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ATTACK TRANSPORTS,
ONE OF THEM SUNK BY THE
RUSSIAN FLEET.
Explosion Adds to Horror on Ship
Sect Down Russian Officers
Refuse QuarterCrew Pre- .
; ferred Death to Being
Captured. .- .
Tokio, June 18. Farther de
tails have been received Jaa to the
attack on fonr Japanese transports
in theCorean Straits on Wednesday
by a part, or the whole, of the Sibe
rian squadron. That there were
fonr, and not three, transports, as
was at nrst reported, now seems
qnite certain. The foot transports
attacked were the Hitachi Mara,
the Kagato, the Sado Mam and the
Izumi Maru, the first of which was
snnk by the Russian fleet. ' The
second and third are safe, while the
fate of the fourth is uncertain, all
that is known of her being she is
overdue at Moji.
The Hitachi in attempticg to es
cape from the Russian . squadron
was tired upon by machine gunB
from three of the Russian craisers
Her boiler burst and fire broke out
immediately afterward on the trans
port. JN ambers ot her men were
killed, while nearly all her officers
committed suicide with their swords
or
pistols. A lieutenant-colonel
burned his regimental colors, call
ing upon the men to witness the
act. Directly afterwards he
struck by a shell and killed.
was
There was no time to lower boats
from the transport, and many of the
men on board lumped into the sea.
thirty-seven of these were saved by
a fishing boat. It is believed that
some thirty others, who jumped, al
so escaped with their lives, but
their ultimate fate is unknown
The total number on board the
Hitachi Maru is not yet known.-
Ihe Sado Maru, although sale, is
disabled. It is stated that the ves
sels of the Russian equadron, which
attacked the transports, fired about
150 shells at the Sado Maru, two of
which, lodging in the transport's
machinery, badly crippled her. The
Russians then ordered the crew to
leave the ship, but only the non
combatants on board cbeed. These
latter, together with some of those
saved, after they jumped overboard
from the Hitachi Maru, conveyed
the news to points where it could
be sent to the Japanese capital
The Sado Maru, although, disabled
continued to float, and all who re
mained on board were saved.
A survivor reports to Vice-Ad
miral TsuDodathat the Hitachi was
hit 60 timts and caught fire. A
boat from the Sado was sent to the
Russians for the purpose of parley.
The Russians agreed to give the Sa
do 40 minutes to clear the ship,
and said tbey would take the non-
combatants on board. Tbe Rus
sians, later, it is declared, refused
to receive the noncombatants ex
cept an Englishman, the chief
mate, and belore the 40 minute
had expired the Russians, it is fur
ther said, torpedoed the boat on
both sides. -. '
The greater number of those on
board the Hitachi were annihilated.
The Russian ships were sighted
at 7 o'clock in the morning, and in
response to a signal the Hitachi was
stopped, but at 10 o'clock got under
way again and attempted to escape.
The Russians followed and opened
a heavy fire directed about the wa
ter line, with tbe evident intention
of destroying the troops cn board.
The fire was terrific, and in a few
minutes the decks were covered
with corpses and washed with blood
Una shell, which struct the engine
room, killed 200 men. The ship
began to fill, and sank gradually
by tbe stern. ' At 6 o'clock in the
evening she was completely sub
rrerged.
Captain Campbell, tbe English
master of the transport, jumped ov
erboard at 2 o'clock in the after
noon, and is numbered among the
missing. The chief engineer was
killed on the bridge. -
Sandy Hill, N. Y., June 11. A
desperate scheme to blackmail Fred
D. Howland, one of the wealthiest
residents of Sandy Hill, has thrown
the village into a fever of excite
ment. Last Wednesday he. receiv
ed a letter demanding $5,000 on
penalty xif having one of his four
children kidnapped. The letter
re the cost mark ''Sandv Hill.
June 8, 11:30 A. M.
i The writer . demanded that : five
thousand dollars in $100 'bills be
put in a tin can which would be
found in the creviees of a tree in
the yard of the resideoca of W- F.
Battsreon, in Oak street,' which is
one of the beet residence districts
here. - The Patterson residence haB
ap elestric light in front.: ., -,
1 The condition was that Howland
was to drive by the site soon after
rfcei-yiog the letter. In case he at
tempted to waylay the men making
te demand they would riddle him
with bullets, the writer said.1
IMr. Howland consulted the chief
of police and telegraphed to ; New
Tflork for a detective. At ;th6 time
specified in the letter Mr. Howland
took a package of paper and placed
' xt ' . ii J; l 1 . J J
it in me can as uireciea, sou aeiec- ,
ti Yes have been watching the place
ever since, out without result, jno
one went after the supposed treas
ure. . .;
A detective has been shadowing
a suspicious local character and his
house is being watched.
Mr. and Mrs. Howland are much
agitated over the matter.
