The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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RUSSIAN SHIPS
UNPIT FOR WAR
DESTRUCTION OF PORT ARTHUR
FLEET COMPLETE
Admiral Tag* Reports That th# Ru»
. .aian Rattla Shi pa and Crulaars
Hava Raan Randarad Uaalaaa
far Sarvlca.
Tokio. Dec. 19.—Vic# Admiral Toga
ha* vent la an oflhlal rrport baying
that the entire Kumian Port Arthur
•art la now unfit fur war. The Admire
•1 aajra:
“There in no room left to doubt that
Ike enemy's ships In the harbor of
Port Arthur are totally unfit for aar-
wire. I have reason to believe that the
battle tthip Sevastopol ha« been die
ahlr<l by our atucka. but no definite
data on which to pas* final Judgment
have yet been obtained and Investi-
gations are being conducted In all
available Quarters.
“It Is certain (hat at least ala Run>
aian torpedo boat destroyers remain
Intact in the harbor A staff officer cf
the naval brigade lauded at Port' Ar-
thur reports as follows:
" ‘The battle ship Peresvlet Is lying
MO meters northwest of Hie Tiger’s
Tall peninsula with Its bow turned
northeast, half north, and at high ,lde
the water reaches to the torpedo tubes
la its bow. It is submerged to Its
nternwnlk and lies aground without
fisting. Its central funnel Is severely
damaged.
’’ ‘The battle eliip Poltava lies L’OO
meters north of t!i« point of Tiger's
Tall. Its bow points ca-t-southeaat,
half cast, slid at high tide It is sub-
merged lo its afterdeck. It is doubt-
lessly aground and does not list
“ 'Tne battle ship Hetvt/.un lies 100
meter* east of the Poltava, its stern
toward that vessel Its condition Is
worse lhan that of the Poltava It is
fisting five degrees to s'ai board and its
Afterdeek is constantly submerged.
“ 'The battle ship Pobieda lies iMd
meters northeast, half east, of’ the
point of Tiger's Tail, with its bow
pomilug northeast, half north. Its
afterdeck on the starboard on the koin
afterdeck on the starboard side must
be submerged at high tide. Every-
thing seems to show that it is aground.
The protec ted cruiser Pallada lies
100 meters east by north ol the Ft#
bieda. Its stern is towards the south-
west. half south, i. ml it Is listed five
degrees to port. At high tide the con-
dition of its decks Is about the tame as
that of fhe decks of the Peresvlet. It
la doubllcs? aground
*' 'The armored cruiser liayan 1i?j
400 meters south southwest, half w»«t,
of the harbor entrance, with Its bow
towards east northe :st, half east. It
has listed fifteen degrees and appears
to be aground.
“ 'The above mentioned four bat*’o
•hips and two cruisers have beeu
abandoned and no boats are seen near
them.' ”
U l> probable that Admiral Togo
will soon return to Japan, leaving a
Junior admiral to conduct the Ann
operations and to continue the block
•de It 1? expected that Togo will be
summoned by the emperor to Tokio
where he will be given splendid public
receptions.
Admiral Togo's campaign of ten
months is considered equal tc. any in
tbe history of naval warfare He aas
lab'no constantly under the necessity
of preserving the vi sso's of Ms fleet
for «ervlee against the Russian second
Pacific squadron. The admiral and his
men have stood atom, stress and ox-
posure excellently The men are In
good health and exultant
Although accustomed to hearing of
acts of bravery on the part of their
soldiers and sailors, the people ot
Japan have been thrilled by the details
of the series of desperate torpedo at-
tacks against the Russian battle ship
Sevastopol and other eraft driven out-
aide the harbor of Port Arthur by tht
fire of the Japanese land batteries.
Commander Yezoe and Lieutenant
Nakahnra ara the heroes of these at-
tacks. and the lormer promises to gain
equal prominence with Commander
Hirose (March 27 blown to fragments
in Vice Admiral Togo's second atteir.pt
to bottle np Pert Arthur) in the war
traditions of Japan
Commander Zezoe’s flotilla of tor-
pedo boat* was undergoing repairs
when the attacks were planned, but
he succeeded In putting one ol his ves-
sels Into condition for a fight On this
vessel he steamed to the rendezvous
and finding that the other flotilla bad
(one. begged and gained permission (o
Join In tbe attacks Then be *t earn'd
through tbe snowstorm alort tr.d suc-
ceeded to locating tbe Sevastopol, tc
which he was able to get close enough
to hear the Russians talking
AM OIL DARGt FIRE.
