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Show flili ttab ASSOCUTED FRESS Weather forecast fair Today mime servicl ltWiIMimvinnrr'i VOL. L OGDEN NO. 105. thirty-on- e Pt'iihucola. M-- . April 13. By the two thousand pound of rSL,, lotion of turret and after the in i,u.lrr tbe handling room of the battleship Cowie Miwourl. Cairtain Wiliam 8. men were twenty-nin- e commanding, of instantly Wiled and five Injure!, waa Uom two will die. The Missouri on the target range with the Texas noon and Broklyn at practice about 12-iwhen a -- harge of powder In the left hand gun Ignited from gasee, exploded and, dropping below, Jfcnlted the handling jour chargee of powder in one mau loom, and all exploded. Only rf the entire turret and handling crew efsurvived. But for the prompt and ficient action of Captain Cow lea In Hooding the handling room and magazine with water, one of the magazines would hare exploded and the elilp Captain would have been deal rayed. by tbe Cow lee. completely overcome disaster, referred all newepaper men to lieutenant Hammer, tbe ordnance officer. The latter gave out a etatement and lta probable of the exploalon According to blm. about noon, h efier the 11 ret pointer of the after the fired his had atring. pointer charge ignited. The fourth shot waa lielng loaded, and from all lndicatlona the flret half of the charge had been rammed home an.l tbe second aectlon waa being rammed borne, when gaaea fiom the shut previously fired or ior-tliof the doth cover Ignited tbe CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL PRICE FIVE CENTS. 14, 1904. meet frightful death from explosion ing offiiwr rushed below, followed by Lieutenant Hammer, the ordnance officer, and Lieutenant Clclland l)avld. Captain Cowles caught up a bluejacket In his arms and staggered to the deck with him. The bluejacket, with two others from the handling room, had crawled imrtly from their place of duty when they had been overcome. Before the fumes of the burning powder had left the turret officers and men were laying out the dead and dying men. Three minutes after the ex'plnslon all were on deck, and tlie Burgeons from the Missouri, Texas and Brooklyn were attending to those not men of the turdead. The twenty-fiv- e ret were found lying in a heap. They had started for the exit when the first just explosion occurred, and had reached there when the more terrible explosion in the handling room occurred which burned and strangled them to death. Lieutenant Davidson, the officer In charge of the turret evidently had given some command to the men, as he was on top of the beep of men. there after he had allowed them to pass him to gel out of the turret. The bodies were hardly recognizable, having the terrible and quick fir burned the clothing from the bodies of the men. and the flesh hung from them in shreds. The faces were mutilated one by tbe smoke aud flames. Only man was breathing when the turret crew was rescued, and he died a moment after he reached the deck. POUNDS OF POWDER CNITE IN TURRET OF MISSOURI s Captain Cowles Presence of Mind Alone Saves Navys Newest Battleship from Being Blown Up. Peterson. and lieuteriknt June It). 1902. He was He waa appointed to the marine corps Seamen W. J. Bogard, O. N. Bonder, assigned to the Missouri when she March 26. 1'Jtiu. from Pennsylvania, his E. 11. Allison; Ordinary Bremen K. weut into commission hiiiI was serving native Slate. A Idcgntm was sent by the Navy nice, C. J. Killcn, J. Gedris, J. F. Ken- as a torrent officer at tlie lime of his nedy. J. P. Starr, J. C. Muuu. C. H. M. death, ills wife. Mre. .luliel Davidson, Department to his mother si Erie, Pa., Franks; Landsmen H. 8. t'hcrbraths, resides at 1003 McCiiiiuch street, Bal- advising her of the death of hi-- r son. E. J. Milligan, J. M. Roach; Electritimore. where a id. gram was sent Midshipman Thomas Ward, Jr., waa cians (Second Class) T. F. Rowlands; from the Navy D'imui incut announc- a son of General Thomas Wsrd, who Mate (Second Class) A. ing the death of Iut husband. Lieu-tena- recently retired from Ihe active list in Gunners Davidson i cl on the Brooktho Adjutant. General's corps ill tha Smith; Chief Gun Captain T. E. Private Marine W. K Shipman; lyn, Concord, Alliame, Franklin ami at Vniled States army, lie was appointApprentice (Second Class) G. G. the