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' FLOOD AT BRIDGEPORT

I JAP IROOPS IN SIBERIA

Dim CiT*i Way on Pequoar.ock Riff jtal v Struck bv Bolt at Coney' er Camir.j Awlul HaT.'o ! Capture Alsxawirovlk and Other Is and, N. Y. j j Towns With Their Piers.

HONDREDSOF BATHERS IN PANIC

RUSSIANS DESTROY > PROPERTY

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w^pt .»T in thr Burry of r»ln rnM'^1 *!.•• rrmlBS * two iiiiiitn.ue -p»rtup» ibr fork* of ■ 3a»n lb a i «plit bl(b in tbr air mb irtTiBe eraabna on Coney acj (Jrareaend Brx'b. killing •oua nauntly and injuring ten «o «e*^rlT- (bat prolongml bo*--aimrui was Derdrd to recall

Obarici V n-maerl*. twenij years •W. No. 3T2 East Bixircnth street. Plaibuidi. Frank B. Deonnerlr, twenty tbree years old. Ko. J7J East Slx<penih Street Klatbnsh Ceorge Dunwiamtie. tblrty-tbree year* old. No. 4-tl Kigtiiu atrrrt. Brooklyn . Robert Frank-.-i. 'wenty'-four year* old. No. 228 tUsl Seveaty 8rst strrei. UanbatUn; Henry RaUm-ellrr. forty Bti- years Old. Me 11)7 Bosh street. Brooklyn; Robert Wascb. sixteen years old. Prospect and e*. the Bronx.

John Apple, tfty-two year* old. No. lid Fortieth street. Brooklyn: Mlsi Tims Christenson, twenty-three years oid. No. 433 Pacific street. Brooklyn; bums on left shonlder and back: Mias Mary L. Curley, twenty years old. No. 080 Cates avenue. Brooklyn; burned about both feet; John J Dunn, twentyone years old. No. 2*0 Bedford avenue. Brooklyn; both feet burned: Miss Caroline Krobo. .nineteen years old. No. 379 South Fifth street. Brooklyn; burned on back and feet: Daniel McCarthy. No 300 Twelfth street. Brooklyn. shock David Mills, twenty-one year* old. No. ID Fillmore place. Brooklyn, both feet burned; William Balxweller thirteen years old. No. 197 Bash street Brooklyn; shock and burn?: Isaac Reiss, twenty-oevea year* old. No. 1QU Dean street. Brooklyn: ruptured ear drum and burned aealp: Mrs. Isaac Reiss, same address; burned about the feet and body: Mrs. Amelia Scbone. fifty years old. No. No 808 East 142d Street, the Bronx; •bock sad temporary loss of memory The disaster threw Into panic l»»0 men. women and children who were bathing ic front of the Parkway Bath?, and for a time the police were powerless to control the crowd. Those who had escaped shook ran to and fro looklag for relatives and friends, their shouts and screams piercing the tbnnkler’s nimble, the roar of the wlndUabed surf and the rush of rain that speedily followed the fatal lightning stroke.

soother a cousin of their?—were struck dead by the Brighton B*a jh bolt. They were leaning against a big flagpole under the boardwalk In front of the Parkway Bath? when the' lightning struck the top of the tall timber and. whirling down it* length, dealt death to them ere plunging-Into the sand. Seven of those Immediately around the victims were stunned by the shock, and for a long time baffled the effort* of the hospital doctors to restore them to consciousness. Five of Chosa stricken senseless by the (Sash were women, sad four of the five were young A middle-aged matron was one of the

The Gfaveoend Bay victim. Henry Bassweller. waa sitting on the ground dose to the beach under a tree with his back leaning against the trunk. His son William, thirteen, was close beside hio^ and two other men sat s couple of feet sway. All four were tinder the ttye, but the elder Rausweller wax the only one In contact with it

