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PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 9. leCSTHllEE , SECTlONS-38 PAGES.
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; So Says Hcney of Jones-
v 1 Potter Claims wmcft
1 1 ' S Fulton Uied;
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GRAND JURY FINDS, v M-
! MANY INDICTMENTS
R. A. Booth, TX rk Booth and
Fourteen -Others Besides':
; '.Several Not Named Are
ta.' Included: ' V
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Another memorable chapter . was
added -to 1 the - history or the Oregon
- land (rauda by the federal .grand Jury
la iU closing session last night. Eight
new- IndlctmenU 1 were presented,- It
f persons being . named . aa defendant,
beside other Whose true names are not
disclosed. . Among them were,, -State
, Benator Robert A. Booth, the president
: ot the Booth-Kelly Lumber company
hla brother, J. H. Booth, until recently
receiver of the Roseburg land of floe;
' W. N. Jones, formerly A. member -of
. the state legislature from Multnomah
county, and Thaddeua 8. Potter, a well
c known lawyer of this city.:. '
. The disclosures made ' before - the
- grand. Jury showed that the Aoseburg
1 lsnd office baa been little more than an
adjunct- of the . Booth-Kelly Lumber
company, and of Frederick A. Krlbs.
I Both J, . Bridges, the register, and
' J. H. Booth, the receiver of the office,
-were telling Information te the . lumber
. company, and to -Krlba. ao ar to enable
' them to carry on the business of scrip.
" ping all, the desirable timber land in
; the district.. ,':--i
Owlnir. to the shortness of time" In
;" which to present the evidence that had
': been gathered, the government Mw
! but one Indictment against R. A. Booth,
the head of the Booth-Kelly company,
Ha Is charred with consnlraoy with J.
I IL Booth, T. E. Singleton and .unknown
defendants,' to defraud-the government
of certain land In the Cascade forest
' reserve, by means of a homestead entry
made In the. name of Thomas Agee.
', A feature of the closing sessions
; the grand Jury was the production of
-iotUra written by Benator. Charles W.
, Pulton 'to United BtatS Land Commit
doner Richards, and ; Secretary Hitch'
cock, urging the paUntlng of certain
- rlaima in the Sllefs Indian - reserve
These claims are declared to have been
fraudulent, - and are i the ' same .which
form the baaia of the lndlotment re
turned yesterday against W. N. Jozies
and Thaddeua S. Potter of this city;
H U Staler of Seattle,' and others.'
"The elatms are among the rottenesX
of all the fraudulent entries that we
have found." said Mr. Ueney. in. apeak
in of the entries which Senator Fulton
was n reset ns- to natent. i .
. For more than a year Benaloi1 Fulton
vraa ' engaged, in correepondence with
Commissioner . fUcharda , concerning
these olaims. During all of this time
an adverse report upon the claims, mad
by Special Agent A. J. Hobbs, was on
HI In the general, land office. More,
over, on of the claimant who repre
sented In . hla homestead proof a that
he had resided upon hi claim for
- three years, was . Thaddeu B . Potter,
a. lawyer In th office of Carey Y
May during all of the period of hi
pretended residence upon ni cuum.
Potter flrored In th' revelation of
' fraud In the Blue mountain reserve, for
which .T.' P. May and other were In'
dieted. He was the' medium through
whom Maya - received the title to th
three-claims obtained iron u. A., u
ruter, , and Potter subsequently con
veyed' to Seattle men to whom, May
had void the lend. . . . , . f '
, rrandaleat tooatloaa.
W. N. -Jones located about SO persons
In th SlleU Indian reserve but though
the homestead application were made
In the usual form, several of the. entry
men never aaw the viand upon whloh
they professed to have settled, and few.
If any, of them -actually complied with
the requirement of th homestead laws.
The suspicions of the general land of
fice were aroused and patent upon th
claims were withheld. In the latter part
of 101, only a few month after Fulton
had been elected United State senator,
he began a correspondence with the land
commissioner, seeking to have th pat
enting of these claim expedited,
rj .'raJtom'a 1WM. ;
' Th correspondence appears to have
been voluminous but only-a part of It,
was aubmltted to the federal grand jury.
Th first letter thus submitted wss
written In Washington, January IS, 104.
It follows: if -'. "i ,;--..