torpodo station hi Ncwjwrt prior ed to the Naval academy Mny 2.1, Ih'.iP, from New York, In which S'ale be was Danbury, Conn. Hardy; P. R. Tastier. s Lieutenant Grid icy was a son of ihe born. He completed a The two men who cannot live are J. T. Donnelly, ordinary seaman, and late Captain (Irldlcy. who commanded course at the academy last year and jHiwdcr. O. B. Moore, apprentice (second class). the The breach waa open and a dull thud flagship of Admiral Deweys was assigned in commission to serve BARKER. ' his allotted two yeara at sea after to hia assignment to the Missouri. (Signed) gave nolice of aomethlng unusual. No The receipt of this message caused Lieutenant Brnol A. Eichcrt graduation. loud reixirt waa made, but flames were 13. The most April Washington, rade), y waa slacked to the CleveMidshipman William W. T. Neumann ren to leap from every portion of the serious accident that has occurred in consternation at the deitartincni. at the Navy entered ihe Academy at Annapolis Moody transmitted it to the land, am) it is BNMiim-turret. A few seconds later another the American navy since the blowing explosion somewhat mow fierce, ocup of the Maine in Havana harbor In curred. This waa in the handling room 1898 happened today In the magnifiX Missouri, while she a more complete list of dead, The Navy Department tonight furnished the following statement, glv-lnbelow, where 1,600 pounds of powder, cent battleship with the next of kin of the dead seamen and officers: of four charges, ready to ha hoisted was engaged In target practice at a Franks, Harry W., Coxswain, residence Buffalo, kin John Franks, father, Listowell, OnL above, had Ignited. Fire quarters were range shout fifteen miles distant from sounded and every man of the crew the' naval station at Pensacola. Fla. Starr, John Porter, ordinary seaman; residence, Kalrmount, lnd kin, Caleb S. 8tarr, father, Fairmount. 4 Cole. John W., ordinary seaman, residence 1 acuta. Texas; kin, John W. Cole, father. Lanota. News of the disaster was conveyed to a rcsjionded and the magaxlne and handlcommandant at Pensacola by a Gedris, Joseph, ordinary seaman; residence. Grand Rapids, Mich; kin, Geo. Gedris, father. Grand Rapids, a ing rooms were flooded with water. the Missouri a Allison. Ralph H., residence. Philadelphia; kin, John Allison. Pleasant Hill, Mo. a In Iraa than five seconds after tne first wireless telegraph from the a Nunn, John C ordinary seaman, residence, Bryan. Tex.; kin, Thomas C- - Nunn, father, Bryan. and thence by him transmitted to a explosion two streams of water were a Hardy, J. Carlton, apprentice, second class; residence. Palmyra, N. Y.; kin, Irving A. Hardy, father. Pal- - a while the big ship waa bring played In the rooms, and when Washington, back to port with the dead a myra, N. Y. volunteers were called for every man creeping a Oastler. Paul R., apprentice, second-clans- ; on the deck. The account which resident. Hope, Ark.; kin, Thomas W. Oastler, father. Hope, lying turrto into the go responded, eager Frank T electrician, second-class- ; a residence. St. Louis; kin, John Koylands, father, Cleveland, reached Washington of the accident Rowlands, crew. Captain waa contained in the official dispatch. ets and rescue tbe a John M-- . landsman, residence, New York; kin, Michael Roche, father, County Kerry, Ireland, Ruche, Cowles gave his commands, and but men a Tobin, Robert , ordinary seaman; residence, Rnscue. Pa.; kin, T. S. Tobin, father, Roscoe. Five officers and twenty-fou- r for his presence of mind and that of are dead. Two more cannot live, rea Klevlan, Kearney J., ordinary seaman; residence, Dallas. Tex., kin, Kearney J. Klevlan, father, Three the officers of the ship the Missouri sult explosion cm Missouri. a Kennedy. Joseph F., ordinary seaman; residence, Waco. Texas; kin, William Kennedy, father, Povo, Tenn. would have gone. The second explo- rounds had been fired from after a Bloxopoulos, Jeraemos. coxswain; residence, Newport News, Va.; kin, Meri Jersemnn wife. a Braun, Pater Joseph, chief gun caidain; residence, New Yurie; kin. Rose Gross, mother.Bloxopoulos. sion ocnirred near one of the magagun and shell had been sealed Cleveland. rammed of two sections ; fire a Meyer, Charles Henry, ordinary Beaman residence. Oshkosh, Win.; kin, Louisa Meyer, mother, Oshkosh. that