Frenzy lyood power of workaday

flashed bom the showersky to * -a high flagpole tn boot of the, baths Thousands still were on the open beach, for the rain had not became heavy enough to Interfere with die pleasures of the surf. Hundreds bed ahaedy taken shelter under the broad boardwalk. The additions to the crowd on the •and. canopied by the promenade, loeraflhed la size and frequency so rapidly from 4J0 o clock, when the rain began, tnat la a few tnlnntra they were huddled closely. Denwltta. Prank*!, the Demmerle brothers and their cousin Wascb sat In a semi-circle •bout the base cf the pole. All of the flee, save Frankel. ware in their bathing suits. They lei Bad against the pole sod watrtod the rain, chatting mean while with one another and girts la the ring o: men and wc next them. There was not even the eea-stl flash scoampanyisg the descant of the half, so far as those aoder the boards wwe concerned Piercing the planks, the flsgststf towersd shore the walk.

Bridgeport. Conn.-An avalanche of water six feet high from n broken dam at Ward's Milts, seven miles north of this city, caused damage to shipping and bridges here roughly estimated at between *125.000 and *130.000. The downpour of ram that lasted all the afternoon ended With a cloudburst at about 7 o'clock at eight. It swelled the little mountain stream? so high that they became torrents;—The dam at Ward's Mills gaVe way. and the torrent of water rushed down the stream, carrying everythin* before It. The dam at the Trumbull reservoir gave way. and the thousands of gallons of water stored there sped down the valley, sweeping everything Into Its whirling eddies for a hundred yard* from Its natural banka • The paper mill dam. two miles below, was nrxt to go. By this time tbs water in the river had risen to three times Its high wster mark, nod bouses along the banks were swept into the torrent and carried along tike open boats »t *<o A mile below waa the dam of the Berkshire Mills at tidewater The tor rent swept against this dsm and s new bridge. It tore out tbe dam. taking with It a part of tbe eastern abutment of the bridge. Tbe barge Clara. Captain E Keneally. of the Me Williams Unr. of New Tort City, wo? moored at Black's cos I pier with about 100 tons of cost still ' er hold. The captain heard the rushing waters, and sent hi? son. a lad of thirteen, ashore to fasten soother to the pier, but before tbe boy could make tbe line fast tbe hawsers snapped and tbe barge waa swept down the river. On the barge were Captain Keceally nd 'his wife and four children. It ■truck tbe East Washington avenue drawbridge and knocked It completely around. Here Captain Keneally was able to put one of his cblldren ashore Vessel after veasrl was struck by tbe barge aad swept from her moorings Down upon the Congress street drawbridge the barge swept and struck It broadside. The Impact was so great that It butted the draw off her bed. a foot. crash was beard a Quarter of a mile away. As the barge struck she knocked so electric light pole laoec It fell across the barge, knocking Captain Ken?ally Into tbe water The live wires hissed and danced about tbe bridge like snake*. East Bridgeport ■as In total darkness. About the time the barge struck the bridge a gas main, which crossed the river at' this point, snapped. Three was a terrific explosion of gas The electric light wires lighted the gas and the fire department was called out. Mr*. Keneally and her remaining children wrr? taken from the barge in _ hysterical condition. Tbe breaking of the gas main filled the river with . and Captain Keneally was swept down the river In It. A quarter of s mile away he stised a pile and cried for help He was taken out almost suffocated and removed to the Emergency Hospital. None of his family were seriously Injured, but Mrs. Keneally was suffering .from shock. The three-masted schooner Hope Haynes, of Bangor. Me was swept from her moorings' and rammed her bowsprit through the Congress street bridge The Margaret Hart and the Marion E. Bui.ey. barges of the McCaffrey line, "“of New York, were picked up In the flood and swept through the Congress street bridge before the barge Clara atruck It. The barge* swept on Into the Inner harbor, going at the rate of at least twenty-five miles an boor, according to Captain Bober! Myer. Half way out tbe harbor the Bine Bell made fast tbe barges Scott and English, which ?re In tow of tbe tug Senator Bice, of New York. Seeing the other two barges swept on Into the Sound, the Rice made after them and canght them between the Bridgeport Light and Penfield Light. The house of Andrew Lesko. hi North avenue, on the bank of the Pequonnock River, wa* swept from it* foundation, sod with Mr. and Mrs. Lesko and their daughter, was carried half a mile on toe crest of the flood and deposited on the shore at the Berkshire MUD Another house was swept from Its foundation and carried agaiast the Berkshire Bridge, where It waa damollshad like kindling. In this house was Michael Moran, who was warned to get out. but did not do so In time. He could not oe found and he must hare perished. A heavy Ice wagon, drawn by two horses, was swept from Barnum avenue. where It eras trying to cross through the flood, and tbe horsea were drowned, and William Koweskl. one of the icemen, eras carried away beneath tbe waters. It was believed tnat these are the only deaths from

