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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-04
EDWARD And TEDDY
SEND NO MESSAGES
REQUESTS FOR SENTIMENTS TO
BE READ AT CONFEDERATE RE.
UNION ARE coURTEoUsLY
TURNED DOWN BY BOTH.

Louisville Ky. June 3.-Col Thomas d.
Osborne, secretary of the executive COM
mittee of the Confederate reunion, re-
Gently addressed King Edward VII of
England and President Roosevelt. re-
questing that they send messages to the
United Confederate veterans when they
meet in Louisville June IA, 10 and 16
King Edwards reply was received to-
day, and is as follows:
buckingham Palace-The private Sec
retary presents his compliments to Mr..
Thomas d. Osborne, and is commanded
to acknowledge the receipt of his letter
of the Sth instant addressed to his
majesty.
'In reply the private secretary re-
grets to inform Mr. Osborne that it is
not possible for the King to comply with
the request preferred In his letter for
a message from his majesty to the
United Confederate veteans at their an
nual reunion, as It is contrary to his
majestys rule to send messages to be
delivered at public gatherings of this de-
scription.
'24, May, 1905'
President Roosevelt replied In sub
stance, through Secretary Loeb. that 1t
was against his rule to send messages Of
this sort; that it was too perfunctory an
act. and that II he could not be on the
spot and say what he wanted to, he would
have to get along without saying any
thing.
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GENERAL BoYNToN is DEAD.
Was President of the chickamauga
Park Commission.

Atlantic City, N. Y, June 3.-Gen. II.
V. Boynton, president of Chickamauga
park commission, died here today of a
complication of diseases
General Boynton had been Ill since
March, but for a time had rallied suf-
ficiently to permit him to resume his Of
fetal duties His strength soon failed
him. however, and he suffered a relapse
from which he had only partly recovered
when he was removed to Atlantic City
a week ago He stood the trip from
washington to the seashore fairly well,
but he was unable to combat the inroads
which disease had made on him. General
Boynton was in the 10th year Of his age,
and during much of his life he'd been
prominently identified in national affairs.
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TOGO HAD THIRTY
ABLE ASSISTANTS
kAMIMURA AND kATAOkA WERE,
RESPECTIVELY, SECOND AND
THIRD IN oMMAND-ADMIRA
kATo CHIEF OF STAFF.

Toxic, June 3.-Thirty naval commands
ers participated in the battle Of the Japan
sea. Vice Admiral Togo was commander
in-chief leading the first squadron. Vice
Admiral Kamimura was in command of
the second squadron, and rear Admiral
Kataoka led the third squadron.
The chiefs of staff in the order named
were Admiral Kato and Captains Dewa.
IJriu and Mitsu, acting as rear admira,s
under Vice Admiral Togo Captains Yama-
da. shimamura, Taketomi and Kokura.
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HOKE SMITH JUMPS
into The ARENA
ANNOUNCES THAT HE is cANDl-
DATE FOR GOVERNOR AGAINST
CLARK HOWELL AND PROBABLY
COL. J. H. EsTlLL.

Atlanta, June AIN an interview with
a representative of the Associated Press
tonight Hoke Smith. secretary of the
interior under President Cleveland. and
at one time editor of the Atlanta Journal,
stated that he would tomorrow morning
announce as candidate for governor of
Georgia, subject to the democratic prim-
afy.
Mr.. Smith is the third candidate to de-
fnitely enter the race, others having an
rounced being Clark Howell. editor of the
Constitution. and James M. Smith. of
Smthsona, with a strong probability Of
Colonel j. H. Estill editor of the Savan-
nah Morning News
The primary, which is practically the
election, Is more than a year off.
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FIGHT NEAR ST. PETERSBURG.
Fifteen Thousand Workmen Carry Rec
Flags Through Streets.

st. Petersburg, June "A conflict
between workmen and Cossacks and
mounted police occurred during the
evening of June 2 at Liesnoi-Kolpuo.
a suburb of st. Petersburg. Twelve
workmen were seriously injured and
forty were slightly hurt
Fifteen Cossacks and policemen
were injured and two horses were
killed A crowd composed of $4,000
workmen, singing revolutionary songs
and carrying red flags, marched on the
polytechnic institute and were charged
by the Cossacks, who used the flats
of their sabres and their knouts.
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Hyde's council Issues Defense.
Postoffice Appointments.