the and powder zine. ind so hot waa the a Smith, August, gusher's mate, second class; home when explosion occurred, killing New York; claimed to have no relatives. brass work of the magazines waa meltturret man in the officer a Rice, Charles, ordinary seaman; residence, Boston; kin, Anita Zellger, step mother, 3318 Madison street, and ed. 8moke and the fumea of the burned every In the a San Francisco. handling powder made It almost Impossible to and all but three has ina Soder, Neston, seaman ; residence. New York; kin. Eric Sodor, father, Jefia, Sweden. enter either the turret or handling room. Confmandlng officer dead folNames of formed relatives. a Shipman, W. L., private marine; no data at Naval Department mom. but officers and men with handa Wounds J, Not Expocted to Live: kerchiefs over their faces, made efforta lows: Davidson. C. Lieutenant W. a Donnelly, Joyn Thomas Joseph, ordinary seaman; residence. Chicago; kin, Patrick H. Donnelly, father. to rescue the men inside. Leading the A. E. a Moe, Orvel B., apprentice, second class: residence. Butte. Mont; Lieutenant (junior grade) kin, A. C. Moe, Butte. rescuing party was Captain Cowlea Weichert a The following names appeared in the dispatch but do not correspond with the records of the bureau: The officers endeavored to keep him Grid-leLieutenant of Marines J. V. P. a J. K. Peterson, W.'J. Bogard, H. S. Cherbarth and B. J. Mulligan. Correct names were telegraphed for. from going below, aa men fell uncona scious as they entered and had to be Midshipman W. E. L. Neumann. pulled out by the their comrades, hut, Midshipman Thomas Ward, Jr. unheeding their advice, the command Boatswains Mate (First Class) C. K. President at the White House, and of- Department that he was on tbe Mis- rrora California, September 16, 1899 ficers' clerks at the department souri at the time of the disaster aa and was graduated last year when he were soon engaged in making out dis- an umpire during the target practice. began a two yeara serve at sea. He patches to the relatives and friends He waa a nallve of Connecticut, and waa a native of California. Hia mother of Hie officers and men who were kill- waa apiminled to the naval academy at Honolulu. Tlie young ed, so that they might not have to re- from that State September 6. 1896. lie (s living was assigned, to the Missouri In ceive iheir first news from the mornMasat different on times served the Short ing papers. biographical sachusetts. Msrblchead, Gloucester, February. The Missouri is the very latest of sketches were prepared also. Helena and other vessels. Ho returned the big hattleshipa to go into commisNearly all the dead officers were In to the United Slates in December last sion. The flag waa hoisted on her in the flush of early youth. In tour from a Asiatic waters and in December last at Norfolk by Lieutenant William C. Davidson was June last was Captain promoted from the Cowles, brother-in-laof President a native of Indiana, and was appointed of ensign attained in 1890 to no is off Pensacola a few weeks grade a midshipman from South Dakota. lieutenant (Junior ago grade). He was asvery HUlo firing wilh her September 28, 1901. Ho waa gradu- signed ta the Cleveland, March 7. His and hasIn had fact the guns: or ten round! nine ated from the naval academy In 189S J. F. Eichert, is a resident of which bad been fired from each and assigned to the Olympia. He was father, big when be sailed into Manila gun was in tbe course of official squadron triala promoted to ensign July 1st, 1897, to Bay and fought the Spanish ships. He and she is now going through her first lieutenant, (junior grade), July 1, 1900, waa a marine officer on the Missouri. His Loss is regular target practice. Many hev-fall- en ile-lau- The entire Navy Department is Captain Cowlea served as assistant stunned by the appalling ca'.axiroplie. chief of the Bureau of .Navigation and Tlie Bureau of Navigaiiun lias been ac- most of the officers killed were widely tive since the first new of the acci- known here. Both Midshipmen Nets dent readied here abort ly after four ntann and Ward are understood to have o'clock. Although the commanding of- been engaged to be married. . it ia salt ficer of ihe Missouri, Captain IV. 8. Midshipman Neumann wa to be marCowles, aa soon aa he arrived at Pen- ried to the