Show j f ATTACK R m STO Minutes a Fleet of For fot Five Fire Battleships Shelled The Place VERY LITTLE DAMAGE DONE DONEA Thousand Dollars ollars O Worth Wort A i Of or Ammunition Was os Shot Auay oy March CA G fleet of five b lil anti ami two to cruisers DS oft Ott 0 Place at ut thI bombarded tho town batteries for Cor 05 5 minutes OtC n nI tram fron tilo tho The 11 of 01 nt at tho 1110 cast cust and nd about aMut to to bay lJay ay southeast of Vladivostok 3 32 formed toy bay the tho enemy enem II a Hn of but did not approach to toa tr er range ranee a P mile und and one a directed their fire against They The Lri but hut rl tho the town the fl 00 OO OOlIte e cj t t t S i of 01 their r d ehen to burst hurst liThe The lIte Russian batteries commanded by byCens The and did S PM Cens rot o awaiting n closer approach of T the thO J 1110 o cusel 1 u at t 2 20 0 p panel The retired In Jo the uio in dl the enemy mid anel M rn of koll Island leand n 0 f ree to IWO torpedo boat destroyers ues I 1111 1 Sill I 1 near Askold kold Island and nOlI two re tier ar up The Japanese with Ice I were attack resulted In no loss to tho the The but cost caRt tho the enemy enem ammunition Most 1000 ono In III bl 8 rubles ruble r were six nod mal 12 1 Inch r ol of the th projectiles i h The population of 01 Vladivostok was WM wa dt this U morning morn In of 01 tho the presence 1 the horizon of oC n a 1 hostile fleet and nud on nn during the tho day dayI r the pro prOPe pe of 01 attack but bid It remained tranquil I NO o LOSSES MENTIONED m 81 t Petersburg March 6 Official I patches s record here tere concerning tho the of 01 Vladivostok by a n t Japanese Jap ne e diet afternoon do 10 not un losses but hilt private MJ Ra that live llo were vere killed our four mid the th wile wife of 01 an nn engineer It ItU U II l apparent tho th Japanese were afraid to 10 rl k exposing their hips to tho the plunging lire Ire of the land batteries anti and It III Is It considered probable hero that tho the attack MIS for far tho tha purpose of ot drafting tho th lire of tho the Russian forta tortI compelling the to disclose the tho portion po and of their guns and for the Ih purpose of ascertaining whether er tr the inn Hus hll squadron is III In hi port If It thIs thin KM was the object of 01 the Japanese It ItA IK IR A b to failed signally ns as the did dill not fire n a shot and If It the 1 Is In port ort It could not ho bo hoen en trout from the tho th Japanese position In the tho lu bit of 01 I l surl on account of ot tho the high highland land n iIo s from the coast on oti that Mr Id oh Hug tho the view 1111 of the thu har harbor tot bor Si St Petersburg March 0 A communication I front to the th sot czar from Irom rota Mukden bearing dote ay aay says 1 I most niost humbly Inform jour t tInt that at nt atthe the ut a tok reports that thata a at t I 10 O this morning sot en vessels were tight I 4 d south of ot Island At 9 45 5 they Were Mere sten Ifen to bo ho worships warships making for lor A Md Wand 1 About noon the then n n was tas W 9 midway between the t I at t und A island making for fez ba IJa bay The tero out of ot reach of th hOIe At I I 1 30 tho thu enemy opened 1 Pd fIr Two ac vessels In itt tho thin vre probably thin the irm i lull and but the tho names name of 01 the tilt othi r vessels are un nit known JAPANESE IN I MANCHURIA t SI St March I 6 ruin I say M that the tho Japal lIi s who landed ll at ot Plak lt on tho ha Pu it t co COI cost nt t of I t Korea are toward hl 1 21 mullen miles from rom ifen n in an tho the Intention of 01 ly n r hing hI ag I I U on tho thin Hi Ift blink binn of ot th Ih Tumi river al about out BUM nisi is I St l or at and amid throat threat th thi hl flank Hank In order to t this move moc the tue Russian out outi r Lom IM i whIch recently Ir th Tutu Tun n Is to oc ze up on oi 01 tho tIm lumen I W city 1 II the II traIls alolf h Hi Ih pas We the nai fore In w tv II t f 11 s MIH fl do tic N Ului tiLi v eastern pros pro Jr Iras 1 or i 1 FI i 1 n ruma 1 tf uro ur In tha thu tho r ah tho rr 1 1 being eln the tho lhoir nIr ir of oC o limo tho clews C IH of 01 time the Id Pa S rUI Tho Th O I tI prints 1 ft significant ell ed arth It h rh Is IA very ery conch tO ho ri t bra t I in I tsi a ff the rt r I h t t din Iho t Ii ii be t tt II fl th Ih t with r p to nn an Asiatic policy will assure peace lIe ace In Asia without