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Show J- " o " y . " . - w . - JL. -JL L L J'w.-Lx ; 1 1 I -j -t jj ; ) : : Twenty-Two Lives Lost in Disaster Reported Collision Colli-sion of Two Russian Warships; War-ships; Three Forts at Port Arthur Taken by Japs. - ' . ' , i , - v , . ; .'. , " ' " BULLETIN.- . ' ST. PETEESBXTRO, June 29 Twenty-two Bailors ynr drowned at :,the Baltic worka today during' experiments with tha torpedo boat Selfin, which had been converted into a submarine boat. Four officers and thirty men were on board when the signal was given to submerge the boat without with-out first proporly closing the manhole. . The result was that the vessel ' sunk. 7 ; . , .. ' , . . ... : . i ' t . ' '. - . btjixetiw. ' : : .- ET: PETEBSBtTBO, June 9, 6:16. p. m. A report has Just reached the Associated Press correspondent that the Russian ironclad " Netron Menia rammed the Bussian battleship Kavarln at Cronstadt this afternoon. after-noon. The circumstances and the ex tent of the damage have not yet been ascertained. ' - ': - : TOKIO. June 29, S :30 p. m. It is. unofficially un-officially reported that the Chlk Wan Sban, Chit An Shan and So Cho Chan forts, southeast of that part of Port Arthur defenses, were captured on Sunday Sun-day 'after an all-day fight, beginning with an artillery duel. 1 So Cho Chan, it is added, was first captured, and the other, forts fell soon afterward..' The n Russians' retreated west, leaving forty dead. The number num-ber of wounded had not been ascertained.: ascer-tained.: , v The composition of the Japanese force contitp' - p'l hro-ov, - -.( aervice. "Hie i!,uc luoi luree ouicers and 100 men killed or wounded, and captured cap-tured two guns and a quantity of ammunitions am-munitions The officials here do not credit the report.' re-port.' . , 1NGEBRETSEN NAMED TO FILL VACAHCY The newly appointed County Attorney, Attor-ney, J. J. -Whlttaker, has forwarded the names of Dana T. Smith and James In-gebretsen In-gebretsen as assistants and Miss Ethel Woodmansee as clerk, to the Board of County Commissioners for confirmation. confirma-tion. . Indications yesterday were that Judge D. H. Wenger would be selected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Wesjervelt and the promotion of Assistants Whlttaker and Smith. RUSSIA ANXIOUSLY : AWAITS NEWS OF ! DECISIVE CONFLICT - V ' . ' . .: , "STj PETERSBURG, June 29. The whole city is awaiting with breathless interest news from the opposing armies in southern Manchuria, grappled in the decisive battle of the campaign.. But those fully appreciating the almost Impassable Im-passable country through which' the J?par, ioI.axnu-e advancing' and the ditiiculty of removing large bodies of -troops Into position 'hardly expect the battle to begin in earnest Inside of several days., although admitting that heavy fighting between the advance guards may now be In progress. The papers, with the exception of the army organ and the Novoe Vremya are unanimously of the . opinion that a pitched battle la now certain. The former for-mer Is silent on the subject which may be significant, especially as Gen. Kuro-patkln's Kuro-patkln's movements , are shrouded in mystery. - The report that the Port Arthur squadron has successfully put to sea. and that no ship has actually been sunk seems to have removed the despondency despond-ency and developments on land and sea are looked forward to with Increased cheerfulness. The Emperor today inspected the condition of the ships of the squadron destined for the Far East.' There Is no truth In the report that a portion of the second Pacific squadron squad-ron will sail from Cronstadt today for the Par East. |