Pauls Valley Sentinel (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1905 Page: 2 of 17
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FLEET WIPED OUT
JAPANESE EITHER RUINED OR
CAPTURED THE WHOLE OF
THE RUSSIAN FLEET
Alarming rumors are afloat as to
(he disaffection among the marines
nnd sailors quartered here, and the
workmen are again talking of a gen-
eral strike.
TOCO REPORTS ONLY 8LICHT LOSSES
Three Torpedo Boats the Extent of
Japan's Loss—Not a Fighting Ship
Lost—Most Remarkable Victory In
History—Russia Lost 22 Ships
WASHINGTON: Little hope for
the Russians can be found in the
latest dispatches regarding the naval
battle off Tsu island. Only four of
the ships of Rojestvensky's fleet are
known to have reached Vladivostok.
Among them wore the cruiser Alma/,
and the torpedo boat destroyers
Grozny, Brava and Terosiahtv. The
full extent of the Russian casualties
in men and officers drowned, wound-
ed or captured is not yet known. The
Japanese losses, as reported from
Tokio. are only three torpedo boats
sunk, three officers killed and about
200 men killed or disabled. Not one
of the big fighting ships of the Jap-
anese navy was lost. It is now defi-'
nltely known tint Vice Admiral Roj-
estvnsky is captured. He was dan-
gerously wounded, but. it is stated
from Tokio. that he will probably re-
cover. Interest now turns to the
situation in Russia as a result of the
naval disaster. On Wednesday the
emperor summoned to I he palace at
Tsarkoe Selo all the members of the
Imperil family, and lat6r en'led into
extraordinary council Admiral Alexiff
nnd all his ministers of state. The
result of these conferences is in
doubt, the ministers returning to St.
Petersburg observing a cautious reti-
cence as to what took place. It Is
believed, however, that the emperor
is determined on a prosecution of the
war, the government fearing the ef-
fects of the disasters on the Russian
people. The army in Manchuria is
not yet aware of the disaster to the
navy and. the dispatches say, is still
praying for victory.
The Rtissian press, with few excep-
tions, is openly indignant and is at-
tacking the bureaucracy, one paper
saying "that those guilty of the Rus-
sian defeat should be overwhelmed
with shame."
Admiral Voelkersam is supposed to
have perished.
TOKIO: Admiral Togo reports
that all the capjured ships sent to
Sasebo have arrived, and that their
crews have been landed. Admiral Roj-
estvensky has entered the naval hos-
pital. The report that Vice Admiral
Enquist was captured proves to have
been a mistake, caused by the misin-
terpretation of wireless telegrams.
Admiral Togo also reports that two
Russian hospital ships which ' "^m-
panied Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet
into the straits of Korea May 27 were
suspected of a violation of The Hague
convention, and besides, owing to the
greatest necessity for strategic pro-
tection, he detained them temporarily
and conveyed them to Sasabo May 28.
By direction of the emperor. Ad-
miral Ito has instrusted Admiral Togo
to allow Vice Admiral Nebogatoff and
other Russian officers to transmit a
report of the battle and a list of casu-
alties and prisoners to the emperor
of Russia. The officers of the bat-
tleships Orel and Nikolai I, and the
coast defense ship. Admiral Apraxine
and Admiral Seniavin. are to be per-
mitted to return to Russia upon giv
ing their paroles. The damage to the
Japanese fleet. Admiral Togo says,
was slight. Only three torpedo boats
were lost. No war ships or destroyers
were sunk.
The emperor has issued the follow-
ing rescript to Admiral Togo:
"Our combined fleet encountered
the enemy's tleet in the Korean strait
and after several davs' desperate bat-
tle annihilated it. accomplishing an
unprecedented feat.
"We are glad, that by She loyalty of
our officers aud men, we have been
enabled to respond to the spirits of
our ancestors.
"Though the war be long, we hope
you will be loyal and brave and se-
cure a successful result."
To the navy the emperor issued the
following rescript:
"Our navy, with the best strategy
and greatest courage, annihilated the
enemy's squadron and answered our
hope. We appreciate deeply your
splendid success."
