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THF NEWS Of THE WORLD
FROM LAST coast, PAPERS
WelIman Ready to Start for PoIe--Rojsstvensky's
Plea.--Ocean Raee---Reid Bats Bryan
Thaw Case---Korean Emperor in Prison.

CHICAGO, July "a special cable
dispatch from Tromsoe, Norway, say;
Walter WeIlman and party have land
ed the first section of the men and
equipment at Spitzbergen. They were
taken up on the steamer F'ritzjof.
Major Hersey and seventeen men are
erecting buildings, including shops, at
Spitzbergen. The balloon material ar
rived yesterday at Tromsoe from Paris.
Wellman said: 81 have no intention
| of delaying the expedition until next
year. [ will make a determined effort
to reach the North Pole this summer if
possible
The full complement attached to the
! air ship is forty men, but only five will
| be on board when the huge craft takes
| it's northward flight These will be Mr.
Wellman, Major Jersey, who repre-
sents the National Government and
| Geographic Society; CASTOR Hervieu,
celebrated French aeronaut; NJ. J.
Smith, wireless telegraph expert, and
Paul Colardeau, who will have charge
of the motors. Three of these will al
ways be on duty. One will be sta
toned in the navigating deck to work
the rudder and to watch the instru-
ments; another will be in the engine
room and the third win be occupied in
working the windlass that operates the
drag anchor and guide rope. 1t is cal
culated that none of the crew will be
able to get more than three or four
hours sleep a day.
ROJESTVENSKY' IS PLEA.
CRONSTADT, July An manly
effort to save the surviving members of
his staff and the other officers who,
he believed, surrendered the gunboat
Bedovi on account of their affection
for their wounded commander, and
their desire to save his life, Admiral
Rojestvensky today pleaded guilty be-
fore a court-martial. In a short speech
to the court the Admiral declared that
he took all the blame on his shoulders,
and asked that he alone be punished to
the fullest extent of the law, virtually
an appeal for condemnation to death,
which is the penalty for hauling down
the stars and cross to a hostile vessel.
All the other defendants, including
Captain Decolongue, chief of Admiral
Rojestvensky IS staff, and Captain Bar
anoff, commandant of the Bedovi,
pleaded not guilty.
The little courtroom in the marine
headquarters at Cronstadt afforded a |
place for small audience, most of
whom are connected with the Navy !
Among the spectators in the first row
was the widow of Vice-Admiral Ma |
karoff, who lost his life on board his i
flagship at Port Arthur in April, 1904, |
when the vessel was sunk by Japan
csc mine.
Admiral Rojestvensky appeared to
he received in the battle of the Sea |
of Japan. After he had entered his |
plea the taking Of testimony began |
Members of the crew of the Bedovi !
We're examined to determine who or
dered the surrender, the condition of !
the vessel and the incidents of the cap
ture. The taking of testimony will oc-
cupy several days.
KOREA IS EMPEROR IMPRISONED. |
NEW YORK, July A cable to the
Sun from Seoul says: The Japanese
have virtually imprisoned the Emperor
of Korea within the palace. They have
special guards, and hence
forth no one will be allowed to enter or
leave the palace without an official
order.
The Japanese say the step was neces-
STATED by the Emperor g constant in
trigues and attempts to invoke foreign
aid against japanese suzerainty.
The Emperor has steadily refused
from the outset to surrender his indie
pendence. Lately he has vainlv asked
to be allowed to take refuge in the
American Legation.
AN OCEAN RACE.
NEW YORK, July 4.-The second
eastward transatlantic race between
the Hamburg American line steamer
Deutschland and the French line
steamer La Provence ended this morn
ing with a decisive victory in favor of
the German boat.
The Deutschland was reported 40
miles southwest of Browhead at
D clock yesterday afternoon, and was
passing Eddystone lighthouse,
1T the entrance to Plymouth harbor, at
$3.50 a. m. today. Her time of passage
rom New York to Plymouth is ) days
Ia hours and minutes, an average
90 n TN