aisier of Midshipman Ward. sacola. seut dispatches to the nearest The two midshipmen were class-muleof kin of the men killed, the departand Intimate friends. At lbeli ment also is sendiug out these an- request they were assigned to the nouncements so that there may be no same ship. A telegram received from mistake. Mr, lirlillcy, mother of Lieutenant Captain John Pillshurg, assistant Gridley, tonight, requested that tho rechief of the Uurcuu of Navigation, re- mains of her lmy be shipped tu mained constantly at his desk, and Erie. Ia. with the other officers of thn bureau and a clerical force, started arrangements to care for the Imillc of the of4 DEAD. ficers and men. Secretary Moody ia 4 preparing a dispatch of sympathy to be sent in Roar Adiutral Barker, 4 Lieut. W. C. Davidson. 4 A. E. of the North Atlantic 4 Lieut. Weichert. 4 fleet, requesting hint to convey to the 4 Lieut of Marines J. V. P. Grid- - 4 nuniiiaiider, the officer and the men 4 ley. of the Missouri, the prolouud sympathy Midshipman W, E. L. Neumann. 4 of the department. 4 Midshipman Thomas Ward, Jr. 4 With only the brief dispatch from 4 Boatswain's Mata G. K. Pater- - 4 Admiral Barker, the officers of the de- 4 son. partment from Secretary Moody down, 4 Seaman W. J. Bogard. 4 hcMiaie to make an explanation of 4 Seaman O. N. Bonder. lit- - fact. The fact, however, thal Seaman E. H, Allison. 4 three rounds had been tired and an- 4 Ordinary Seaman R. Rica. 4 other shell had boon sealed and two 4 Ordinary Seaman C. J. Killen, sections of powder rammed borne when 4 Ordinary Beaman J. Gedris. tlie explosion occurred, in the opinion 4 Ordinary Seaman J. F. Kan .4 of an official of the department, would 4 nedy, 4 lead to an inference that the 4 Ordinary Seaman J. P. Starr. might, have been eansed by the powder Ordinary Seaman J. C. Munn. previously discharged, which had reOrdinary Seaman C. H. M. 4 mained in the giiu. It can he stated 4 Franks. ttiat officials of the department for 4 Ordinary 6aaman C. H. Mysr. more than a week akI, while rejoic- 4 Orcinary Seaman R. C. Tobin. 4 records in 4 Ordinary Seaman J. W. Cole. ing in the 4 large! practice on our warships, liava 4 Landsman H. S. Cherbratha. feared just such au accident as lias Landsman E. J. Mulligan. 4 occurred nil the Missouri. A naval 4 Landsman J. M, Roach. 4 4 Electrician T. F. Rowlands. today said: The Missouri accident la too apGunner's Mata A. Smith. 4 4 Chief Gun Capt T. E. Belaum. palling lo disciias. Uut 1 fear that In making world record a has Private Marina W. L. Shipman. 4 led us just, (bo danger line. In our 4 Apprentice G. C. Hardy. 4 anxiety to surpass the world in Iho 4 Apprentice P. R. Oastler. 4 I of wa Seaman J. T. J. Doiv rapidity big gun tire, 4 Ordinary fear, havu ierniiliud our enthusiasm to gel nelly. 4 tho better of our Judgment. It would 4 Apprentice O. B. Moors. 4 seem from the dispatch that not 4 4 time had been elapsed lietween enough the firings. It Is only recently Ibat we NEW MEXICANS WANT HEAR8T. have permitted tha breech to lie opened almost ha moment the gun waa fired, and In so doing there la neces- Democratic Territorial Convention Meets In Silver City. sarily a risk. Apparently all but throe men in the handling room were killed. How narrowly the entire ship escaped Denver, April 13. A special to thn destruction outright ia realized when News from Silver City, N. M.. nays: II Is recalled that nearby la the magaThe Dcnineratic Territorial convenzine containing anywhere from fifty lo tion mot hero this afternoon to adoet one hundred charges." dnlegalea to the National convention at The nmokelcae powder la. put Into Bt. Louis. After appointing the usual the 13 Inch gun in three sections, each committees, adjournment waa taken The delehag or sect Ion weighing 12(1 pniinda. until tomorrow morning. Home offleera aay the turret a of the gates were aroused to a high pitch of Missouri had no bottoms, and express enthusiasm by the reading of a Hat of the opinion that after this accident the the different Democratic State conventu reel a of all battleahlpa will be equip- tions of New England and the South William R, ped with bottoms fur the protection that have endorsed of the men in the handling room un- Hearst'a candidary for President and derneath. the Indications are that I leant will The officers of (he Missouri were have the New Mexico delegation to especially well known In Washington. the National eonvenlkm. m-- four-year- (junior-g- 8cc-relar- g -- C-- 1 act-ble- work-breakin- g ex-ja-- rt 4444444444444444 of-iic- BEFORE PORT ARTHUR ' Death Than That of Greater Widow and Child are Left. Battleships St. Petersburg, April 13.