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Show RUSSIANS LOSE HEAVILY Battleship and torpedQ boat blown up. By the Japanese. Great Admiral killed. The latest Horn the Eastern situation situa-tion Is that reports of the i:tth and 14th ar confirmed. The Japs sunk two Russian vessels. Dispatches con-llrmed con-llrmed lead as follows: Jt St. I'cteisbuig, April 13. Vice-Ad- mlral Grlgoiovv itcli sends the follow Ing olllcial account of the loss of the Pet-ropavlovsk: Pet-ropavlovsk: "The Petropavlovsk stiuck a mine at the entrance to the harbor today. The mine exploded and the cssel was overturned. Our squadron was near Golden Mountain at the time. The Japanese were approaching the port. Vice-Admiral Makaroff apparently Is dead. Giand Duke Cyill, Captain Yakovlelf, lie officers ann thiu-two sailors escaped. A number of bodies have been recovered." It is announced that seven bundled arc dead, Including Vlce-Adinlral Makaroff, as the result of the sinking of the battleship Petropavlosk by contact with a mine. At the time of the disaster the battleship bat-tleship was returning fiom a cruise. ' The capital is stunned by the ip-portcd ip-portcd disaster to the battleship and the death of Admiral MakarofT. Whl' the olllcial departments keep silence, adding greatly to the unccrtaintj as to Just what happened at Port Ai-liur, Ai-liur, confirmation of the fearful ci-tasirophe ci-tasirophe comes through sources of high standing. As the news peicolates . slowly the people gather In knots and i discuss It in whispers. London, Apill III. The loss of Admiral Ad-miral MuknrolT is a blow to the litis-sians litis-sians whicli can baldly be estimated. He was the veiy heart of Ittisslan aggression ag-gression at Port Arthur. Up to the time of his assuming direction the Russian warships crouched shivering under theguns at Port Arthurwaltlng foi the icnewalof the Japanese Intermittent Inter-mittent attacks and when they came spluttered back In a blind way. In place of this Admiral Makaroff actually resumed the offensive. On the night of March 10th he sent six of the toipedo boats to sea to look for the Japanese warship. These met the enemy and maintained a hot tight cacli losing a torpedo boat. Obsenlng one of his torpedo boats foundering he went out with two crulseis to face the entire Japanese fleet, but was too late to be of asslstaece. Such action Is a perfect Index of his oik since, Infusing Infus-ing new life Into the dry bones or the port. |