X JAPS LOSE TWO SHIPS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY MINES battleship and armored cruiser strike mine mines during bombardment of port part arthur and go to the Bot bottom torl russian two who have arrived at chefko on a junk from port dalny dal bar that tho japanese a bombarded port arthur laet monday russian of fleets who were on golden hill do de dared according to tho the refugees that during tho bombardment a japanese battleship and a cruiser struck mines and sank the warships reported ported ce to have been sunk off port arthur are the battleship Shi kishima awl suit the armored cruiser the atory Is not believed at chefko but the russians Rua elana who brought the DW new insist ilat t it la Is trie she la Is a first class battleship of tons displacement she la Is feet in length 75 76 feet beam and has a draught of 11 7 feet and an in dilated horsepower of her ar amor armor mor belt la Is 9 4 inches thick and a her turret armor Is 14 6 inches thick she carries four twelve inch guns four teon teen elx six inch guna guns and twenty quick she has five torpedo tubes her speed la to reckoned at 18 5 knots and she he carrier a complement of men the ile ShI kishIma was built on the thames la in 1893 1898 according to a recent list of japan ee 0 officers I 1 was in command of the according to the same list S yat fushiwo was in command ccmmand of the armored cruise this vessel Is of tons displacement her length Is feet beam 67 feet and her draught 24 feet her indicated horsepower Is and her speed 22 knots her armor belt la to 7 3 inches thick she carries four eight inch guns fourteen elx inch and nineteen smaller ones she was built in 1898