Four Person* Kills*, 1,000400 Gatlins
of Oil Daotruyod.
New York.—By aa explosion and
tie burning of 1 million gallons of pe-
troleum on th.» Standard Oil company's
Large at wi of Long Branch. N. J,
Sunday afternoon, four men burned to
death. The dead are: Captain O. P.
Blokes; A. Sale, engineer; A. Brandt,
Airman; an unknown sailor.
Pour survivors of tbe crow of tho
burned barge were brought to this
port and are In a hospital suffering
from burns. Tho stool barge No. II
and another barge were in tow of a
tug bound for Phlladephia Some
thing Interfdrrod nlth the flow of wa-
ter from tho fresh water tank, and tho
fireman went below to Investigate. An
explosion followed, whether of gas or
a boiler Is unhnown. Almost la a
twinkling tbe barge was ablaze from
s'cm to stern. Tbe tug which had tbe
barges in tow went alongside tbe burn-
ing barge and took off four seamen,
but the bla&e had spread so fast that
the others could not be rescued.
When the Mazing barge was sighted
Jnst night it was Impossible to learn
Anything regarding the fate of tbe
in w. Tugs which were near gave all
tin assistance possible, end no effort
wr- made to reach tho barge by tha
lift saving crew at that point. The
fust newt therefore, came lure Mon-
day when a tug boat put Into Long
Island City with the four survivors on
board. One of them was In a danger
ous condition. It is bellevcvl that tho
other three men will survive. The
barge had on board 21.000 barrels or
1 million gallons of oil
STUDENTS IN A PRIZE FIGHT.
_____ *
Dibit Clan Champion Wins Bloody
Six-Round Mill.
Lexington, Ky. Students of tho
Kentucky university lure Saturday
night, pulled off a prize fight which
rt tho chief subject of discussion in
college circles Inasmuch as one of tho
principals and tho seconds were stu-
dents of the Bible college. The bout
was for six rounds; under Marquis of
Queensberry rules, and resulted in a
bloody fight. In which the Bible stu-
dent was the conqucor.
Tho principals were O. W. Campbell,
of Missouri, and F. C. Hurst of Ken-
tucky. Hurst forced the fighting In
the second round, putting the Bible
man Into the ropes a number of times.
In the fourth round Campbell swung
a right hauder that landed on Hurst’s
nose sending him to the carpet. Ho
bled profusely. In the fifth round
Campbell landed on Hurst's ear fre-
quently and In the sixth almost had
Mm out.
Tho affair Is being Investigated by
the college professors This Is a
tight laced Campbellitc school
Make Confession by Mail.
Mexico, Mo —Sheriff Jomes Moore,
of Callaway county, ha< received n lei
ter from men signing ihomselvcs Wi!
sou anil Holt, at Sparta. White coun'v.
Tenn.. confessing (hat they tolilpd iy-
pistoflice and C. M. doll's store a<
Holt. Callaway county, on the night of
October S. The men are willing, so
tbey say, to return to Missouri and
plead guilty to the robbery. They are
held In jail at Sparta, they say ror car-
rying concealed weapons The latter
has been turned over to federal au-
thorities.
Learning the Manly Art.
St. Louis, Mo — Circuit Attorney-
elect Arthur N. Sager, who succeeds
Josepu W. Folk on January 1. has en
gaged a boxing iuslructcr and will go
in for physical training In older to
keep himself in trim for the arduous
labors he assumes In taking up the
boodle, cases. On the day after be
takes office Sager will prosecute
Charles Kratz, thq ex councilman who
fled to Mexico after being Indicted for
bribery. Later in ihe month the brtb
ery case against Millionaire Snyder
comes up.
Head Out of the Party.
St. Louis.—The Jefferson Club, at a
meeting Monday night adopted resolu-
tions reading “Boss" Butler «nd his
•on. Cougressman Jim Butler, out of
the Democratic party. II was declared
that they bo ted the ticket at the No
vember election, working and voting
against Folk for governor
Tho Third to Ole.