ST. PETERSBURG. Whether pern-
or the continuance of the war will be
the result of an all important confer-
ence between the emperor and h's
ministers at Tsarskoe-Selo hangs in
doubt, the ministers who returned to
St. Petersburg preserving a cautions
reticence over the proceedings of the
council as far as the attitude or the
emperor Is concerned. Prince Obo-
lensky, who had an audience witb-
his majesty, found him resolutely de-
termined on the prosecution of the
war.
Various rumors as to the result of
the council are current. aU asreeing,
however, that a continuance of the
war was the first question taken np.
whereupon the peace party offered a
strong line of argument, whi h was
supplemented, it is said, by a dispatca
from Lieutenant Genera! Linevitch, in
which that commander eiprvsie-d a
fear as to the demoraliiing effect of
the r.aval disaster on the army, tie
news of which had already reached
the troops from Vlaaivostock. and
was spreading rapidly.
Though the city is tranquil. Gover-j
nor General Trepoff is continuing his
precautionary measures. Two further
Cos sack refiments have a-fived, and
the police reserves are h^id on <'.u*y.
Small patrols are seen on the Nevsky
Prospect and other streets
WASHINGTON: Count Casslni.
the Russian ambassador, denied that
he wculd carry any messages from
his government and spoke discourag-
ingly of the prospects of peace.
"Had the-battle in the Korean
straits been fairly even." he said,
"peace at this time might be looked
for. But why should Russia seek
peace now if she cannot obtain her
• frm< She his a large army in the
field, which is being increased con-
stantly. Rn-sia is not threatenei
with a Japanese invasion. Her re-
sources have not been at all exhaust-
ed by the wa-. Without a navy s'ie
is naturally handicapped, but that
cnlv means that it will t ke us the
longer to defeat the Japanese on land
The Idea that Russia wil oe forced to
seek peace at this time or surrender
to Japan is ridiculous. With the re-
sources at her command Russii can
continue the war for years. I do not
say that this will be the final decis^
ion of the government, but my firm
perreaa! eptnson is th .t in this mo-
ment Russia can net think of suggest-
ing peace to her adversary.'"
In a conversaif' a Mr. Takafeari. th
Japanese minister. ra:d Rnssia would
not hiTe to ccmir.unicite with Tokk
to Sad out the general conditions
upon which Japan wculd open peace
negotiations, addiag that unless Rbs-
sia Is prepared to accede forthwith
to these terms the had better ii?h"
on. Jipan has never intimated to
any power the definite ter-ns on
v hich she would conclude p:ac">. bu:
Russia knows what Japan is fighting
for. and if she is ready to disr^ss
peace she can fled out from one «?1
several neutral powers Japan's sine
q"i non."
WIND AND WATER
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SEVERE WIND AND RAIN STORMS
PREVAIL OVER PORTIONS OF
THE TERRITORIES
MUCH DAMAGE TO THE CROWINC CROPS
Crops Are Badly Damaged in South-
west Oklahoma—Railroads Suffer1
From Washouts—Wind Reaches
Nearly Tornado Point
OKLAHOMA CITY: A severe
wind and rain storm Is reported from
southwest Oklahoma and the western
portion of the Chickasaw nation. The
storm was one of the worst and most
destructive since the opening. At
Mountain View the wind blew with
such force as to be almost a hurri-
cane. One of the hardware store
buildings was unroofed and the rain
following the wind did $10,000 worth
of damage to the stock. Portions of
the Rock Island roadbed are washed
out west and south of Anadarko. The
river overflowed its banks, doing a
great amount of damage to growing
orops.
A tornado did considerable damage
In a sectton to farm buildings three
miles west of Cement, the lightning
also causing great loss in this vic n-
lty, but no lives are reported lost.
The residence of John Green, near
Cement, was completely destroyed,
and his barn badly damaged. The
home of the Boyd family was also
dtfmaged. Caldwell's house was de-
stroyed and likewise the home of Mr.
Kitchen. A house on the Poare farm,
near Apache, was struck by lightning
and badly damaged. A Mr. Harpe.
who lives near Apache, reports the
loss of his barn aud several horses as
as result of lightning, and 300 acres
of wheat by hail.
Charles Rogers, who lives east of
Apache, lost 100 acres of corn and
three horses. A large number of
horses are reported to have been
killed by lightning, and others were
injured by being driven Into wire
fences by the force of the storm.