Tnklo. Japan.—Vice-Admiral Kata oka, i commanding the squadron which was j soot north, officially reported that a ! Japanese force from SaghalDn Island landed on the Siberian coast, f The retreating Russians set fire to Momlka sod Alkova, but they did not , succeed lo burning Aisxandrovsk nor I the piers there nor at Ntyoml on Mu- : kakr. ! This official announcement wa* 1 made: "The detachment detailed to protect , the landing on the Siberian coast from : Sachal.cn Island dislodged the enemy j from the vicinity of AlkoiV The ene- ! my s strength consisted of one bsttalI Ion of infantry, newly dispatched there. | besides several hundred volunteers. I with eight field pieces from Alexan1 diorsk placed in tbe hill* In the dlrecI tlon of Luikoff | "Before this one detachment of In- | fantry. wb.ch hid been dispatched under the protection of torpedo boats to- : ward the pier at Alexandrevsk. disI pcried a body of tbe enemy which was I attempting to burn the pier which ! the Japanese cap!need intact | "A detachment landed at Mugati. as- ! tisttd by torpedo hosts, dislodged the | enemy and captured 40.000 tons of coal | and light railway matsrials. Another i detachment occupied a third line at ' Aikora. and continuing the advance Alexandrovtk was taken end entered ■the ssme evening after some resist"Ttr enemy continued bis resistance In redoubts west of tb" town and on 1 in eminence north cost of Alexanj drovsk a rtntiborn resistance was offered. The fighting had not ceased at •undown At dawn the enemy holdI ing tbe pofition east of Alexncdrovsk was attacked and our troops pressed j aim toward Novoe-Mlcbaeilcoye. We ! tompletely occupied Novoe-Mlchael-J* toye the day following. That place | rod Alexandrovik escaped eonflagra- : tlon. Two hundred prisoner? were 1 taken and onr detachment also captured gun carriages, ammunition and

DstslU ®t **»• LsaAla*. Admiral Kataokn further reported that his squadron left ita baae. as previously arranged, convoying tbe military transport?. He had sent forward ■ division of his squadron under Admiral Dews, which .reconnoitred the Siberian const and dragged the waters to pick ont a safe landing place near Alexandrovsk As the dragging operations progressed. Kataoka convoyed tbe transports toward the coast. Tbe marines were put ashore first and occupied the necessary points without resistance. Then the troops landed. Neither crews nor ships suffered harm.. Japanese flags are flying on the Goternor’s office at Alexandrovsk and on ! -house* in tbe town. Kyongcbeung lies to. the south of the Tumen River, which forms the j boundary between Korea and Siberia, i and 1* 100 miles sooth of Vladivostok. Kyongcbeung D moat Important strat- ! eglcally. as It aootroU Posslet Bsy and is. In effect, the outer line of VlodiI vostok's defenses. .. | A large Japanese army has been at- | meting the Russian position on the Tumen River, It was reported unofflI dally.

ENGLISH RAILROAD CRASH. Crowded El^ptric Train Buns Into An-

other on a Siding.