The letter, which was badly
spelled and written in pencil, reads:
'We are hard pinched fot cash;
must have it quick. Won't you
give us $5,000 in $loo-biIls? ' Yon
are worth $000,000, . so you can
spare it. If you don't do this will
swipe one of your kids, and won't
kill it, bat worse; we will torture
it to end of its days. - Don't wan't
big one; it will be one of little ones.
Have money ready Thursday June
9. half-paet 9 in evening. Put it
at 92 Oak street at foot of tree south
ward in tin can that will be there.
Wrap roll money in paper.
"Now remember, if you fail noth
ing will save you, even if you hire
one hundred men to guard your
kids.- Don't let any one know a
bout this. If you do we will deal
with you as we see fit. Pass the
place in the afternoon between 4
and 5 o'clock. Some of the gang
will be watching for yon and no
harm willeome ? to yo.,-:Jffe - will
riddle you to pieces if you attempt
to waylay us. Remember, come a
lone with the money, and if you
don't hell on earth will play with
you and we will follow you from
place to place and your life will be
hell.
"Come rain or shine, Thursday
night. We wrnt to leave the damn
town Friday, and if you don't bring
the money we will start to seek our
revenge." -Some
think it is a hoax, 'but Mr.
Howland intends to .discover tbe
perpetrators if possible.
Grant's Pass, O.. June 8. A
milkpan half full of gold 200 oun
ces valued at more than $4ooo.
was the sight that greeted scores of
visitors at th Grants Pass Banking
& Trust Company's bank today.
This represents about one-fifth of
the amount taken from a ledge since
its discovery last Sunday afternoon.
The discovery was made by the
18-year-old son of David Briggs.
While out hunting, he stumbled on
to a ledge of decomposed quartz
which was more gold than quartz.
He secured a chunk the size of a
candle box, and took it to bis fath
er's placar claim, where it was mor
tared and yielded nearly $800.
-s. Early next morning the family
staked out seven claims and began
mining. In two , hours , they had
,000, and in one week they bad
mortared but $25,000, and Mr.
Briggs reports the ledge getting bet
ter all the time. The whole amount
was taken from an excavation ten
feet long by seven feet deep.
The find is the talk of the coun
try, and already 'the surrounding
hills are being searched by prospec
tors and gold excitement is at fever
heat. The ledge is located in the
southeastern - part of Josephine
county, about 50 miles from Grants
Pass.
Nagasaki, June 17. Seventy
three survivors from the transport
Sado arrived here today. They es
caped in a water boat and contrived
a sail from their clothing. They
met a British steamer off tbe island
of Iki at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon and were towed to a point
near, Nagasaki. The survivors say
that the Sado's engines were disa
bled after a few shots had been
fired by the Russians. When the
survivors left the scene the Hitachi
was still afloat.
Firecrackers, bombs, rockets and
all other kinds of fireworks at
Hodes Gun store.
A TRAIN HELD UP
EAST-BOUND PASSENGER
TRAIN FROM PORTLAND
ROBBED IN MONTANA.
Express Car and Safe Dynamited
' Posses in Pursuit With
Bloodhounds Booty
Said - to Be -$6o,ooo.
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"Missoula, Mont., June 18. Big
jnnt,wa n( nffiira. ill determined
meil are today purBUing bandits
who at n o'clock last night, held
.
and rohbed the North Coast lim-
rited train of the Northern Pacific
railway near Bearmouth station.
But two masked men are supposed
to have accomplished the bold hold
up and tbey are supposed to have
been members , of the notorious
"Kid" Currie gang. They got a
way with a sum which it is believ
ed to have reached $60,000, although
express officials are reticent regard
ing the amount.
. The holdup occurred near the
same spot and was similar in na
ture to that of two years ago in
which Engineer O'Neil was killed.
The train stops at Bearmouth to
take water and it was at this time
the robbers, boarded the tender of
the engine. After leaving the wa
ter tank the train had only proceed
ed a short distance when the engin
eer and firemen were covered with
guns in the hands of two masked
men wbo bad climbed over the coal
from the rear of the tender. The
engineer and fireman were ordered
to throw up their hands, and at a
distance of about two miles from
the station Engineer Wade was
ordered to stop tbe train, which he
did. The two robbers then forced
the engineer and fireman to accom
pany them to the express car,
where tbe express messenger was
ordered to open tbe door, which he
refused to do. One of the masked
men then handed tbe engineer a
stick of dynamite and ordered him
to light it and place it against the
express car door
After the explosion the force of
which completely shattered the
door and side of the car, the engin
eer and fireman were forced to pre
cede tbe banditB into tbe car aDd
the attack on tbe safe was at once
begun. A half dozen sticks of dy
namite were placed on tbe top of
the strong box and ignited. Tbe
terrific force of this second charge
completely demolished the interior
and Bide of the car and hurled the
safe a distance of ten yards from
its resting place.
The contents of the safe was appar
ently unharmed and after securing
them, the 'robbers warned tbe train
crew that they would not be harm
ed if they made no resistance and
obeyed instructions. One of . tbe
masked men accidentally struck
the engineer during the proceedings
and during his conversation, while
making an apology, called the en
gineer by name. This gave rise to
the suspicion that tbe robbers may
be railroad men.