Chickasha Flooded
CHICKASHA: As a result of the
most terrific rain storm ever known
here, Vnich, from all indications,
probably assumed the nature of a
waterspout. Chickasha was flooded
over the entire section iylng In the
valley to a depth of from one to six
feeL The basements vere flooded,
ind great losses were sustained by
several business firms.
LAWTON: Southwestern Oklaho
ma was visited by possibly tfie most
tremendous storm of rain and wind
in its history. While the damage In-
flicted to property here will not reach
more than a few thousand dollars,
damage the growing crops and live
stock throughout the country cannot
yet be estimated.
The floods of water which ran
through the streets here resembled
-onditions brought about by water-
spouts. The low district streams were
from fifty to one hundred yards In
width and five to eight feet deep.
A special dispatch from Eri'-k. in
ilreer county, says that the hardest
in the history of that section fell
•here, accompanied to the southward
by large fcailstones, which did dam-
ige to hundreds of acres of growing
-rops. Many houses were partia'ly
wrecked by the wind, and live stuck
*as killed by lightning.
MADILL: During a very Sard rair.
ind thunder storm here lightning
-xrock the house of T. B. Williamson,
"earing down the stove flue and doing
considerable damage to the floor, bu
no ace was hurt.
GOVERNMENT LIGHT.
HISTORIC CHICKAMAUGA PARK
ABLAZE WITH ILLUMINATION.
United States System of Lighting Mili-
tary Post Pronounced Gratifyingly
Successful—Six and One-Half Milea
of Mains—Sixty-Five Street Lights.
Chickamauga Park Ga., May 31.—
The United States government has here
in operation one of the largest acety-
lene gas plants in the world. The mili-
tary post at the entrance of the histor-
ical Chickamauga battlefield where
thirty thousand Union and Confederate
soldiers were lost in the memorable
battle of Sept. 19 and 20,1863, contains
about one hundred buildings, the
seventy-five principal ones of which are
lighted with acetylene. To accom-
plish this six and one-half miles of
mains and two miles of service pipes
are in use, while sixty-five street
lamps brilliantly illuminate the ave-
nues of the post.
In 1903 the War Department in-
stalled a test acetylene plant at Fort
Meyer, Virginia. The results were
so gratifying and the superiority
of the illuminant so evident that the
government. March 20, 1904, placed
the contract for the Chickamauga
plant, in which every citizen of the
United States should have his pro
rata of pride.
But the government has not con-
fined its acceptance of acetylene to
this military post. Since becoming
satisfied of the efficiency, superiority
and economical advantages of this
particular illuminant, the United
States has installed a number of
plants in Indian schools and other gov-
ernment institutions.
Acetylene gas is one of the simplest
as well aa the most perfect of artificial
lights. . It Is made by the contact
of water and carbide, (a manufactured
product for sale at a nominal price),
is absolutely safe and gives a beau-
tiful white light soothing to the eyes
and nerves. It can be produced any-
where—in the farm home, the village
store, the town hall, the church—and
Is so easily maintained at to
be practical for all classes.
It is a matter for national congratu-
lation that in beautifying so historic
a spot as Chickamauga, nothing but
the best, including the lighting sys-
tem. has been deemed good enough
for the American people.
Uncle Eben's Wisdom.
"De trouble wif some mighty smart
men," said Uncle Eben, "Is dat when
a opportunity comes along, dey does
so much mental arithmetic about it
dc.t it's clean gone pas' befo' dey gita
de answer."—Washington Star.
Loses Both Wa^s.
A Paris bank clerk, carrying $100
in gold in a bag, dropped a piece ql
money worth $2. To search for it ho
set his bag down on the sidewalk.
When he found the piece he had lost
his bag ras gone.
Pay of British Farm Laborers.
The average weekly earnings, in-
clusive of all allowances in kind, of
farm laborers, in the United Kingdom
are stated to be as follows: England,
$4.56; Wales, $4.31; Scotland, $4.81;
Ireland, $2.75.
Insects Destroy Vast Forests.
Dr. A. S. Hopkins, forest insect In-
vestigator. Department of Agriculture,
says the annual loss from insects
which prey on forest trees and their
crude and finished products is $10"-
000,000.
Lucky Man.
A Georgia editor tells of a "lucky"
wntemporary who "took out an acci-
dent policy at S o'clock in the morn-
tag. lost a leg in a railroad accldeat
at 10 o'clock and had his pocketa
jingling with money before the town
clock struck 12."—Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
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