! London. England.—The worst rail- ' way disaster tn the United Kingdom | for fifteen years occurred pa the eleeI trifled section of the Lancashire and

I Yorkshire Railway.

Twenty-two person*. Including ser- ; era! children, were killed, and an nui known number, but supposed to he An electric express, which left Liverpool. was crowded with paesenger*. At Southport the train era abed into tb»i rear of an empty train standiog on a aide track at the Hall Road station. The body of the front car of the express waa torn off. and tbe steel frame roee ifi the sir and fell upon the pseers. Two other cars were over■d. and one or two cars caught

fire.

It was not clear whether there weep many casualties from tbe fire. It seemed that most of the dead were killed instantly. It Is stated that a passenger, who happened to be looking ont of a window of tbe express, saw that a collision wa* impending and shouted to his companions to ID on the floor of the car. Many were saved by this

British Fleet For tbe Baltic. A British fleet Is planning an autumn trip to the Baltic. It was reported In London, but It H denlrd that tbe visit has any bearing on tbe ScandlnavDn

Swedish Riksdag Concurt. Mb bouses of the Swedish Rlksilag. Stockholm, approved of tbe eondi-. is proposed for the dissolution of the on with Norway. e "

Japs Capture Rykoff. The Japanese teen In HaghsUan captured the town af Rykoff. after a - teperor to Visit King Christian. 4V" Germs a Emperor sailed tram PMtnj*M»a the HahesaqUara to rtait ChUena Wheat Crop KoSers. Heavy rsisu te Chile have roused

Jap Envoi* Meet Prsaldant. Band Komars and Minister TakaUrs. the Japsueee peace envoys vislied Pnsldft Boheevett. st Oyster Bsy. X. Y.. naff hr* * —

The Grand Jury tm Washlugror D C- received special tetmctWs with •ssrnd'that’sn effort would he made to Ub r.-iste •riai.-asat.

STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION. British Craft Saves Passengers and Crew of Wrecked Vessel Havana. Cobs —Tbe coasting steamer Nueva Mortert. of tbe Herrera Line, was sunk at night In a collUlon with the British stsamer Pocklington off Nuevltas. Captain Whyte, of the Pocklington. reported All on board the Nmrra Mor-

The Mart era Is • total X

TORPEDO HITS A STEAMER. Gunners at Newport Btatlor hem

Taat Missile Astray. \

Newport R. I.-Tho steamer Nashua, at tbe (Md Colony Dock, was hit by mat torpedo and slightly damaged. Gunner* at the torpedo stsboe wage •ring a torpedo with a practice head The torpedo came tm after making g dive sad struck tbe Nashua Just befcar

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New York City-—It will probably surprise s great many persons and render tbe opponents of the acquisition of tbe Philippine* speechless with Indignation to learn that America has a possession the heart of the BrltDb Isles. It Is not a large possession, tnd England would probably object heartily to Its use as a coaling station or signal station, but It has its own coast line. Its free and Independent population, and rights over which tbe British crown exercises no jurisdiction whetv«r. Its owner arrived on tbe steamship Teutonic, of the White Star line, for a trip to his California borne, at Oakland. end told of this recently acquired territory. This Independent lord or sovereign lu miniature'4s W L. D. Cary. i possession Is an Island, situated of the Isle of Man. and from Hmc Immemorial called tbe Calf of Man. So many generations ago. that only a vague tradition survives, tbe island came Into the possession of the Cary family. It I* related that one ot the present aimer's very remote ancestors. In s desperate battle, held bis own shield over (be head of his king and was hlmsflf severely wounded. In recognition of this service, tbe island was conferred upon him and hb heirs forever. The Calf of Man. like It* mother, tbe Isle of Man. Is Inhabited by the strange raeeiof the Manxman. It has tbe same breed of taUlrs* cat* that are the unique product of tbe Isle of Man: but It has no representation in the House of Keyes nor Is It governed by tbe Manx constitution. Tbe Calf has a coast line of five mile*. There are about 900 acre* in the istand. and 130 of them are under Cultivation. There are two lighthouses, which were erected and maintained by tbe British Government until a year ago, when Mr. Cary. In order to make hi* over-lordshlp complete, purchased them, and has since maintained them at hi* own expense. There are fsrmbonfe* on tbe island sod a castle. The population consist* of some fifty odd souls. One of Mr. Cary's tenants Is an American mlillon-