"On November t Jest t received a let
ter from you. In respon to on I had
previously -written to you, stating that
homestead entries' No. H. Ill, 14.114,
14,116. 14.2S. 14,140 and final proofs'
Nos. .B4, .&&, M, .ti1. .60S. Ore
gon City series, had "been approved and
-would be sent to the' proper division for
patenting. Ijiter on I received a letter
from the parties interested stating that
they hdnot received their patents, and
1 again dlred you, hut have received
no ana"- . 111 you kindly Inform m
what t, f ble la,' If any. that.pre-
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mm
lie
Rogers f and Rockefeller
h Make Complete Denial
11; of Charges, Vv
B0ST0N.MAN SAYS ITS ;j
- THEIR DIRECT REPLY
"Public ' Opinion" 'Article, J Be-
lieved to Be Inspired, Declares
i , Lawton Was . Saved From .
Bankruptcy by Rogeret '
r i
(BpecUl Blapatch by Leased Wire to The loaraal)
New York. April a.-"We do not know
Lawon.''. 7-.'. ' ;i
,",Thl 1 the answer 'Henry' Hi ' Rogers
and his : asslsUnta made for Amalga
mated Copper, and It la their denial of
the' crime Which are charged to It and
the'Btandard Oil ellque by Thomas W.
Lawson. Her is Roger' denial of the
acquaintance, ; and. close t business ideal-
ings. which La wson lays existed borJ
iweea , inem at , me time, th Amalga
mated . Copper -was eoncalyed.
It Is publlahed In thl -week' PuMto
Opinion a part of the "Stack Market End
of Amalgamated," and 'La wson declared
It I Roger, and Rockefeller's own re
ply to his charge.'. ;;v,w.f
TTie conversation with Mr. - Rogers
and: other recorded 'at' length, by liw
on ar absolutely' flcdtlous.'! dec la res
Ue Public Opinion story-.
"La wson wad never. Intimately aastf-
plated, either socially r In a business
way with Mr,-Roger or th other gen
tlemen with whose name he had made
ao free. Only .once in his .life did he
eroa th threshold of Mr. Rogers' home,
and' that ra upon th occasion which
he mention when be called ' upon Mr.
Roger In 18M te offer- to betray hla
aaaooolaieTaddlcka. Nor though he -aldjoualy
pressed himself upon him, did
be succeed In 'seeking' Mr. Rogers more
than a few. time in the 10 year from
185 to IMS, for which a claim close
confidential Intimacy. "
; "He -does not possess and never poe
seastfd. a letter at. scrap nf writing from
any ot these gentlemen, -with the ex
ception of Mr. Honrs, and fronxhtm
only a few brief note ot common place
cnaracter. . ;..
Saved Xwoaw :-'::f
"Mr.- lwson waa . never ncaged by
the 'Amalgamated Copper company or
by Mi. Rogers to "boom" Amalgamated
stock, or , to perform any services on
behalf of th company. lis doe not
poasess, and accordingly cannot produce,
any agreement showing ' such employ
ment by any one authorised to make It
Mr., Rogers never saw Mr. , Lawsoo be
tween the years 11S and 1SS, and in
the last-named year he savett him from
bankruptcy in response to lit plead
ing. . , ... . - ..
"When the . Amalgamated . company
was organised, some arrangement was
entered into with Mr. A. C. Burrag of
uoston, ana nurrag it was, ox any
body, who employed Mr. Lawson. If
the latter aver advances sufficiently far
In hi story as to reach, these promised
proofs which would be receivable In a
court Of law, and produces a contract
of any kind, supposing he possesses
such a paper,: It will be found that Bur
rage, hi partner In .Tri-Mountaln and
sundry -other scheme. Is th owntraot
Ing party of th second part. -
"It is, of course, true that Mr. Lawson,
at his own expense, or at the expense
of Mr. Burrage and himself Jointly, ad
vertised himself and - Amalgamated
through th length and breadth of . New
England and elsewhere and reiterated
and reiterated the statement that "Stan
dard Oil' was back of It- and him; also
that the stock would go to the Lord
alone know what and. In short., lav
ished the .resource of his exuberant
fancy In striving to sell Amalgamated
by th self -same methods that he ha
more recently need n the case of Trinity
Copper and 1m now using in the esse of
Copper Range, to the openly expreesed
disgust of William A. Peine, the presi
dent of that excellent little company.'
' , S wrotesled Bepeatedly. ; , -"True,
It is also, that Amalgamated
Copper, protested repeatedly against
theee ' tactics ' sod th land booming
method he waa using, t advance th
market price of the
In thl Rockefeller-Rogers BtoYy of
Th Stock Market End of Amalga
mated." La wson' s statements ar poken
of a naked trutha clothed In exaggera
tion . and mlsststements, especial ap-
peala to class hatred, the envenomened
envy of the lark-wit and th ne'er do
well and th prodigal.