which the tho normal de development of 01 Russian and 11 In Int Int t resto re theta theio would bo be If 11 Great ar at tho the sn nays 19 a would wouldn agree n ree to un tai outlet for tor Russia to tho the Indian ocean Great Britain posses slona slony In India would be unconditionally guaranteed by b Ru nU sla lla The also ulso dIscusses tho the offers of but with bad had grace saying John null Hull believes ho lie has o a better chance of or reaching the winning post with Great areat BrItaIn and Japan In double harness than thun with a it 0 troika Including the American mustang flue Die wife of at a II naval gives ghe n a t graphic account of tho the bombardment of ot Port Arthur Feb Feli 9 0 and the flight of 01 women woman anti children the next day daj da She Sheun hl un WM was awakened In tho the of 01 the tho night by the heavy heay reports of ot tho thin anti and her first thought was wall that they the Were vero tutu duo to operations o at lit tho time dock yard but hut wIzen when tho the guns of ot the tho fortress began to boom she phe awoke oko the servants who were terror strIcken SIze Sho then went out on the thic thel balcony alcony l and saw the wild wildly ly Iy I swirling The rhe town tO 11 was deserted l except In front of tho the residence of Viceroy Tho The wife wire with an nn Infant In rant took a IL train train from Port Arthur In the morning anti PIO idie describes the awful crush at lit the station and nt at Danly Dan where size sho learned of or tho the late fate of ot the tho nt nl Great hardships were suffered by II the travelers until they thoy thc reached 18 1 days 11 later latr The Thun trains and stations were crowded and the woman found It Impossible to lo even lay hW her hr baby haby down on the floor of tho tue car which was covered with baggage hI Sho pays aH that mothers ought fought ht to lo get et food for or their children Direct through telegraph common ration I Is hi now no established between Viceroy headquarters at nt Mukden 1 and St Petersburg This Is 18 believed to be he tho the longest lon cst circuit In III Inthe Inthe the world being over ocr mil 11 whereas the direct communication be ho between tween London and Teheran n a distance t nce of only l miles mlle has hitherto been the tho longest Ht Prince I Louis Napoleon who has hams hn been heen In command c of n a grenadier brigade In Inthe tho the Caucasus has arrived hero hen and the tho understanding Is thit h he will re receive nn an Important command on the frontier The rho prince had bad an Interview with sIth tho the czar today and requested n a command Ills lIIs request will bo be I JAPS D ON TilE run YALU ALU March 6 The removal of the furnIture of the police anti and military quarters nt lit the with withdrawal drassal of i oiling roIlIng stock and equipment from the rail railway raIlway way wn terminus and the removal of or sliver silver from firm the tho hank batik Indicates an nil Intended evacuation of The banle banic authorities have arranged ClI to leave leaC French rench l anti and German agents In charge of their Interests A largo larmie force of cavalry Is In expected to return to before the tho river opens open for tor the time purpose of ot malta main maintaining tamIng patrols between the multi main rail railway raIlway way wa and the tho sea tI O and of tho thin roast coast Russian nU private letters disclose the tho fact that In Iii the tho recent he be between tween tho the Yalu river and Yang Yong the tho Russians with superior sUI do the tIme Japanese but lost heavily henI arriving here say pay that Port lort Arthur has hils him not been attacked sInce Fda 26 20 but that stores s and are arc stIll arriving Work Worle on en tin tiam mud dock In III which It Is expected to re repair pair the battleship has ha been abandoned for lor the tho past three tIA days s tI Tha rha foreign engineers being to raIse the tIme have quit Port Arthur together with tho the other there That Flint considerable damage with in the fortIficatIons has haR been caused bj by u uthe bythe the Japanese tire lire fir from froni Pigeon PIKe on bay I Is corroborated and amid the defenses on oil that tha side are arc being strengthened by barbed barbei wire entanglements and additional nr tar Hilary Street traffic In Port Arthur th the refugees sit nj II Is largely confined to the ammunition carts All the time forts lorts