TUe island has pass'd down from father to son for generation*. During the rule of the present owner's father Great Britain made an attempt to tax the Island. Mr. Cary had In bb possession tbe original deed exempting tbe Island from taxation, and Le went before Parliament and fought so sugcess.'utly that England acknowledged that this minute Bate was free and independent. In order to be assured of non-inter-ference on tbe part of bb big neighbor. Mr. Cary became a naturalised dtlsen of tbe United States a yaar ago. “We do not and will not pay taxes .j anybody." said tbs sovereign of tbe Calf. “We are free and Independent, and my people are also free and Independent. They do not pay taxes even to me. Orest Britain has no sovereignty over my Island." Tbe small principality which can be called an American possession only through the tutor*UxaHon of It* owner is not particularly strong either for offense or defense. Its nary consists of a steam launch and half a doxen fishing boats, and It has no army at all—not even a policeman. Mr. Gary settles aU dbptfte# that arlae, but be has never had occasion to exercise tbe right of life or death over hb subjects. Its revenue came only from tbe farm bind, tbe fisheries, and tbe flocks of sheep and cattle, but these are considerably eked out In tbe summer by the visitor* who come over, occasionally, from tbe mainland of Man, 500 feet away. Mr. Cary to a man ot middle age. with Iron-gray hair and mustache. Mrs. Cary accompanies him on hb present trip here. The Island b for sale. Mr. Cary says, as he to so fond of America that be wants to settle here for good.

*£• MAYOR KILLED ARMED ENEMY.

W»rm Welcome lw T%iio For Sec'

ret*ry of War and Party.

