Logan Republican | 1904-04-16 | Page 2 | Russians Lose Heavily

RUSSIANS LOSE HEAVILY i ' Battleship and torpedo boat blown up. By the Japanese. Great Admiral killed. The latest from the Eastern situation situa-tion is that reports of the i:itli and ,, 14th are confirmed. The .Taps sunk j y two Russian vessels. Dispatches confirmed con-firmed lead as follows: St. Petersburg, April IX Vice-Ad-mlralGrlgorowitch sends the following official account of the loss of the Pet-ropavlorsk: Pet-ropavlorsk: "The Petropavlovsk struck a mine at the entrance to the harbor today. The mine exploded and the vessel was' overturned. Our squadron was near Golden Mountain at the time. The Japanese were approaching the port. VJce-Admlral MakarolT apparently Is dead. Grand Duke Cyril, Captain YakovlelT, five officers ann thlrt-two sailors escaped. A number of bodies have been recovered." It is announced that seven hunched are dead, including Vlce-Admlra) Makarotf, as the result or the sinking of the battleship Petropavlovsk by contact with a mine. At the time of the disaster the battleship bat-tleship was returning from a cruise. The capital Is stunned by the reported re-ported disaster to the battleship and the death of Admiral MakarolT. While the official departments keep silence, adding greatly to the uncertainty as to Just what happened at Port Ar-hur, Ar-hur, confirmation of the fearful ca-,X ca-,X tastrophe comes through sources of T high standing. As tho news percolates slowly the people gather In knots and dlscuss.lt In whispers. London, April IX The loss of Admiral Ad-miral MakarolT Is a blow to the Itus-sians Itus-sians which can hardly be estimated. He was the cry heart of Russian aggression ag-gression at Port Arthur. Up to the time of ills assuming .direction the Russian warships crouched shivering under the guns at Poit Arthur waiting for the renewal of the Japanese Intermittent Inter-mittent attacks and when thoy came spluttered back In a blind way. In place of this Admiral Makaroff actually resumed tho offensive. On tho night of Maich loth he sent six of the torpedo boats to sea to look for the Japaneso warships. These met the enemy and maintained a hot fight each losing a torpedo boat. Observing one of his torpedo boats foundering he went out with two cruisers to face the entire Japanese licet, but was too late to be of asslstaece. Such action is a perfect index of his work since, Infusing Infus-ing new life Into the dry bones of the port.