This reply denlea that the men who
formed the Amalgamated "paid only
lli.ooo.00t" for the properties which
were afterward turned over to the com
pany on the- valuation basis of S7S.00S,
000. It Is sdmlttsd, however, that thee
men might have made 110,400,000 la
the deal.
The losses of millions which the peo
ple invested In Amalgamated Copper'
stork suffered' are declared to be due
solely to the derree.se In the market
vulue of cr-per and ttravolJable causes
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GARBO PC1 D HURLE Bmm
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(Speetal IMspsteh by Leased Wire ta Tka Josraal)
Chicago. April S. Police deUUs . un
der Assistant Chief- Sohusttler and In
spector Lavln forced - their-: way" with
clubs . through a dosen riotous strike
crowds today . under, a rain ef stones,
riveUnd bottles" snd other missiles
hurled from windows and roofs And Sue-
seeded In taking several loads of frelgnt
from Montgomery. Ward Co.'s estab
lishment to th freight depots. -
Scores of persons were hurt Ay th
batons of th policemen and .nine men
were arrested during the day, when -th
police, finding pacific, measure . useless
against - th snormous gatherings of
strike sympathisers, charged th crowds
ALMOST DECAPITATED
.fflTH,A, RAZOR
Winfield .' Pope. Wealthy M Coast
Racing Man, Fatally, Cut by
Mulatto Belr-Boy.
t
(Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Josraal)
New York. AprU , S. Winfield . Fop.
formerly on ot th wealthiest .racing
men of th Paclflo coast, was fatally
wounded tonight by Paul Jones War,
a mulatto bellboy, . whoa,, horn '."at
lit Wt Thirty-first street Pope had
Invaded. , armed with a revolver, and
with the ' avowed ' Intention of killing
War and a woman who was lh th place
at th Urn. ,... ;,'. ' a- y'
Ho was almost decapitated by a 'cut
with a rasor, which the mulatto used.
The rasor - cut three Inches Into th
back of Pone's neck, and severed vry
muscle and tendon from -Jugular' to
Jugular, exposing the bone of th
oervlcal vertebrae and leaving him
powerless to support his . heed. '
Aware that he could not follow War
through th street, Pope- wreaked hi
vengeance upon the man a home, where
he evidently thought hi wife was hid
ing. Catching up th places of furni
ture he dashed them to fragments
against -the wall.-.--" '"''
During "all this ' time the fearful
wound .which had been Inflicted - upon
him apparently canned him no mors con
cern than a scratch. ' It was not until
th police seised hiss that he gave sny
Indication of weakness. - Th woman
who ' was In " th room st th time
escaped from the, place, and ran iiTto
the street. " , ', -. v I '
Last .November 14, Pops shot and
killed John T. Cnnkley, for whom the
police were hunting at the time. :
nan voiso:
CAJT9T.
(Special Dlspatrti by Lease Wire te Tke Jesraal)
Indianapolis, April S. Following liti
gation In an effort to ' break her
mother's will, an unsucnessful effort
was made to poison Mrs. Carrie Sims, S7
Chester avenue, today by poisoned
randy sent through the malls. A prom
inent man In the neighborhood will fx I
arrested tomorrow, T .
u WHAT IT MAY COME TO.-
NON-UN ION
with swinging clubs and rove thm from
the pathway of the wagons.' ;
At But and Madison streets. In th
heart of th shopping district, the most
exciting conflict of the day occurred.
Twenty-live polloemen assailed a tumul
tuous crowd of S.000 persons surround-
ling twu sxuieee wagons
Dividing his . force Into two squsds
of about 0. men each. Assistant Chief
Scbuttler . In the afternoon essayed to
escort six of th Montgomery, Ward at
Co.'a , wagons to two different . freight
houses at the same time.'-
He led one cavalcade Inr person, tak
ing . three . trucks to th - Chicago A
North-Western freight- house . at 8 tat
FATIGUE ANTI-TOXIN
KILLS LAZINESS GERM
The Only ' Genuine and - Only
Simon-Pure Remedy for That
r'v, j ;V ;:r Tired Feeling.
