Show ANOTHER RUSSIAN HUS It USIA UN N DISASTER J Tho Tire have suffered Buffered Irreparable Irr Irreparable able loss lose In the destruction of ot the tile bat Jot battleship and Inel the death of ot Vice Admiral A Whether tho ho disaster duo due to Japanese mined or ns as 1 Is reported In lii St Petersburg to 10 the tire accidental collision with engines of ot destruction planted for tor forthe or orthe the defense defence of oC the harbor It Is IB dU III dt to the In either ease case tho the Port lort Arthur ton rOil seems to bu IJu to a 1 fatality tala III that lint Ihl t tins pursued It from rosa the tho first day do doot of ot hostilities rho Tho wn wac ono one of ot the tho larger Russian vessels In in the th far east eust being of Qt IOSCO ton tOM burden and carrying a n crew of ot 00 It wa was armed with four our h guns twelve AntI and 34 of f smaller caliber It was vas built In 1501 18 I There Thoro are arc seven seon battleships battleship larger than lien this some of oC which are aro more moro modern and the iso reason why h the nd ml selected thin ship must have havo been that ho ilo hail had a n preference for tor vessels of oC moderate size elzo to those of ot the largest l rg 81 dimensions Tile The placed lI great groat confidence cort dence In III Admiral Makuroff Makaroff Shortly after he ho had hael been placed In charge of ot the tire fleet fl cl clIt at It was given out through Pane InrI newspapers that ho woe was Proper preparing ing a n bold bohl stroke What Whal this roko was wan to be lse h was of at course not nol oven even hinted hurled at lit tire tho secret had to bo be kept from tile the enemy nut Hut a II blow 11 prepared worthy of ot tho the might of ot This Tills at nt least that were expecting much from rain this naval nl commander Now their hopes as far Car ns ste built upon him are gUile gone Personally the tho admiral was vas regarded rm OK one ono of ot the most nIost energetic and ond most brilliant In ill tho tire navy nOY IHa motto mollo was that of ot Czar Peter Ieter tho tile Great The rhe enemy will VIll teach tench us liS how to 10 defeat him Ills death will vilt en encourage courage Admiral Togo to renewed ef et efforts efforts forts torts at 01 Isolating Port Arthur Arl ur |