Washington, June 3.-Under the annual
readjustment of postmasters' salaries
changes were announced today: Increase,
Greensboro fifteen to sixteen hundred
Hartselle. one thousand to eleven hun
dred; Jackson. twelve to fourteen hun
dred. Montevallo and Wetumpka, twelve
to thirteen hundred Piedmont, one thous-
and to twelve hundred; Sylacauga and
Ifniontown, thirteen to fourteen hundred.
Decrease. Lafayette, thirteen to twelve
hundred; Talladega, twenty-five hundred
to two thousand.
Rsiral routes ordered established Au-
gust Is: Crews Depot, Lamar county.
route 2. population 49, houses 103; Ma
tion 2S2. houses 81; MillerviIle, Clay coun-
tv route population sos, houes 121.
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TOXIC AMUSED
BY The REPORTS
ASSERTIONS OF RUSSIANS THAT
THEY SAW JAPANESE WAR
SHIPS SINK ARE BELIEVED TO
BE DUE TO FRIGHT.

Toxic, June 8, I p. ma telegram from
Vladivostok, reporting the crew of the
Russian cruiser Almaz as saying thai
they saw three Japanese warships sunk,
and the commander of the Almaz as say
ing that he personally witnessed the sink
ing of a Japanese cruiser, has provoked
amusement in official circles and else
where.
member of the naval staff has sug-
gested that it was probable that the Rus
slams saw Russian vessels sinking, and in
the confusion mistook them for japanese
ships. The foreign office and the navy de-
partment reaffirm that only three torpedo
boats were lost in the battle.
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silver Bell for the MISSOURI,

Norfolk, Va, June IA beautiful sill
yer bell the gift Of the people Of Mis-
souri,. was presented to the battleship
Missouri today as that vessel law at an
chor in Hampton Roads. The presenta-
ton was made by Miss julie Cabanne,
descendant Of the founder OF the city Of
st. Louis.
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JAP FORCES MOVING.

Godyadani, Manchuria, June a. :
A movement of the Japanese along 4
the valley of the Kao river and its I
tributaries to the northwest is no. :
ticeable.
The Manehurian Messenger prints =
a copy of General Lineviteh's dis :
patch announcing the arrival of the :
Rushan cruiser Almaz at Vladivo-
stok and the destruction of Russian
ships and dispersal of the fleet at =
Tsu island.
:
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May Remove Duty on Wheat.

Ell Paso, Tex, June 3.-It is learned
from authoritative Mexican sources
that the government is considering re-
ducing or removing the duty on wheat.
owing to the high prices prevailing on
-four, the officials alleging the exist
ence of trust.
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Anthracite Combine Proposed.

Swansea. Wales June s.-Representa-
tives of twenty-four anthracite collieries
at meeting held here today definitely
decided to open negotiations with other
owners with the view to the formation
of an anthracite combine with capital
of 100000.
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The appearance of three missing cruisers
at Manila has relieved the anxiety of the
admiralty, as the fate of all Vice Ad-
miral Rojestvensky' warships Is now
definitely established.
The admiralty claim to have no adyices
from Manila which enable it to say
whether the cruisers will be disarmed
and interned or whether they will at
tempt to continue the voyage either to
Vladivostok or Russia. This determina-
tion depends largely on the extent of the
damage TO the ships and to the prompti-
tude of the Japanese in hunting them
down, as Togo is now able to dispatch
an overwhelmingly superior squadron
against them If time is given him.
Naval officers think it probable the
shipts will be interned. and say that an
attempt to reach Vladivostok would be
practically hopeless, as the ships would
be exposed to great difficulties and dan
ger on a long voyage homeward. either
across the Pacific ocean or through the
Suez canal
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Alexander and Hyde Will Bury
the Hatchet
WORK ONLY FOR EQUITABLE
Hyde's Council Issues Long State
ment, Defending Him From At
tacks That Have Been
Recently Made.

