body involves much hard work IN lay
ing OUT, the productions. First the
company is recruited up to the number
required by the producer to present the
different scenes and musical numbers
properly and to obtain costume, vocal
and Cuisines effects or striking
originality. Each member is obliged to
UNDERGO a voice trial so as to be clas-
sifed as soprano, a contralto, tenor or
bass, after which the height, weight,
bust and waist measurement of each
is taken. Then they are divided &C
Then the girls are divided into two
classes-vocalists and specially girls
and ballet girls. The duties of the
vocalists are to sing and to look well,
while the speciality girls have to bear
the brunt Of the performance, singing
and dancing and "looking' to the best
of their abilities. All that the ballet
girls have to do is to dance and help
form pictures with ensemble posing.
style of dancing, but the speciality girl
is the distinctly typical American chorus
girl. These girls are in constant demand
and are better paid than the ordinary
vocalist or ballet dancers.
The discipline Of the "Motherr
Goose' company is as rigid as that Of
an army. Each member, inc uding even
the little children, is numbered from
| l to 365, so as to keep record Of at
tendance. Each person is required to
be in the dressingroom by 7:l5 at night
and Ills on matinee days. There is a
regular system of penalties for any
neglect Of duty. For instance, no one
is allowed to utter a word above whis-
per, after leaving the dressingroom,
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trating the extremes of Miss Stone s
AS Camille, the immortal French
courtesan created by Alexander Dumas,
fills, Miss Stone will have an opportunity
for work differing in many respects
from any that she has done. The play
and the part are too familiar to need
exposition. Miss Stone s conception Of
the most famous feminine part in mod
ern stage literature is sure to be orig
lnal and strong. Dick Ferris will play
Armand Duval.
Miss Stones performance of ethel
MAJ is also looked forward to with
great interest. This dramatization of
Miss Corelli's masterpiece has proved
notable success wherever presented.
1t has made two record breaking runs
at the Lyceum. A powerful factor in
it's appeal to M nnea polls audiences is,
Of course, it's picture of fast disap-
pearing type of Northman, the con-
Meeting link between the Vikings Of
old and. Scandinavians of the present
day, No nation in the world holds
their traditions and history more dear
than the Scandinavians, and all that
touches upon "the land Of the mid
night sum- and it's heroic past and pres
ent, is a delight to it's sons and daugh-
ters. No story places the life of the
far Northland in more romantic and
clearer. light than "Thelma.' Leila