Deseret Evening News | 1904-04-26 | Page 1 | Czar Receives Three Official Dispatches

o WM 1 I CZAR RECEIVES THREE EE I LiV L T I U 1 nI ft i ii I X i U OFFICIAL L DISPATCHES f i ii V y f i St Petersburg P April Apri 26 pm The emperor has received three official dispatches two to of which are arc understood to relate to fighting on the Yalu alu river Their C contents will wi be given out tonight h V I V j i St St Petersburg April 26 pm The authorities here have no news to con I if firm the reported bombardment of last night r r I St Petersburg April Apri 26 The naval staff staf has no confirmation of the reports from Tokio and of the destruction of a D Japanese merchantman by Russian torpedo boat destroyers at or the appearance there of three Russian cruisers belonging bc to the tile Vladivostok squadron Whether Captain Essen commander of the Vladivostok squadron has taken the squadron on a raiding expedition down the coast 1 is ii a secret which naturally would not be divulged If true truc doubtless it was for the purpose of demoralizing the people on the coast and in the hope of playing havoc with the Japanese transport fleet but no official news of the result resul of such a raid rid could reach St S Petersburg until Captain Essen returns to port port v 4 I 4 6 4 4 S S 0 6 I H nI 4 I I K M mM 4 tt 4 I 0 I