MISS ROOSEVELT IS HONORED

! Principal BalUlags nag Strsals al Tokaj lion.* aad Capital Gall, Dproratad la Baaor ot ta* American? — Hlalalar j OrUMO. Mo.U tk. r»rtj — UtcItkI j bp Emperor cad I Yokohama. Japan.—Secretary of Wsr ' Taft and party received a demoostraj tire welcome to Japan, the principal i buildings, streets sod wharves of this ' city and tbi shipping lo the harbor j being gaily decorated. A noisy display | of daylight fireworks along the streets fronting tbe harbor announced the arI rival of the steamship Manchuria at ' the quarantine grounds st 7 o’clock ■ 10 morning ano continued until ibe 1 vessel was docked. , IJoyd C. Oriscom. the American Minister. the attaches of the legation nod Consul-General H. B. Miller, of New Chwang. together with represeninti re* of tbe Japanese Imperial household fete elgn officers. War Department and the ; Asiatic Society then boarded the Mao- ! churls and rxt--oded formal greetings MO Secretary Taft and Mbs Roosevelt. : who held an Informal reception upon the deck The party was fijen driven ; to the railway station through tbe crowded street* and boarding a special train departed for Tokio st 10 *. m. j amid the cheers of the assembsxl tnul1 titude. I Upon arrlral at Tokio Secretary Tsft and bis personal staff were taken , to Shlba. where s detached palace waa 1 provided for their accommodation. : Mis* Roosevelt accompanied Minister , G risen tn to the American legation. Tbe voyage was noerentful and tbe party arrived well. Tokio. Japan —Tokio continued en fete In honor of Secretary Taft’s parry. The doings •( the American visitors absorbed public attention. Tbe flag of Japan and tbe Star* and Stripe* were displayed everywhere. Day and night fireworks were constantly In tbe sky. At noon Prince Pusblmt. who was In America last fall, gave a luncheon at the Kloxawa Palace to Secretary Taft. Mbs Roosevelt and their immediate party. The guests Included Minister Oriscom. Mrs, Grlscom and the entire legation stgff In the afternoon Minister Grlscom gave a garden party which crowded the legation gardens In tbe brilliatft assemblage were tbe Prince and Princess Kanin: Prince Fushlml. tbe younger; Prince Higetbl. tbe Marquis Ito nnd others of the Elder Statesmen;, tbe members of tbe Cabinet and nearly the entire foreign community of Tokio and Yokohama, together with leading Japanese. Including many graduate* of American colleges. An exhibition of two band Japanese fencing wa* given, which especially Interested tbe Americans. That night (be nation's capitalists gave a Japanese dinner at tbe Maple Club. The boats were tbe millionaire Barons Iwasakl. Mitsui and Sblbosawa. tbe last named of whom Is tbe governor ot tbe Bank of Japan, and prominent railway, bank and steamship presidents. All wore ceremonial Japanese costtime. Tbe guest* were entertained with the famous geisha dances of tbe seventeenth century. Japan's most luxurious era. The Japan Mall said: “No? within onr experience of over thirty years has Tokio ever given such an ardent reception to any foreign vuitor." Tbe Crown Princess assisted tbe Emperor at an audience he granted to Secretary Taft, the Empress being absent from tbe city. After tbe audience all proceeded to the banquet hall. The Emperor sat at the bead of tbe table, with the Crown Princes* on bis right hand and the Princess on bis !eft. On either side of these wave Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt. Minister Oriscom and Mrs. Oriscom sat opposite tbe Emperor. A garden party followed. Tbe visitor* were then driven tbrougb tbe Emperor's private park, especially opened in their honor by bb Majesty's orders. No foreigners have ever been admitted to It before.

JAPAN'S ENVOY IN NEW YORK JOHN PAUL JONES AI REST Baron Komura and Hts Suite Arrive GuflS Speak Hi| Rtnk „ a Rear ^ In the Metropolis. of Nary>

LARGE INDEMNITY IS DESIRED

FINAL SERVICES AT ANNAPOLIS

Reseated a Fin*. Want Hunting, and Was Shot. Mobile. Ato.-JL A. Gattoghar was shot and tailed by E Horsey. Portmaster and Mayor of Abbeville, at that place. Galbgher and Hnraey bad been at outs for oome time. Gallagher was streeted and fined by Hurwy about a month ago. He refused to pay tbe fine, and ■me down town with a pistol buckled _n and a shotgun la hb hand. He was Just acroM the street from Huraey s store when Huraey fired on him without warning. Tbe charge of buckshot entered OaUagber's abdomen and lodged Ih hb back. He soon died. Hnraey gave himself op-

Chief Portal Clerk Arrested. Chief Clerk John J. Callahan, of the foreign office. General Postofflce, In New York City, was arrested, charged with thempf registered mall te Norway.

don; “Hb Majesty the Emperor and Her Imperial Highness tbe Crown Princess (representing the Empress) received Ih audience Secretary Taft and hb suite, aad Mis/ Roosevelt and the members of both bouses of Congreas and their families in the party. “After tbe audience bb Majesty Invited tbe party to luncheon, where were present Prince Fushlml and several other Imperial Princes and Princesses. After the luncheon the party visited tbe Fuklage Palace Garden. “The same day tbe party waa entertained at dinner by the Minister fot Foreign Affair*. Tbe next day Prince Fushlml entertained tbe party al

OPERATION <

Yellow fever qyread from New Or-

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! ROJESTVENSKY.

Tokio. Japan.—Vice-Admiral Rojsrtvensky baa undergone a successful operation. A wound on bb forehead was opened and a small place of bone was removed. Tbe Admiral's condition was considered st U* factory.