--awful disaster to the battleship Petropav-lovs- k at Port Arthur, with the loss of almost her entire crew of over 600 men a:;d the death of Vice Admiral Makar-of- f. tins been a terrible blow. It would h ive fallen less heavily if the ship and tlie commander-in-chiof the fleet had been lust in battle, but. to be the result of another accident following upon the bi'cls of g succession of tragedies of width tlie Port Arthur fleet has been !t victim has created something like The ef "Reverse we can endure," said a prominent Russian, "but to have ths Ii'trojiavIovMk meet the fate of the Ycn-fw- ,l and the Boyarln la " Hesidetit has just become known that 'ie hsitlenlilp Poltava several weeks ci had a hole rammed In her by the battloiiip Sevas toiiol while the latter was maneuvering in the harbor of Fort Arthur. The day baa been one of intense in XL Petersburg. The first "Lijiiie of the leaked out " Hi receipt of a telegram by Grand I ''ike Vladimir from his non. Grand ' "ike linria, announcing the loss of the heart-break-i- ns t''nrniavlovk and the wounding of (I'suiii i mice Cyril, who waa first officer, (runt Dutchess Vladimir was almost f Mii e receipt of the telegram, (m 'nt; convinced that the message waa a precursor of worse news as it signed by Grand Duke Boris, of the side, to the Grand Duke t: 11 in-'"- sd m. ytie aide had gone down with the The youngest son of Grand cbike Vladimir, Grand Duke Andrew, Purrled (0 ihe Winter Palace, the admiralty anl elsewhere, seeking of the news which iame two hours law in a message to the Czar rain hear Admiral GrigorivlU-h- . the omnumdant at Port Arthur. A religious servii's was immediately held at Duke Vladimir's palace. In which thanks were returned to the Al mighty for the sparing "of the 'life of rar.d Duke Cyril, but the Emperor so overwhelmed with gTlef at the Na.tfc vim. Mmlnl V.lrerr." h. -- neither he nor the Empress attended the service. Instead the Emperor sent a member of bis personal staff to break the aad news to Vice Admiral Makar-off- 's widow, who ia living in 8t Petersburg. Meantime the city waa filled with the wildest rumors, but the official dispatches were so meagre and private dispatches so conflicting regarding what had occurred that the public waa kept in suspense for six hours. Then, although the report waa incomplete, dispatches were posted on the Nevssy Prospect and other war bulletin buildings. The grief of the crowds whose worst fears were thus officially confirmed, waa touching. The ministry of marine was soon surrounded by thousand! of persona eager for more details. The crowd of inquirers were the stricken relatives of those who were on board the sunken battleship. What occurred prior to the blowing np of the flagship waa only vaguely known, except that Admiral Makarolf, with his flag flying on the doomed vessel, sailed out to engage the enemy until his reinforcements appeared. it is thought possible that Vice Admiral Togo planned an ambuscade by ararilng in a small squadron in the hope of drawing out the Russian commander to the open and then cutting off his eacaiie. The Associated Preas learns that ths location or six mines planted by the Yenesei were unknown, the charts having been lost when that veaael went down. Probably it waa one of these mines that tbe battleship struck. Vice Admiral MakarotTa death is really a greater lues than would be the loss of several battleships. The pride of the navy was he and he enjoyed the confidence of the Emperor aa well as of the officers and men. Speaking of Ilia death, officers here remarked on tbe strange fatality that he should lose his life on the heavily armored battleship to which be had a particular aversion. This morning for the first time fas raised hi! flag on a battleship. Previously he hal gone out on board the cruiser Xovik of tbe cruiser Askold. It is now an open secret that Vice Continued on Page 3.). TO BRING SUCCESS TO IKE DEMOCRATS Chicago, April 13. Ways and means to bring success to the