(Special Oiapateh r Leased Wire to The loaraal)
; New Tork, April S That a man may
never be tired agals tf he has the price
of fatigue antitoxin. Is the deduction
of a German 'scientist. ' But mors re
markable perhaps is , th fact that a
number of the foremost medical men of
New Tork agree that th annihilation
of fatigue by serum has an actual basis
of BclentlDO truth. -In
th Mueochaner '- Medlclnische
Wocherblatt, a recognised medical Jour
nal, De Wolfgang Wsichardt describe!
his experiments la creating an anti
toxin to th poison of fatigue or exhaus
tion. He drew a guinea pig by a string
across a rough parpet until it gave up
resistance aad became totally exhausted.
The toxin, a poison was obtained from
the exhausted animal and Inoculated into
others. - It wss injeeted into a human
subject with a very perceptible gain In
his strength. ,
CLAIMS WOMEN'S CLUBS
PREVENTED HIS DIVORCE
(Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The ioarasl)
Cod, Wyo., April I. "The sentiment
aroused by th combined Women's Club
of th World was responsible for the
adverse decision In the now famous di
vorce case of Colonel (Buffalo bill)
Cody." said Cody's chief attorney, Lord
Kldgehey, today, "and that la our chief
plea for a rehearing of the case.
"Indoor appeal t for a new trial w
have made It clear that th Women'
club Of th entire country were against
Colonel Cody, and that the' combined in
fluence of these clubs so worked on th
public that sentiment In favor of Mrs.
Cody 'wa brought to . 8 fever heat.
whether. nlif or wrong, and all this in
fluence was ugalnst th granting ot a
divorce." ears Rldgetcy. .
A motion for a new trie! has bwn
made, but'ttls expected th( th mo
tion will be overruled The case will
thea fr appealed ta th guprwna court
U.
- DRIVERS
and JClnay .streets with -an escort of (0
men.
- Blockades were encountered at Wash'
Ington and Stat streets and Washing
ton and Dearborn streets. , Bricks, vege
tables and other miss Ilea were hurled
at th . strike-breakers . on th three
wagons. .....
It was charged br Secretary ' James
MarKhambf"Chler-0'Nelll's ogee that
egg. shells filled -with carbolic acid had
been thrown at th wagon from South
Water street commission houses
burn on th back of one of the
horses was declared to have been caused
by the acid rand -several empty "egg
shells with the odor of carbollo add
about them were picked up In th street.
ASSASSIN MAY BE
IN HIDING HERE
Local Police Are .Wired by San
. Francisco Authorities to Ar-
. .rest Pietro Torcl. i v
pietro Torcl, alias , Pietro ' Salvator,
aocused by th Saa Pranolsoo polio of
th murder of Blaggle Vilardo. whose
body waa found beheaded aad limbless,
msy be in hiding In Portland. Chief of
Police Dinaa telegraphed to the Port
land police a full description ot ths man
accusd. V. :-- . '.-vi, ,u4r, '.-. ' -1 t
Torcl' s age' is given ' as 2S years
height. I feet Inches;' .weight. 140
pounds. He Bas a thin, smooth face and
speaks ' loudly, - using ' good English.
Wbsn h disappeared after th commis
sion of th crime he wore a suit of
dark-colored material and a soft brown
hat.--;. ; : . 1.- -. '. : :'
Ths alleged murderer was In ths em
ploy of the American - Can . company
when he committed th horrifying deed.
He was once s section boss on ths Mis
souri snd Paciflo railway. Hs was mar
ried to Rosl Faracl in New Orleans.
The crime of which Torcl is accused
is th killing of Blaggio Vllard with a
S leaver, at 71HA Oreen street. Ths
Ismembered. trunk- of ths ' victim waa
carried along Vallejo street and thrown
In a doorway. Th head and limbs were
dumped , lit ths bay. Jealously is be
lieved to be the m'otlv.
FEMALE DIPLOMAT TO
. : SUE FOR SIX MILLIONS
Vtseetol tnapatch by Leaaed Wire to The louraal)
New Tork. April S. Mr, p. Rawles
Reader, the diplomat whoa connection
with San Dominican affairs became
known recently,-la about to bring suit
for M,00.000 against James B. Haggln
and a number of Wall street firms who
were Identified with the Haggln Mine
yndloate, Mr. Reader claim that th
money I due her and her husband from
the sale of copper mines to ths syndi
cate. Some of the properties she claims
her husband owned, whil others war
Imply held bj options, -, ,
-" r i i ' ' i i 1 r i r' i i ii
The Smith Are Placed as Quests
,' at Jail Instead of Prisoners
if', "TMr Trial Due to Be
gin Monday.