FRENCH STEAMER WRECKED.

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New York City. — Baron Komars, Foreign Minister and chief peace plenipotentiary of Japan, arrived La Jersey City on (be Pennsylvania filer from Chicago, IU. He and hb party were met at Jersey Ctty by the entire staff of the Japanese Consulate General of New Ywk City, several of the member* of tbe Legation at Washington. D. C,. sod a committee of the moat distinguished of the Japanese engaged In business In New York City. Every man of the welcoming party had attired hlmaelf In wbst he though I most fitting. Some wore slouch hate, others derbies, aad tbe majority straw bate One wore s silk bat end a frock While waiting for the train os the group gathered together their manner of salntatlon attracted tbe attention of the erowds coming spd going. Tb» Japanese gentlemen would bow one tc tbe other, extending their right bands and lifting their bate with their left If the person saluted was of equal sta Hon the hat was lifted an Inch from the bead and returned after there bad been a stiff little bow of perhaps three laches. Those of lesaer degree recelted tbe ssme little bow. while they inclined their beads further down and lifted their hate higher. When It came to saluting the peace envoy the hati were removed altogether, and the bow throw the body st right angle* to the

Mg*.

All this, while noticed by the Amer! cans, did not lead to manifestations o! rudeness. It was evidently toil that the Japanese had won tbe right to bow as they chose and to wear American clothes of what kind they chose. When Baron Komura alighted from the tralc those who greeted him came In order of precedence. Accompanied by bit suite, together with Baron Ka neko, who bad met him In PhUadelJapanese now In America, the plenipotentiary started for the Twenty-third Street Ferry. On the way over photographers sent a request to the peace envoy that they be allowed to take hi* picture. He readily agreed, and a space was cleared on the forward deck. At Twenty-third street were Minister Takalnra and several hundred Japanese. In front of them, put there by a clever proas agent was an Italian band employed In a Japanese show at Manhattan Beach. Over their bine coats they wore red sashes advertising their performance. Just before the peace envoy appeared the band struck up tbe national anthem of Japan. Tbe Japanese uncovered. On tbe appearance of ths delegate they gave him many hurrahs in American style. There were only a few shout* of “Bote ■air from the outskirts of the crowd, and these were evidently Inspired by tbe press agent The Japanese said they had used tbe American cheer and had avoldtd their own battle cry of ^ctory, aa the Baron waa Uqre on an an errand of peace. Tbe band followed the carriage which ’ Baron 1 Komura ? "?t hte party entered for a block and then went away. Tbe musicians were led by two barefooted boys one carrying a Japanese flag and tbe otbsr tbe Stars and Stripes. Tbe carriage* were drtvoa rapidly to the Waldorf-Astoria, where (Baron Komura and hte suite were at once shown to their apartment*. Also Sato, on behalf of Baron Komura, received the newspaper men rt the hotel. It was very likely that the Japanese delegation would remain In this city for ten or twelve day*. This would give ample time for the arrival Of Wncstan? In reply to a quesdon as to what language would be used at the peace oanftreoca Mr. Sato aald: “We would Uke English, but M. Witte does not speak English. His ” “le Baron spaaks English. icfa and « great deal of

Annapolla. Md—John I’snl Jones, variously styled Commodore sod Admiral. has taken definite rank tn

listory,

the conferance wl* — •aid the spokesman for the Japanese party. “Both countries are in favor of a term Ins Hoc of the war. for the sake

ity. It to natural teat they should be. Tne war has already coat 670.000 men, oC whom 370,000 ware Russians. On the aide of peace la your Preaidant. This will carry g —