Democratic party this fall were discussed by prominent Democrats, representing every part of the country who attended the Iroquois Club banquet at the Auditorium tonight in celebration of Jefferson's birthday. Tariff reform, antagonism to trusts, Indeiienrienre for the Philippines and rigid economy in public expenditures were some of tbe suggestions offered by the speakers to bring about this result. A feature of the banquet waa the following letter from Grover Cleveland, who had been JUROR GETS TWO MONTH8. Aska If Defendant Is Being Tried by Public Opinion or on Charge. The case of Washington, April James A. Watson, accused of embezzling 973.000 from funds In ihe custody of the auditor of the District of Columbia was abruptly ended today by tbe discharge of the Jury and the arrest of on$ of tbe jurors, Arthur L. Orrison for contempt of court. The trial probably will not be begun again until the middle of May. The termination of the rase was precipitated by toe bequest of Orrison to be informed by the court whether Watson was to be tried on the Indictment against him or on public opinion. Justice Pritchard replied that public opinion had nothing to do with the jury, which waa to consider only the law and the evidence. Assistant District Attorney Taggart moved the discharge of the Jury on the ground that Orrixon's question indicated a prejudice against tbe government. The court promptly discharged tbe jury, prefacing the action by saying that "Tbe Juror la Intoxicated and not in condition to sit in the box. When the jurors was brought into court Justice PritrharJ adjudged Orrison in contempt of court and sentenced him to I wo months in jail. invited to attend, but was nnable to be present: I very much regret tbe necessity which compels me to decline your ! courteous in vital Ion to attend tlie celebration of JcfferNimn birthday under tbe auspices of (he Iroquois Club. It ia especially filling at this time of confusion In political ideas and mi pprehension as io ihe meaning of true Democracy, that the character of the great exemplar of Democracy should be and that fully appreciated,. hia ixdillcal opinions should be better Interpreted and un- - BELL CHANGES HIS TACTICS 13. its Fleet of Forty Makes Three Majestic Sweeps Before the Port, Firing as it Goes. Ixmdon, April 14. Tho Times correspondent at sea, off Port Arthur, under yesterdays dale, reports a Japanese torpedo attack, followed by a desultory bombardment. He dues not mention the disaster to the battleship ictroMivlovsk. His wireless messages, dated yesterday morning and afier-noostate that Japanese torpedo boats attacked Port Arthur in the early morning. The bombardment of the jKiri began at 9:45 oclock, and at I 4. the fleet waa still shelling the derstood. Hia devotkia fo the Interests of the people, hia conservatism. and his constant adherence to the public good always the guiding star uf his career, commend hia acts and his beliefs to the careful study of those who in these days patriotically seek tbe welfare of our country through Ihe ascendency of safe and sane Democracy. Trusting that the celebral Ion of the fort. birthday of this great leader will prove to be both a source of pleasure anil Jjonrinn, April 14. The correspondprofit to those who partlriisttt. ent says: am very truly yours, night we ran into dirty, rainy GROVER CLEVELAND." weather. At 4:30 o'clock this morning. amid tho rain squalls, we sighted a squadron. As the light increased it proved to lie the Japanese fleet uf six THE MERGER CASES. liktileshlps, followed by a cruiser squadron of six ships in lino, SL Paul, Minn., April 13. Governthe third and fourth being the Kasa-guor Van Zant Issued a statement toand the Nisshin, which were making their first appesrance with tbe day with reference to the recent the Misaka leading tbe in the supreme court in the case fleet. With vessels were shaping their conns- - for of Minnesota against the Northern Se- Iorl Art bur. Forty miles distant from curities comiwny. The governor Inti- Fort Arthur the battleships drew out mates that no further legal proceedings at full d. The Kasagua and ihe will lie taken by tbe 8late unle-- Ihe atNisshin joined the hastleshipa. the tempt to consolidate the Northern Pa- other cruisers remaining behind, the cific and Great. Northern is continued. interval