After the looting of the safe was
completed tbe engineer and firemen
were ordered back to the engine by
the robbers, who kept them covered
with revolvers. When the train
crew reached the engine the robbers
shot out the lights on the rear of
tbe train and quickly disappeared
in the darkness.
Passengers were under seats and
secreting valuables in every
conceivable place that offered a bid
ing place. Tbe rear breakman, re
alizing what was going on, quietly
slipped from the train' and made
his way to Bearmouth, where be
reported tbe anair to tbe superin
tendents omce in Miseoula. bhortly
before 1 o'clock a sheriffs posse
left Missoula for Bearmouth.
At the break of day posses witb
bloodhounds started in pursuit of
the bandits. The sife blown open
contained shipments of currency en
route from Portland to Chicago and
New York.
New Orleans, June 11. St. Jul
ian Renfro, Shreveport, La., who
was stricken deaf and dumb in the
midst of a religious argument at
Chicago on May 3I, in a written in
terview here today declared that he
saw an angel and that he will de
vote the balance of bis life to relig
ion. Renfro wrote that his friende
were firm believers in the Suprems
Being while he did not believe in
God. : ; s,;! "; ". '
"In the religious discussion,'
Renfro wrote, "I told my friends
that unless the God they believed
Would strike me deaf and dumb I
would not believe there was one.
As soon as I finished the sentence
the power of speech was taken from ,
me and a few minutes afterward X
was unable to hear anything my -friends
were Baying. I was strick- ,
en bo suddenly that I hardly knew
what bad happened. I tried to
epeak. but that waa impossible, and
since that day I have been unable -
to bear or utter a word.
"Jnst as soon as I lost my hear-
ing powers I saw a beautiful light
in one corner of the room. It re
minded me of lightning. In the
midst of this light there appeared
an angel. I oemember the suene
perfectly. The vision lasted for a
few minutes ooly, ard ihn disap- .
peared as suddenly t 11 had come."
London, June 18. Dispatches to
the Daily Mail from Tangier state
that the American naval officers
there have become incensed at the
action of the sultan of Morocco in -
bringing native troops from Cassa-
bianca into Tangier and Fez, thus
wantonly disregarding the express
stipulation of tbe bandit Ralsuli for
the release of Messrs. ferdloaris
and Varley, and delaying their re
lease. Protests against this action
of the sultan have also been . made
by the British authorities.
The Americans are prepared to
take energetic measures if tbe saltan
continues to pay no . heed to the .
protests. The American naval com
mander is considering the advisa
bility of landing looo marines to
occupy the town of Tangier until
the sultan withdraws the troops.
Gibraltar, June 18. Owing to
the representations of Rear-Admiral
Chadwick, of the American
squadron in this water, to the Brit
isn legation, H. M. S. Prince of
Wales, one of Great Britain's first
class battle ehips attached to the
Mediterranean squadron, has been '
ordered to return to Tangier, there
to remain until the conclusion ot
the negotiations now proceeding
for tbe release of Messrs. Perdicaris.
and Varley by the brigand. Raisuli.
Helsingfors, Finland, June 17
The Russian flag at half-mast
over the governor's palace this
morning proclaimed to the people
of Hehingfors that General Bobri
koff, governor-general of Finland,
was dead of a bullet wound inflict
ed by an assassin. There was no
excitement in the city, and no at
tempt at demonstration was made.
The father, mother, brothers and
sisters ot Schaumann, the assassin '
of Bobrikcff, were arrested and sub
jected to a searching examination,
but late this evening they were re
leased and allowed to return to
their country home.
How far the Swedish party is
implicated in the killing of the governor-general
has not been estab
lished, but the authorities are con
vinced that Schaumann, who com
mitted Buicide, bad accomplices
who found in the brooding, half-
fanatical student a ready tool,
Warning of tbe intended assina-
tion of the governor-general reach
ed tbe authorities laBt December.
but Bobrikoff, against the pleading
of bis official family, declined an
escort. A few months later, this
warning was repeated and Bobri
koff thereafter was attended by a
small guard, and a number of se
cret service men, except within the
state building, tbe guard having
requested permission to furnish pro
tection for the governor there.
It appears that General Bobri
koff never had a chance to survive.
The surgeons had only Up slender
est hope from the operatiou which
they performed, and they rel.zed
that death was almost inevitable.
During the operation the pulse al
together ceased more than once.
The injuries inflicted were eo terri
ble as to indicate that ' the bullet
waa of an explosive rature' -
When the operation waB complet
ed, the patient regained and main
tained consciousness for about three
hours, during which time he spoke
a few words to his wife and daugh
ters. Then at 1 o'clock he became
unconscious and remained so until
he died. -
It is said that Schaumann's fath
er, who was a member of the sen
ate, retired from public life because
he was opposed. to Finland's becom
ing an integral portion of tbe Rus
sian empire.,
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