Wellington. Kan.-MIss Olive Hall,
another victim of tbe supposed poison
lug at the May-Wimer wedding, dlea
at the St. Francis hospital Wichita.
Monday. This Is tbe third death- (ram
ithla cause and several more art ax
peeled.
THEY BLEW DP
THE PIPE LINE
MASKED MEM USE OVNAMITE
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Pips-Lino of tho Kansas Natural Gas
Company Damaged to the Ex-
tent of Coversl Thousand
Dollars.
Coffeyville. Kas —A bond of about
fifteen or twenty marked men farther
disguised with old ragged clothing, and
with their horses covered with blank-
ets. dynamited tbe pipe line of tho
Kansas Natural Gas Company, where
It crosses tbe public highways, near
Liberty, ten miles north of Coffeyville,
about midnight Saturday.
The points of attack were in front
•it tbe O'Brien, Bone and Venable
farms.
There wer* five explosions, begin-
ning about IS o’clock, and following
each other about half .m hour apart.
The charges caused great damage, en-
tirely ruining the pipe line, where ihe
explosions occurred. Tbe places blown
up were probably half a mile nparL
Big charges of dynamite and powder
were used, the charge in each case
tearing up the line and blowing great
hides In tbe ground. Houses in the
neighborhood of the places were shak-
en to their foundations, and a few win-
dow lights were broken.
Great excitomeni prevailed In Lib-
erty and among the farmer# in tho
vicinity. The roads were lull of mount-
ed men. some of them belonging to the
dynamiting party, and others being
farmers who were trying to find out
Ihe cause of Ihe explosions.
No one knows who the men were,
where they came from, or where they
went to.
Ihe dynamiting was expected, tbe
air having been filled with talk ol that
nature for weeks past The farmers in
this section are thoroughly aroused,
and more trouble is (eared
A peculiar feature of the affair is
that ihe several hundred Italian work-
men of the ga> company who were
camped In the vicinity, were not
aroused from their sleep by tbe explo
slons, and apparently did not know of
tbe matter until aroused by the fore-
man and told of It. Even then they
manifested no surprise.
The head officials of tbe gaa com-
pany at Independence were notified by
telephone as soon as tbe matter occur
red, but nothing bar been done ou
their part as yet Sheriff Pruitt !• in
Kansas dt£.
Open approval Is expressed on every
hand down In this section, but many
ot the more conservative element dep-
recate the affair and express regret,
wishing that *the question be left en-
tirely to the eourta. The greatest ex-
citement prevails in the cities in tbia
section and the occurrence is tbe islk
everywhere. It is feared that the trou-
ble is not over yet and that the dyna-
ntliing will be repeated at different
points along the line.
Young Eryan Was Suspended.
Lincoln, Neb—William Jennings
Bryan, Jr., non ot the ex presidential
candidate, is in trouble at the Lincoln
academy and has been suspended from
the chemiitry department because ho
refused to apologize to one of the In-
structors. Young Bryan, who is 1ft
years old, is a student at tbe academy,
which Is a preparatory school for the
University ot Nebraska. and| has bedn
a favorite with atudents and Instruct-
ors But several flays ago he Is said to
have had some trouble with one ol tbe
leathers and was given the alternative
of apologising or of quitting the chern
Istry classes. The young fellow re
(used to apologize.
Just what the trouble was about is a
mystery in the school, as neither Wil-
iian.J.. Jr., nor the academy author-
ities wnl discuss the affair and the na-
ture of the disagreement bar not (icon
made public. Even tbe pupils say tl»«y
arc not aware of tbe difficulty.
Exhibit* to ha Preserved.
Topeka.—One carioad of Kansas
stuff from the St. Louis fair arrived
Sunday. It consisted ot agricultural ex-
hibits for Secretary Coburn's depart-
ment. and*some office furniture for :tie
governor’* office. The big carpet from
ibe Kansas building will be used on
the floor ol the senate chamber. An-
other car of stuff, including the min-
end exhibit, will arrive In a few daya
Colonel John C. Carpenter, chairman
of the Kansas commission, left for St.
Louis Sunday to wind up the affaire.