have been provided with naval nUal signal for tor the purpose of 01 Identifying ships and amid preventing tho the forts fron Irom rota hirIng on them when they arrive The derailment of 01 one ono car yesterday north of 01 Dalny by an nil au obstacle on the track delayed trains for tor fifteen hours and n a serious accident nt wan only onh avoid avoided cd ell by h the tho low loss lo speed spee nt at which the train WON was running DESERTERS SHOT London March 7 Only Russian le re leports reports ports on tho the bombardment of stok have hao yet lt been received and these theMI give HIo no mm Indications as nil to tu whether the tho Russian squadron Is still there Ac According AccordIng cording to a it 1 report from fromn Tokio the squadron was seen off Korea lorea last Thursday but on omu this point there thero Is no reliable rella le Information Specula thou lion however mostly Inclines to the tho belief bellet that the Russian squadron Is not In III port at lit Vladivostok as till neither tho the nor hc hue other reports of ot the tho bombardment mention Russian battle battleships battleships ships Port ort Arthur dispatches of or Saturday quiet there mind on tho the PenIn PenInsula sula The Japanese cruiser squadron was reconnoitering off ort Port lort Arthur Arthurl Tilday Priday l night during n a heavy hl snow snowstorm snowstorm snowstorm storm Tho Tim Dally Telegraphs corre correspondent says M S the tho Russians are still employing thousands of coolies at Port Arthur and Delay Dalny on entrenchments now new forts and that they the are ore nl also o mounting over oer guns to protect tho the neck of 01 the Thin The correspondent of the tho Standard nt at Tien Ticu TsIn gives a rumor that 30 Russian sailors WEre caught In nn an at nt attempt tempt to escape from fromn Port Arthur am anit that they re shot the same day The Tho Standards s St Petersburg corro corre correspondent under reserve n a 1 atory tory story tor to the effect that a n party of ot Japa neso neRO disguised as nil Tartars were nr ar arrested rested by b a guard Kunn of the Siberian rail roll railway WilY way nt lit on the River lU r Volga having packages of or dynamite In their possession A special dispatch from tram Then Tien TsIn estimates that there life are Irregulars In southern Manchuria largely led leel by patriotic Japanese who volunteered fo to the dangerous work The Russian cruiser Aurora has haR ar arrived arrived rived at n t Soda Suda flay Ilay lIa Turkey KOREANS London March 7 Tho Dally Daily Malls Malis Plug Yang under dato of 01 March 3 described great met with on omu the road from comma Seoul lie Ho that recent thaws broke broko up the tho roads which again have heroine become frozen over ocr while from time titan to tIme there are severe snowstorms Ono pass which the correspondent traversed aces covered cocrell with sheets of ot sloping Ice The country countr as far rill ns can Is in moun mountainous and impregnable from Irom tho tim north but afterward It becomes more open lie He says It Is piteous to see the terror of 01 the tho th Korean refugees through the th snow with their household goods gomill Cabling under tinder yesterdays late date time tho scum coi respondent says that tho the mis ails missionaries arc averse to leaving leasing Ping 1111 Yang and are not likely to accept tho the offer orter of 01 United States Minister Allen Alien to allow to go aboard the tha United States cruiser Cincinnati n nA as nAthe they the believe bellevo they the will wilt be he able aule to es en escape IS mite cape later 11 tel should tho time situation become acute CT OF OP ATTACH Paris laris March Maceli 7 Tho St P correspondent of the tho Echo d ci Paris sa says H concerning the bombardment of ot Vladivostok yesterday afternoon that the tho opinion of competent men Is that the Japanese wished to final II nIl out whether 01 0 not the Russian squadron wits was In Inthe inthe the tho port of Vladivostok In the belief bellel should It prove NOC to be b absent It would uld be ue necessary for the euela to defend the place The cor correspondent correspondent respondent t There tactics are aro useless as ns the gen general eral stuff here knows known cx nit act destination and that he lie has sue suc succeeded perfectly In carrying out the th plan confided to him hlll despite the tho con can slant stant vigilance vl of ot the Japanese |