New York. June 3.--Overshadowing in
interest all the other sensational develop
n.ents in the affairs of the Equitable Life
Assurance society attendant. on the re,
lection by the directors yesterday, and this
publication today of the report Of the
Friel1 committee, comes an announcement
that the controversy between President
James w. Alexander and Vice President
James II. Hyde is at an end and that
these two gentlemen have concluded a
defensive and offensive alliance. The
basis of this agreement Is reported to be
that they shall in future devote them
selves to the interests of life insurance
and keep all Wall street entanglements
out of the affairs of the Equitable.
Messrs. Alexander and Hyde were in
conference today with certain of their
friends and advisers for more than two
hours. Deep interest attaches to the re-
suits Of the unexpected turn of affairs.
the general inference being that 1t por-
tends a very determined effort to recon-
cile the interests of the warning factions
and re-establish the direction of the So
ciety on a basis acceptable to all.
New Chairman Doubtful.
1t is also made evident today that there
is scant probability that the resolution
of the directors yesterday to create the
office of a chairman of a board with
plenary power over all departments and
affairs of the society will ever be put
into effect.
This Is indicated by the marked disln-
clination of several members of the COM
mittee of seven appointed to nominate
chairman to serve on the committee.
After the conference between Mr.. Alex
anader and Mr.. Hyde it was reported that
Robert r. Lincoln had been agreed upon
by them as the man best qualified to as
sumo the chairmanship of the board of
directors.
Both Mr. Alexander and Mr.. Hyde are
severely criticised in the report, which
declares that, assuming Mr. Hyde to be
guilty of the things charged by Mr.. Alex
ander, the latter is culpably negligent in
acquescing in them for so long a period
and in not bringing them to the atten-
ton of the board of directors.
Hyde's Council Issues Defense.
Counsel for Mr. HYDE issued late today
a long statement defining Mr.. Hydes po-
sition in reference to the attacks on him.
The statement covers the details of num-
erous stock purchases alleged by Mr..
Alexander to have been made at the in
stance of Mr.. Hyde without consultation
with any members of the society, and
declares them to have been approved at
meetings of the financial committee, at
which President Alexander was present.
In conclusion, Mr.. Hyde reiterates his
charges that Mr.. Alexander conspired
against him with the design of ousting
him from his position and obtaining con-
troll of the society himself
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viii Submit Arbitration Plan.

Paris. June 3.-Baron DEstournells de
Constant senator and memp The
Hague arbitration tribunal about to
submit motion to tho inch parlia-
mentary group favorp~ FILTRATION. ask
ing that the F'rencI sernment join with
the government - Great Britain in Of
fering their god offices to Russia and
Japan under the terms of The Hague con-
ventiOn
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PUT ON FASTEST
TRAIN IN WORLD
"PennsyIvania Special" Will Run Be-
tween Chicago and New York In
Eighteen Hours.

Pittsburg. Pa, June 3.-The Pennsyl-
vania railroad officials announce that in
few days they will put ON train be-
tween Chicago and New York which will
make the two cities in eighteen hours.
1t will be known as the Pennsylvania
Special" and it is expected to be the
fastest train in the world. 1t will leave
Chicago at 2:45 p. m. and arrive in New
York at 9:45 the next morning. Return
ing, it will leave New York at 1855 p. m.
arriving at Chicago at $3.50 a. m. the next
day.
Another new train to be known as THE
New York Special" will also be added to
the service between New York and Chi
cago. This train will depart from Chica-
go at a. m. and will arrive at New YORK
at S:15 o'clock the following morning.
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Manila, June 3-Rear Admiral Enquist,
who was commander of the heavy cruiser
squadron of the Russian fleet. arrived in
the bay at o'clock this evening on board
his flagship the protected cruiser Aurora,
accompanied by the protected cruisers
Oleg and Jemtchug. All the vessels were
more or less damaged and there We're
many wounded men on baord Rear Adj
miral Train, on board the flagship, the
battleship Ohio, with the Wisconsin, Ore
gon, Raleigh and Cincinnati was outside
Corregidor island maneuvering when the
Aurora saluted with thirteen guns and
the Ohio answered.
Admiral Train and his squadron ac-
companied the Russian vessels to Ma
Mia.
In an interview Rear Admiral Enquist's
executive officer said:
oleg Hit BY a Large Shot.
"When the battle began the admiral
was aboard the cruiser Oleg, which was
hit a number of times by the large shot.
There was an incessant rain of shot from
.quiok-dring guns and the ship was soon
badly damaged. The admiral transferred
his. flag 70 thearAornra,. Which = thea drew
the combined fire of many torpedo boat
destroyers at close range, and the attack
Of SUBMARINES We were overwhelmed by
the latter mist arising, we made a
. dash for the open sea and were followed
by the Oeg and Jemtchug"
Read Admiral Enquist Is injured. Cap
tain Egorieff of the Aurora was killed by
a shell which struck the coming tower
and he was buried at sea the day before
reaching Manila. On the Aurora three
officers were wounded. twenty of the
crew were killed and efghty-tnree were
wounded
rne losses on the OIeg were thirteen
of the crew killed and eighteen wounded.
On the Jemtehug the casualties were
twentv-one junior officers killed and ons
wounded; twelve of the crew killed and
thirty wounded.
No Damage Below Water Line.
From their appearance the Russian ves-
sells are not damaged below the water
line Their tunnels. however, are riddled
by large and small shot. Several large
shells pierced them amidships, and num-
ber Of guns were dismounted. An tho
Russians officers interviewed assert that
a large number of submarines caused con-
fusion and defeat. Rear Admiral EAqust
has cabled his arrival to the Emperor OF
Russia The battleship Ohio and cruiser
Cincinnati are guarding the Russian
ships.
No official action as to their disposition
has been taken yet.
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Enquist Asks Fourteen Days.

