Show J JAPANESE P A TORPEDO BOAT Dt TRO fOI First War Vessel that Japan apan Has las Lost Since the tlc th War Began BeganI IT I WAS BLOWN UP BY A MINE Seven Men Ael Killed and Seven Wound Wounded ed Was Engaged Removing Mines Accident Happened May flay 13 U 4 1 p ii m niThe The Jap Japanese anese torpedo boat No 48 4 wan WM destroyed while removing mines from Kerr hay bay north of ot Port Dalny yes yesterday os Seven Scon men Zilch were vere killed and amid scroll even wore rore wounded This Thin Is 1 the tho lie U M TH M un 0 I pall mum nas lall lost in war Wil warThe The torpedo boat bout was lost luring during a n a of ot and surveying operations at Tallen Wan Deep owl Herr bays bas by Admiral Kataoka com corn commander mander monder of ot the tho third squadron Tho Time ad nil nt mImi arrived at Kerr bay boy early In tho this morning Hitch Inc detached tho the cruisers It I raid and order orderIng orderIng ordering Ing them hum to bombard the tho land lain batteries while a cm flotilla of ot torpedo boats bont swept the tho harbor for til mines mince minesA A A second flotilla of ot torpedo boats bonts which had lund been leel teen engaged In II guarding Port Arthur tho tue previous night jointed Joined the time squadron squad anti and began the work of at I surveying the tho harbor The discovered a I company of ot I Russian Infantry anti and ul a I detachment of ot cavalry on shore and ond dispersed thom them The survey eUro was ivan os completed nt ot 3 In time the afternoon Two torpedo boats bonts that were recon faltering anti removing mines on 01 tho the west thore of ot hay bay discovered u ts I telegraph line lino Ino running along the time Tahiti Taku Shan lilian peninsula In tinder order to troy tills this and ond tour four sailors Bailors land hand handed cd ed and anti scaled the heights heigh ts under tuition the tho th protection of at tho the torpedo boats the thc line lne The Tue Japanese vessels then lien discovered three 91 Russian largo large anti two small I ones oneS whereupon tile tho squadron advanced clone to the tho shore nod and shelled theta them thol coo The I ko which was wa an reconnoiter lug Ing In II D Deep Dop r bay hoy ha Uncovered discovered a mm r Russian guard post on Oil a mountain to 10 the tho north northwest northwest west WORt of ot Robinson promontory and ant de do destroyed dl It H ItA HA ItA A Russian force estimated nt at 10 com corn companies tonk took refuge behind an eminence but It was wan dispersed by b the time Japanese Torpedo boats Non NOB 01 H and 49 19 din dis discovered covered a 0 large lort mechanical m rains mine mIle In Kerr hay bay Their various attempts to blow It up failed awl and It suddenly ex cx exploded of Itself cutting No 48 In two Tho Time torpedo boat bon Bank In seven min mill minutes utes The Thit hl squadron hurried boats to thu th rc oue and anti picked up the wounded Three other mines were discovered anti exploded The Tile squadron completed Its Is operations at fi c r In the tue evening and returned to Its Is base bane May 13 via In lien Tien Tsin Chinese bandits are committing depre depredations 11 In iii tho time vicinity of o Yin Tin Kow Nou lo Several rich natives who wore ero kid kidnapped napped by I thorn thom from noun have ha been heen ransomed M ml I formerly Russian minister to Korea Kor 1 and now nol the lie representative ot of Viceroy Alexieff who ho Is iii one ohme ole of ot tho time bl net cst of ot Russian diplomats Is l now In Pc Pe Pekin kin kimi und and It U iii 1 believed that hunt he ho Is in en on endeavoring to 10 the th Chinese gov government to take over Oer the section lecton Japanese scouts were IHO seen at nt a 1 hats lats lat hour |