He expects to finish tbe work within a
week.
COLORADO UROER MYSTERY.
Rude Body of a Whlf* Woman Found
en Mown! Cutler.
Colorado Springs, Col—The nuflo
body ot a white woman, who la to
lieved to have bees wardered, has
been found »n Mount Cutler by two
residents of thin city wao were survey-
ing. The bofiy wan lying face down-
ward across a log. A a attempt to de-
stroy the lent urea and prevent Idea*!-
•ration by horning had been made.
Near the body were found a few hair
pin« and aa empty bottle taat had eon-
Ward gasoline, but every Mitch of
clothing knd been removed.
The body is that of a girl about It
years of age, Ive lost turn laches In
height and weighing about lift pounds.
It heart every IdentlScatlon of reSom
moat The Sagem have signs of rtngi
hawing been worn, hot no trace uf
Jewelry could be found upon tho hill.
The head, shoulders aad upper por-
tions of the hreaat wore badly burned,
but the hair bad been colled no tightly
that it was only partially destroyed.
That which Is left la of a light orown
color and would Indicate that the do*
ceased was a blonde.
The left upper cuspid tooth, being
the third from tbe center, wear* a gold
crown.
There is every Indication that the
young woman died of polaon. the hands
being clenched as if she had expired in
convulsions.
The theory moat favored by the offi-
cers Is that the girl was a visitor, prop-,
ably from the Baat. and. having been
led astray by some man. was induced
to accompany him for an outing and
was then killed by means of a poison-
ed lunch
From the appearance of the body
death had occurred a week or teu day*
ago.
A toward for the recovery of the
girl's clothing or any part that w ill
lead to her identification has boon
offered by the authorities
A post mortem examination will t*
made
Telegrams were sent , out Sunday
night to the chiefs of police of Phila-
delphia St Louis and other cities giv-
ing a complete description as far a*
possible of tbe dead girl. They were
sen' upon the theory that the girl was
killed bv some person who found that
sb~e stood in tbe way of valuable pro-
perty or an* inheritance. Near tbe
point where tbe body was found was
later discovered a card bearing tbe
name and address of a St Louis mau
and.a prescription blank bearing the
name ot Dr F Kline Baker. 5019 Dia-
mond street, Philadelphia, and the
name. CTimp. druggist. Thirtieth and
Diamond streets. Philadelphia
'Philadelphia, Pa —Word was receiv-
ed here Sunday that a prescription
blank bearing the name and address of
Dr. F. Kline Baker, 3019 Diamond
street. Philadelphia, was found urar
tbe spot where the young woman *
body lay. Dr. Baker said that he knew
Bofhicg of the ctse. He explained the
presence of hit prescription blanks on
Mount Cutler by saying that he spent
several daya at Colorado Springs last
summer and that he carried with him
• pad of hia prescription blanks for the
purpose of making memoranda. He
says be may Jiave dropped some ot
them and that they may have been
blown about by the wind. He remem-
bers having given one to a photograph-
er who took hia photograph.
STUDENTS IN A PRIZE FIGHT.
Bible Claae Champion Wins Bloody
Bix-Round Mill.
Lexington. Ky.—Student* of the
Kentucky university here Saturday
night, pulled off a prize light which
is tbe chief subject of discussion in
college circlet inasmuch as one of tho
principals and tho seconds were stu-
dents of the Bible college. The bout
was for six rounds under Marquis of
Queensberry rules, and resulted In a'
bloody fight, in which the Bible stu-
dent was the conqueor.
The principals were 0. W. Campbell,
of Missouri, and F. C. Hurst of Ken-
tucky Hurst forced the lighting In
tbe second round, putting the Bible
man into tbe ropes a number of times.
In tbe fourth round Campbell swung
a right haeder that landed on Hurst’s
t«we sending him to the carpet. Hu
bled profusely. In tbe fifth round
Campbell landed on Hurst's eat fre-
quently and In tht sixth almost had
Mn out
The affair Is being Investigated by
the college professors This is a
tight laced Campbeltlte school.
Barber—“How will you have your
hair cut, sir?”
Customer—“Cut out the ixlg
please ’’
iwssoum IEWS BRIEFS.!