between being maintained by the division of torpedo boat destroyers and a dispatch boat. DEMOCRATS CELEBRATED. As we neared Port Arthur we found two first class and four second-clas- s to Largely attended and enthusiastic already there. The squadron a marked degree was the celebration cruisers covered the torpodo attack in the bad Democrats of Jefferson Day by the of hours of the morning. Salt Lake last night at the Ladies' small The battleships now hoisted their Literary club. and steamed in the same flags firing P. HenAddresses riven by Judge H. Misaka leading and the the formation, W. Young, new derson, O. W. Powers. It. np the rear to withbringing ships and other Democratic leaders, were all in alx miles of Port Arthurs frowning a stirring and optimistic, predicting united lutrty and victory In the com- promontory. At 19:20 o'clock the shore battering campaign. ies opened, but the fire was only desulA fine musl'-aprogramme contrib- tory and it seemed ns though Vice Aduted to tbe enjoyment of the evening miral Togo was making a demonstraand the service of refreshments and tion rather than a bombardment. social ideasures filled in the intervals "Three times Togo's fighting squadof informality. In ron cirrled front of the enemy's drawing a desultory reply, and 13. Julian Sturgess, at noon the admiral withdrew hia batLondon, April the author, died here today. He waa tleships to the southward. It was an Inspiring spectacle to see born in Boston, October 21, 1SIIL X "I-a- flrst-clas- a n Telluride, Coin, April 13. Sheriff Corbett of Ouray county arrived here late this afternoon and waa met at the station hy General Beil and Captain Wells, for whom writs of attachment were issued by Judge Stevenr of the Ouray district court. The trio immediately went to a hold and dined together. After dinner the party went to Bell'a headquarters. Sheriff Corlti told his mission and was told that the writ of attachment could not be made, and must nut be attempted. Corbett, after taking his leave, said that he would make no further effort to servo the writs. Telluride. Colo.. April 13. Subsequently General Bell said, concerning the report, that lie would arrest Judge Stevens: You can say for me. that no such Judge Stevens step is contemplated. will In no way lie molested, and should It be necessary the military will protect him from any Indignity when he comes to Telluride to hold court in May. a sp-e- l how this magnificent fleet maneuvered, it was the most perfect Individual fleet thal ever sailed thn Eastern Reas, consisting of forty vessels, Including tbe The battleahlpa torpedo division. weut in boldly, while the leas protected vessels nieneuverod on the outside at. a safe distance. "Although 1 went closer Ilian ever I saw no sign of the Russian ships. 1 could, however, make out tho light house. The Japanese were maneuvering at 18 knots and apparently suffered no damage, while the expenditure of ammunition was small." London. April The Daily at Wei telegraphing under date of April 13, says: Tho British cruiser Kspiegle reports that at 5:45 o'clock this morning she sighted five Japanese warehtp engaging the Russian cruiser Bayan, making for Port Arthur from the direction of the Yalu. The cruiser Askold and anoiher cruiser issued from Port Arthur to assist the Bayan. At 6:43 o'clock the Russians got under the shelter of tho forts, hut tho Bayan wa evidently damaged, a quantities of at r m were seen escaping. At 8 o'clock the Japanese ships oiiened a heavy gun Are on tho fort, which did not reply, and after fifteen minutes bombardment, the Japanese retired to the Eastward. 14. Tola-graph- 's eurri-Hpoudu- Hal-W'u- i, Su Petersburg, April 13. Even if Prince Outomsky, who is now In charge of the fleet at Port Arthur. Is able u go to sea with four battleships, which it is not certain he can do, Vice Admiral Togo could bring against him a greatly auiierior force. It la pointed out that all the Japanese admiral needs now la to be outside Port Arthur, and that transports can pass with absolute impunity. Ft. Petersburg. April 14. What hat been tlie lstuie of the combat between Rear Admiral Ouktomsky and the Japanese fleet, or whether a tight has taken place, is not known in 8t. Petersburg. At 2:30 o'clock thin morning ihe commission of censors ly (Continued on Tag XJ) |