(Special mapatca by Leased Wire to The Journal)
. New Tork, April S. Bitter war will.be
waged - before Recorder , Oof f - Monday
when Nan Patterson is -called to face,
for the third time, in court, the lndict-i
ment which charges her with the delib
erate murder of Caesar Toung.
Assistant District Attorney Rand will
ask for. a - postponement of the trial.
Lawyer Aba Levy will vigorously fight
against delays and If an adjournment la
granted will 'demand th . admission "of
his client to ban. . t r " . r ;
.Th putting off of th trial which was
fixed under the rules of - Justice Oayaor
in Brooklyn-la due to. the appreciation
of th 'vital importance of the presence
of J. Morgan Smith and his wlfs la this
city.-' '':'..; 4 ' J - - g,... . c .. ti-..
It Is believed In the district attor
ney's office that It will be tmposslbls
to convict Nan Patterson of any crime
wltaout the willing or anwilling asstst
aaoe ef the Smiths. . With, the Smiths
st hand,' Mr. Rand 'Is confident that
when the Jury returns Its verdict it will
ds murder in th first 'degree. " -
. Ctato Vaprevared. ';.;..
The-application of Mr.-Rand for an
adjournment will. be. based upon the
proposition . that th state . Is unpre
pared and cannot go to trial without
placing In Jeopardy the Interests of ths
prosecution. Mr.. Rand will refer to ths
long absence and arrest. of the Smiths,
but will not van hint at the purpoee
for which they ar desired here. . . ., -'-.
Th discoveries found In th letters
found In' the Smiths' trunk now In ths
possession of ths district attorneys of
fice, as. well ss new evidence ef threats
by Nan Patterson to take the life of
(-aesar Toung. unless- he did certain
things for her support, have given Mr.
Rand. suchconfldenceln the belief that
the woman Is guilty, thaTTie will battle
aa he never did before to have Justice
Dunn see u a h sees it.
Mr. Levy was astounded when tia
heard that th trial of Nan Patterson
would be put off aad said It was another
example , ot the unusual methods In
vogue In the district attorneys office.
: ' ' Will Xaslat sa Trial.
"There will be war" said Ur T..
In court. The , fn. hia
1xl by consent after justice Oaysor's
decision that ha would admit Nan Pat
terson to ball . unless she - was . put- oa
trial before) May. ..
"W have gone to much trouble' in
getting ready for trial sad I win Insist
inst uie trial go on. it does not seem
right that a woman should be kent in
Jail pending a fishing excursion for evi
dence." - - . ... . .,
Nan Patterson, according to her law.
vers, is nerving herself up for the try
ing ordeal and It Is feared that long
continuance of the suspense will bring a
return of th nervous prostration she
recently suffered from and render her
unfit to properly, aid lift .her defense.
Surprises Xokt c.
Whil both prosecution and eri i
th Nan Randolph case claim' to. h. .
fldent of victory, both ar expecting
surprises when the girl Is again placed
on trial for the murder of Caesar Toung
next Monday. Nan' father is to be
called before the grand Jury again to
morrow to give runner testimony in
regard to the letters found In ths pos
session of his. other dauchter. Mr. J
Morcaa Smith, many of which ar sup
posed to have been written by him and
to contain-. Important ' evidence on dis
puted points In the mystery surround
ing the shooting of Toung. '
jjaaiei u-Kcuiy, or counsel for Nan
Patterson, said this afternoon that mi.
SO letters from J. Randolph Patterson
were round in the baggag of Mrs, Smith
when she was arrested. Theee letters,
he maintained, were simply such as a
father woubL. write to a dauchter and
contained no , reference to the trial or
as or Nan Patterson. Mr. (VRlliv
continued that he , hoped the Smiths
would be returned- to New Tork. He
said he Is prepared to. prove an alibi
that will show the. Impossibility of J.
Morgan Smith having purchased the re
volver with . which Caesar Toung was
killed..': ", " . . , -
, "Osss" la 70. .. ' , v',
By order of the district attorney, the
Smiths were todsy placed on ths lists
of guests instead ef prisoners In the
Cincinnati JalL Mr. Jerome's order was
In answer to a report from Assistant
District Attorney Oarvan to ths effect
thst . Smith and hla wife are - without
money and are recelvlne; no money from
friends or relatives. 1 ht would mean
prison far and I r. J ,m felt It In
cumbent, on hie or.'lce to e that f -
were properly treats!. 1,.e r
expressed tfcet a r "
Japand Russian Fleets;
-Approaching a Clash !