Manila, June 3-u1 a. m.)-Admirals
Train and Enquist are now comforting
In reference to the Russian warships
which arrived here yesterday. Accord
ing TO an unofficial report. Rear Ad-
miral Enquist asks fourteen days time
In which to repair. coal and provision his
vessels.
1t is stated further that he claims that
the ships are unseaworthy, and are dam
aged below the water line. Rear Admiral
Train will probably appoint a board to
Investigate the condition of the Russian
vessels. Both he and Rear Admiral En-
quist are working in harmony.
Thirty-four of the most seriously wound
ed Russian sailors were placed In the
naval hospital at Cavite today. Rear Ad-
miral Enquist left the scene of the fight
ing before the battle was finished, and
he did not learn the final details until he
arrived here.
The Russian vessels are painted black
with white tunnels.
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Causes interest in Vienna.

Vienna. June S.-President Roosevelt's
peace utterances were read here with the
keenest interest. They are the subject
OF much speculation In the newspapers
and received universal commentator. but
there is some doubt concerning a sue
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WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
TAKE UP THE MATTER
Admiral Enqulst Is Injured and One
of His Officers Tells How the
Three Vessels Made
Their Escape.

. Shanghai, June 4.-The British
; steamer Kuling has arrived here
; towing Russian destroyer which
; was found helpless north of Shaw
; aihan with three crews aboard.
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DucIb.S Cecilia ChcsrGd by
Hundreds Of Thousands
WON HEART OF EVERYONE
The Sincere Belief Prevails That She
Is Not Only the Crown Princes
Betrothed, But Is His
Sweetheart.

Berlin, June 3-LoolSing far more at
tractive than in any of her pictures, the
Duchess Cecilia of MecklenburgSc Schwerin
drove publicly into this city today
Hundreds of thousands of her future
subjects saw her for the first time, and
they received her according 10 care
fully wrought-out programme. But when
they saw her smiling happily and with
natural and unforced bearing, their good
feeling expressed itself spontaneously in
many "hoch'' and cheer. 1t is the sin
cere belief that she is not only the be-
trothed wife of the crown prince but his
sweetheart. AS the chief burgomaster said
in welcoming her, the people of the city
hoped her life would be rose-strewn as
the pavement over which she drove.
The crown prince, who, following tradi-
tion. led his company of footguards over
the route of the procession an hour before
the duchess entered the city, was also
splendidly received. He acknowledges the
cheering by saluting with his sword at
every second step.
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Admiralty Greatly Relieved.
St Petersburg. June 4.-u:4o a. ND
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Wore EIaborate COSTUME.

The young duchess wore an evening
dress Of pink silk muslin cut decollete
and trimmed with lace. The skirt, which
was embroidered with loose roses, had a
deep tlonnce of point deangleterre lace.
She wore tiari of diamonds in her
hair. The richly gilded carriage In which
the duchess sat composedly. although
flushed with the emotions of the hour,
was an odd looking piece of workmanship.
new in the year 1893. when the future
Queen Louise of Prussia then a girl of
II, made her state entry INTO the city
through the same gate.
In advance of the equippage walked two
tall grooms in blue and gold and beside
each of the eight black horses was a
groom in scarlet and geld livery. The har-
ness was of silver and FASTENED to the
horses heads We're plumes of black and
white ostrich feathers. Altogether the OBJ
servers of the royal luxury and display
were satisfied On the right of the duchess
carriage rode the master of the horse,
Count Won Wedel, and on the left the
governor of Berlin, General Won Sahnke.
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(ce ltInued oh Second Paael
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-31
PERSONAL POINTS.