Mr. Sato. In d

terms of peace, tua not voice roe opinion ■ Tprerowd by many prominent Japanese that Japan would Insist rather on an aaanrance of Russia's permanent withdrawal from tee disputed territory than any large war Indemnity. “A good indemnity," said Mr. Sato. good aaaurance of almost

was received on tbe sol! of the country be served so w»Il with tbe honors of ■ Rear-Admiral. This rank was spoken by the gun* of two republics Joining In salute. No more Impressive scene has ever been witnessed at the United , States Naval Academy than that attending the landing of the coffin containing the body of this Revolutionary bero. It was an appropriate and touching reeognlUon of the enterprise of General Horace Porter that Rear - Admiral Slgsbee showed when he ordered the Jackies of the Brooklyn, after they had wrapped tbe coffin In the fold* of the Union Jack, to spread over it (he beautiful flag owned by tbe patriotic Amer- | lean whoa- zeal, peraeroranre and private fortune made possible the events ! of thb day It waa near the noon hour when the bugler's call sounded "Taps" and bteeght to s close thb moat interesting International event Five weeks ngo Rear-Admiral 8lg*bee left TompkinsriUe as commander In-chief of ■ squadron of cruisers that will go down In history as the "John Paul Jonea fleet" With hb flagship, the Brook - j lyn. and for consort* the new cruiser* Galveston. Tacoma and Chattanooga, he made a voyage of 7000 mile*, and accomplished hU mission without an accident or hitch in the program, sod. after extending the courtesies ot t dinner on hb flagship to Captain E. E. Gervsb. of the French cruber Jurien de to Gravlero, tbe Admiral's fleet weighed anchor at midnight sad left for Tompfclnrvtlle. About the same time the Jurien de la Grnrtere departed In the direction of Martinique. Early In the day the four battleships —Alabama. Illlno;*, Iowa and Massaebuaett*—comprising Admiral Dais’ fleet of coavoyer?, left for Hampton Roads to rejoin Rear-Admiral Evans' battleship squadron. Henceforth the ashes of this hero ! will be sacredly guarded by the country he served. A year hence they wilt i be removal to tee crypt of the new abbey under construction on the Academy grounds, there to become the-cen-tre of a group of Immortal* in American naval history Without ceremony the casket was lowered to the deck of the rag Blandish. which steamed between the paralj lei columns of Admiral Big*bee's squadron of warships. As the tug ! passed the nine American vessel* each one fired >.n Admiral's salute of fifteen guns." It required fifteen minutes to : make tbe boding, and as soon a* tbe i Blandish. with Admiral Slgsbee | aboard, made fast sixteen marine* i brought the casket ashore. Ready to 1 receive it were Admiral Banda Superintendent of the Naval Academy: Captain Gervals. of the French Navy: the pallbearers and the eight seamen from the French cruiser, Jurien de to Gra-

vlero.

Before the tug reached the shore 2000 men—officers, seamen and ma- ; rineo—hid landed, and a company of midshipmen had marched to the water's edge to participate In the cere monies. Fifty sailor* from the French cruiser also were present. When the casket bad been transferred to tee hearse tbe inarch to the tomb began. Tbe route was along tbe see wail driveway to Maryland avenue. then to tbe beautiful spot where tbe body was laid to rest. At tee head S of each horse was a marine from tee Brooklyn. Flanking the hearse were Admiral James H. Sands, Superintendent of the Naval Academy: Admiral. Charles H. Davis. Captain B. F. Tilley. Captain E. D. Taussig- Captain William II. Reeder and Captain Gervals. Following the hearse were sixteen marines from the flagship Brooklyn. They marched In parallel columns about six feet apart and between these columns were eight sailors from the French ember, who had been efcasen pallbearers a* an act of courteay to tbs French Government Tbe officers, midshipmen, Jackies and marines formed a large hollow square about the tomb. To tbe north, south, east end west of tbe greet green plasm

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Balfour WUl Not Resign. Mr. Balfour^in tei^Houes^of J3om resljto hb port to consequence of tbe

academy. Tbe vei with their friends. Its quota of fash

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and in respectful i •' At ths dost of the casket was a

sands of rteitan viewed tbe cm skat which could be smo through tbe iron bars of the gate.

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