| Show russian admiral favors that method of deas ariy with mutineers Muti guns of kniaz are trained on theodosia black SAILS st petersburg july 6 p m the black sea fleet has gone to theodosia according to advises advices received at the admiralty late this afternoon admiral Couk warships left sevastopol sebastopol Seba tor theodosia at noon today and should arrive there early this evening the result Is awaited with the most intense anxiety st petersburg july 6 inquiry at the admiralty this morning failed to confirm the report late last night that kniaz had already left theodosia admiral lus chief of the naval staff informed the associated socia ted press that according to ts latest advises advices ad vices the battleship is still at theodosia what will be done asked the correspondent we cannot tell you was the the whole affair Is in the hands of vice admiral Chouk nin and he has not communicated his plans to us admiral brugers Kru gers ships were due to leave odessa yesterday afternoon they should now be arriving at sevastopol sebastopol Seba do you think that upon their arrival vice admiral Chouk nin will dispatch the squadron to try to capture the kniaz we do not know what he will do in my opinion the easiest and promptest solution bould be to sed a torpedo boat to sink her and I 1 have advocated that course the situation is grave the ship is not in the hands of her crew but in the hands of the revola t flonary committee watch went on board at odessa they have issued a high sounding manifesto to the powers they want to be considered insurgents i I 1 presume tbell next step will be to ask for recognition as belligerents They Mow their heads are forfeited and will stop at nothing in the eyes of the law they are outlaws and pirates the first thing necessary Is to make an example of the crew and restore i discipline jn the black sea fleet admiral lus said there was no truth in t 3 report from vienna that russian sailors had destroyed a cruiser and sought refuge on board a british steamer bound for constantinople ti no russian cruiser the admiral added had been destroyed so far as he was aware REVOLT IS GROWING st petersburg july 6 such news as came from the black sea and caucasus daring the day was extremely alarming the whole crimean peninsula Is on the verge of revolt and anarchy reigns in the mountains of the caucasus from badour to baku at theodosia the workmen are backing the mutineers muti the crews of several ships in the harbor have joined the mutineers muti and the well to do class of the population has fled jan panic the gung of the kniaz alne are trained on the city and a bombardment Is momentarily expected only six hours away on the other side of the peninsula admiral chouk nans fleet which included six warships not counting rear admiral brugers Kru gers squadron lies at anchor under the menace of ane guna of tho fortress Chouk nin evidently Is afraid to test the loyalty of his crews by setting them the task of capturing the mutineers muti ship there Is a report that a fleet of torpedo boats with volunteers on board has sailed for theodosea Theod osla to sink the kniaz but the report lacks confirmation and must be accepted with reserve tho telny which actually had a volunteer crew on board tor that purpose and missed her quarry at Kusten jl left varna yesterday several boats which lewis nixon built are at sevastopol sebastopol Seba completed and might be used mr nixon himself has not been beard from and telegrams dispatched to ninn remain unanswered this does not indicate cause for alarm so far as he personally i concerned but is probably due to the censorship however it tends to confirm the extreme 1 gravity of the situation telegrams from the caucasus where a state bordering on anarchy has existed for a month say the news of the mutiny on board the kniaz made an electric impression and was a signal for a general movement with which troops and police are practically powerless to cope BOY IS KILLED by a companion with a 22 rifle colorado springs july C harris aged 16 only son of judge ira harris former mayor of this city has been shot in the heart by a chum matthew dailey aged 15 death ea suad within a few minutes the shooting was accidental a 22 rifle being discharged as dailey raised it from the table to put it away 1 EXTENSION OF CANADIAN PACIFIC victoria B C july 5 TTO cana han pacific railway system between victoria and wellington today w bounced that survey parties would at once be placed in the field looking to the extension of the line to the north on vancouver island J 8 dennis land commissioner of the canadian pacific railway company said survey parties would also be sent to locate the agricultural lands of vancouver island clear them and make them ready to be placed on the market the company intends to improve the present system of the Esqui mau and nanaimo railway |