in China Sea.1
CZAR'S' SHIPS FOtfLTv
, AND HARD TO HANDLE
Excite Derision as They Sail Past
: Singapore Japanese Plac
ing Big Guns at Kirin Ex
W pecting Battle There. . ; i
(Copyright. Hearst Hews. gervlM,
to Tse JesnaL) - -
London, April ; . A dispatch from
Singapore states that, from the crystal
line rocks-of Buklttlmah today and from
the sandy slopes o(th southern beaches
of Singapore island, many thousands
saw the Russian war fleet go through,
ths straits bound ' northeasts : Forty-
seven vessels were In line, of which sis'
appeared to be battleships, five cruisers
of the flrst class, three warships of old
type, 11 torpedo boats and the remain
der auxiliary steamers and supply, ships.
They did not take th Inner chsnnel of
Tambrosh.. but lad . by an . auxiliary
steamer, sailed through -the ' new ' har
bor south of ths Tlmbaga Islands. , -
Ths squadron was making about six
miles sn hour to passing ths harbor at
th Island of Matt. The battleship
Knlas Soubaroff fell out of line when a
launch conveying the Russian consul.
Roadenovsky, signalled to .Admiral
Rojestvensky. ... . ... .
- The . Russian '.consul's 'launch - ran
alongside the great battleship, a speed
of about four miles an hour being main- .
talned and delivered cable messages
which bad corns In the -morning from
St Petersburg and Jibuti!. . ' - - v .
Thousands of Malays lined the.shors
and hundreds, of Europeans congregated '
on the quay, on the roof of the post
office, the town hall and st Malay point
and watched the squadron pass out o
Sight st 1:30 this afternoon, Th col
liers were in the center , of the fleet.
The fleet was about fours miles out
from the shore and through glasses
oould be clearly distinguished In Its slow.
progress south of ths city.
Ths neet afforded a magnificent snee-
tacle as It steamed along four abreaaC
an armored cruiser and three Hamburg-
American transports leading, while
cruisers, battleships, colliers andr1ios
pltal ship followed. Ruasraa Consul MV
Rouvanovsky spoke to on "of the tor
pedo boats snd to the flagship and gave
them the first news of the recent disas
ter In Manchuria.
The vice-admiral offered ao Informs-.
tlon as to the fleet or its Intentions.
Steaming at eight knots It took aa hour
for the fleet to pass a given point. It is
evident th ships were exceedingly foul. "
ss long grass streamed from them and
th vessels seemed unfit . for . fast
maneuvering, exciting derision from Jap
anese sympathisers.'. The fleet con
sisted of six battleahlps. seven cruisers,
seven torpedo boats, threw transports. 10
colliers, one salvage ship and on hos
pital snip. .
Ths Russian consul upon his return .
declared - the war vessel were la th
best of condition to meet th Japanese.
From in- tone' or th ' consul the
qaudron evidently Intends making a,
dash for Vladivostok, evading 'th Jap
anese, whose warships st this time sp- .
pear-to be a -matter of, great uncer- -talnty.
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Togo has been reported at several
places on the route It is supposed- that
Rojestvensky will take. One report,
given considerable credence. Is that Togo
is lying in wait among some Islands
of the Malay archipelago and , wilt
spring upon the Russians ss the en
ter the China sea,. ....,-- :'.'.. .v. J .,,
St, Petersburg advices state that or
ders were issued to Admiral Rojestven
sky to meet the Japa and advance at all
haaards, . providing hla ships were In
proper condition. Rojestvenaky's ad
vance Is interrupted to mean that he Is
advancing to glvcbattls to Togo. -
Intense excitement prevails in St. Pe
tersburg, a naval clash being expect.!
-Within 10 days. ,
As it Is ths belief of the Russian ad
miralty that the Japanese admiral is Iq
the vicinity of the Island of Formosn.
about 1.S0O miles north of Rojestvenskr.
and the Russian fleet will gain entrancto
Into the China seas without meeting
any of ths Japanese torpedo boats, hlv't
Is regarded aa a great piece of at rat- '
egy by the St. Petersburg Vdrstr.lty.
the Japanese being thrown off the scent ,
by th dispatch of colliers on decoy mis- .'
slens.v 1 '
It Is semi-offtetelry said that th
Russians will not consider peace until
the hope of msstery of the e'rt seas
has been dispelled by t' t of
Admiral Rojeetvene'-v I t '.
The hope of C'sar 1 I on
th result. It is r- if
the. emperor. .
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