Jefferson City—Judge Gnntt an-
nounced Tuesday afternoon that after
due coDiideratlon bo had determined
not to resign, but win continue to
serve ou the supreme beach.
Hartvllle.—A young maa, Oscar
Woods, residing near Hartvllle, was
out hunting quail Friday, when hie guu
exploded, blowing out the breach pin,
a bleb entered bin forehand and fractur-
ed his akulL He Is not expected to re
tover
Trenton.—Rock Island Conductor
m. 7- Mels died hero Friday of Injuries
received In tn accident nt Gallatin
crosilcg Tburrday Meta fell between
lit? car# and ha head wan crashed by
the wheels
Bi t HU -Judge W. W. Graven, tbn
defeated candidate for circuit Judge la
Urit district, and Attorney General
and open up a law olfic* In fit Louis
anJ open no a law «• te in tt Louis
after retiring from their respective
office*.
0
Rich Hill.—U I. Titus, a ftockiuari
ris diug near Schell City, southeast cl
here, until Thursday had an odd't* »n
b row For the las' four year, thij io\v
- '» raised ou an average ol hree and
three quarter calves a year. Tbe Bret
two year? she bore twins, last year
triplets and ibis year four calvi-s. all of
which lived except the fint three this
year. The effort proved too muib ibis
>•* ar and the cow du d
Jefferson City.—Division N<> 2 of
tiic supreme court granted a motion
Tuesday to transfer the case of Wil-
liam Rudolph, condemned to ha ig. to
the supreme court lor rehearing Ru-
dolph was convicted uf the murder in
St. Louis of Schumatbei. a detective,
who attempted lo arrest him lo. pir-
in illation iu the Union bank robbery,
nml was recently sentenced by (he su-
preme court to hang January 1< Tues-
day s action au«|>t mis (be sentence and
th? rase will come up again (or hear-
ing in January.
Joplin.—The oldest and originally
the largest bank safe in the Southwest,
which tvas made iamous by being rob-
bed of nearly $4,000, thirty year? ago
by the James boys, at Baxter Springs,
was brought "i Joplin this week and
placed ou exhibition at the store of %
local safe company. This safe was in
17 R. Crowell's bank at Baxter Sunns*,
when the lames boys made i ra'0 no
the institution. The raider# bitched
(heir horse? to a cornctib fust beck •>»
the bank, walked in. helped >hem-
selves to the money and forced Mr
Crowell ou; in front ol them at a side
door. They then mounted their horses,
raised their hats polite-ly and bid Mr.
Crowell anil others a kind goodby and
departed down the road leading lo the
Indian Territory. Several Joplin busi-
ness men of today weie interested iu
the Baxter bank at that time, amonj
them betng the Wise brothcis. P. J.
Pfenning. Ed Zellekcn and Gran;
Davis. The safe is old-fashioned, but
is still good and strong. It has been id
use in a Galena business house several
years.
AVOWAL OF MR. KERENS
A United States senatorship is a
prize that any American citizen may
well r-Bteem. With the exception ot
the presidency, there is no higher office
in this government. A Republican
senator from Missouri for the first time
in a generation will be a genuine rar-
ity. and for that reason the scat uow
occupied by Mr Cockrell Is especially
coveted. Among the many aspirauts
cone Is more prominent or more de-
serving than Mr. Richard C- Kerens
The frank Announcement by
Mr. Kerens that he wants
the office shows that lie
proposes to make his light in the open
and has no intention of resorting to
any "dark horse" tactics.
This kind of announcement seema
to be In strong favor just now, since
Mr. Roosevelt set the example with
such gratifying results. It is not tbe
way of seeking an exalted office that'
has usually obtained with politicians :
in Che past. Ordinarily, aspirant# have
waited in n receptive mood for the
office to seek the man. or have worked
lo a subterranean fashion with the ex-
pectation of ‘'yielding to the wishes ot
the party/' when their quiet work wa»
accomplished. But the old way is nol
♦be Roosevelt way. and it la very plain
'bat the Roosevelt way meets popular
approval
Whatever action the Legislature
may take, the early and unequivocal
Avowal of'Mr. Kerens will strike th*
people as good, honest politics, and re-
ceive their approbation accordingly.—
K. C. Journal.
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