\. II. Connolly. of Kansas City, is a
Rock Island visitor.
r A. Ewart. of Saltwater, Mimi, is
in Rock Island today on business.
Mrs. A. G. Barnes. OF Dubuque. Iowa.
has returned TO her home after a short
visit in Rock Island.
H. s. Cable. general superintendent
of the northern district of the Rock
Island road. is in the city
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Lewis. 705 Perry
street. Davenport. have returned after
an absence OF several months in the
south. Old Mexico and California.
Capt W. d. Wisherd has returned
from Paducah. Ky. where he has been
on business connected with the con
struction Of the new excursion steamer.
the w W" The steamer will be com
pleted in about two weeks. II viii
reach Rock Island about May l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-31

At Browns Business college begins
April 8. 1906.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-31
CAPT. PIERCE DIES
One of Old Guard of Mississippi
Engineers Goes to Long
Rest.
ONCE IN PACKET BUSINESS
Operating Steamers on Upper River
In Path Year-Other Obit-
uary.

Capt. William II. Pierce. a veteran
river engineer on the Mississippi. died
this morning at l o'clock at the coun
~ infirmary. where he had been for
about year. Death was due TO gen.
eral debility and consumption
Capt. Pierce spent the greater part
OF his life on the river For some
years he operated ferry on the Mis-
sissippi at Andalusia, He was engag-
ed in the packet business between Dali
las and Burlington for a number of
years, and for a time was engaged in
the Clinton and Rock Island trade
He came TO Rock Island in 1858.
and since that time had made his
home here, until he removed TO the
county farm He was married twice.
his first wife dying in 1861. He was
married a few years later at Dallas.
and his wife and daughter are now
residing at Gilchrist. Mercer county
He has five sons living. Capt Pierce
was "A years of age
Child PASSES Away.
Grace. the 9-weeks-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs w o. Skinner. died last
evening at the home. G31 Thirty-ffth
street. The funeral viii be held to-
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock from
the home. the services to be conduct
ed by Rev. J. 3. Rutter. Burial will
be made at the Hampton cemetery.
Mrs. Margaret Shean.
Mrs Margaret Shean, wife of John
Shean. died this morning at 2:3O
O'Clock at her home in Rural aged
"a years. Mrs. Shean had been n suf-
ferer with a complication of ailments.
For nine years the family has resided
in Rural, having removed from. this
city. Mrs. Shean was a native of
County Glare. Ireland With the hus-
band are left surviving three children:
John E. Shean and Mrs Julia Linn. at
home. and Mrs. Mary BosOId, of Ru.
raj Funeral services will be held at
st. Joseph's church, in this city, at II
O'Clock Sunday. Interment will be in
Calvary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-31
NOTES OF THE RIVER.

Yesterday afternoon the ferry Rob
inson was inspected. and today she
was put in service in place of the Dav-
export. which has been in operation
since the season was opened. The
Robinson has been given a thorough
overhauling. and is now in first class
shape She will be operated in the
Davenport Rock Island traffic during
the entire season. The Davenport has
been taken to the boat yard, and viii
not be put in service again until later
in the season, when the traffic war;
rants the operation of the two steam
erS.
The stage of water was $50 all day.
The Lydia Van SAINT and B. Hershey
were down with logs.
The Columbia was here from Bur
lingtOn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-31
PETERSON IS DEAD
MOLINE YOUNG MAN FOUND IN
JURED IN RAILROAD YARDS
EXPIRES AT HOSPITAL.

Albert Peterson. injured in the Rock
Island railroad yards Tuesday night.
died at o'clock this afternoon at St.
Anthony's hospital without having re-
gained consciousness. He was found
lying beside the tracks near the
Brooks crossing. Several of his ribs
We're crushed and there was a frac-
ture of the skull The presumption is
that he either fell of the cars. or was
hit by a train. He was % years of
age and single. His home was in Mo
line
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-31
SOCIAL ASSOCIATION OF
MAS0NS ELECTS OFFICERS
Annual Picnic Will be Held This Year
at Watch Tower at Date to
Be Fixed Later.

The Rock Island and Scott counties
Masonic Social association met at the
Shrine rooms in Davenport last even
ing and elected the following officers
for the ensuing year:
President-C. C. Wilson. Of lodge
G5S. Rock Island.
Secretary-E. Fl. Bowman. Of Trio
lodge 81. Rock Island
TreasureT-A X. Evans. OF Frater
nal lodge, Davenport
It is expected to hold the annual
picnic at Black Hawks Watch Tower
this year. the date 10 be fixed later.