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I a i. ... . . - l Ur I in v ".-.. ' : i . ..i IM-Uva-" w at -.f UBUt-Mtt PULL AttOOIATf 0 PRIM IMPORT COVIRf THE MORNINa fllLO ON TM1 LOWER COLUMSl ft I VOLUME LVIV. NO. 1 9 5 ASTORIA, OUEGON. TUESDAY, MAY 30. 1905, PRICE FIVR CENTS fCREAT ffi. BATTLE FOUGHT jThc Entire iussiar Fleet '.j Is Eltkf Dplurcd or 1 ' ; TIic Bottom of the Ocean. t JAPANESE ARE PURSUEINC THE RUSSIAN FLEET Oreit Rejolceing in Japan Over Admiral Tojo'i Victory Whil St. Petenbur is Filled with Cloont it the New$ of The Overwhelming Disaster. LATESOFFICIAL REPORTS OF WORLD'S GREATEST SEA FIGHT 7hr n4 feibty Four cf th Ruttlat Bttlthlp Art Sunk, Six Armour ad Crultor and Supply Tritiportt Art lithor Sunk er Cpturd and tho Small Romnant of tha Ruitlan Navy la toattarad and Wipad From tha taaa CemplaUly Canquarad-FlB8hlp iunk and Admiral Waundad. Toklo. May 29.r (Special to The Astorian,' 2 :30 p. ra.) f'iWwnrlrt hnti Y6ri foUirllt. ' The Russian squadron haa Ixn-n almost completely anhilatd. the Russian battlesliips Borodino nH Akxnnder III. the unnoured cruisers Admiral Naka- Idmnff.' Damitri Donskoi and Vladimir Monimach, the coast defense iron-ohul Admiral C'ushakoff, the protectee ,H.,io,.r. Ti4i.!ii rn Kiink. Tiro latth'shins Orel and Xich olas and coast defense irou-clads; Admiral; bemran an A V..!-J m. atr. tnt ta1 . ? : , 1 ; ' TWO MORE DAMAGED. ' ' "Washington, Mav 'JO.-Aecordinjj to advices received I.v the nival detutrttiient fromTokio the Japanese in addi tion to the shins alreadv uamtHi have.captund the Russian ' liaitleslup Sissoi vetiKV ana me nussmii luigMMy cc ' r" JAPANESE I-LEET UNDAMAGED. , WnujHrtt.jL 2:0 n. m. An official 'telegram from . Tokio states that Admiral Togo has vired his report to his government that the total losses sustamea by uie itussians in the great battle of Saturday and Sunday were: Two battleships; one coast defense armor eiaarnve cruisers, two special service ships and three torpedo Iwat destroy ers, all of which were suuk. In addition there were cap itwoA fwn bnttlcshins. two coast armor iron clad, one necial service ship, one destroyer and over 2000 prisoners. Admiral Togo aaas mai me Japanese squauron was uu 1amatred. i Washington, May 29, 2:45 p. m.-Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister, has received a cablegram irom ms gov- . . . . .. . x r - i 1 ernment relating to tne naval engagement oi oaiuraay ana Sundav which he said, although lacking details, conveyed the infonnation that the Japanese victory had been 4abso- rinte and overwhelming s FOLLOWING UP VICTORY. Ijondon. Mav 20, 2:45 p. m. Up to noon today the for eign office was still without news of the naval battle from any British sources in the far cast. The Japanese legation was similarly without news from its government Reports 4ire current on the stock exchange purporting to be from authoritative high sources to the effect that Vice Admiral Rojcstvensky's flagship" Kniaz Souvaroff was among the -vessels sunk and that the Japanese are following up the Russians and picking off their ships one by one. BATTLESHIPS BLOWN UP. Tokio, May 29. Official reports from the great battle on Saturday and Sundav are officially confirmed. Rojcst vensky's battelship has been sunk with all on board. The Japanese elated, with victory are following up the rem nants of the Russian squadron and have sunk three more armored cruisers and badly disabled two more battleships. T ia T.nwnvtn1 Tlinf t1lf RllSSlfltlS haVft MrtWll 1111 illfi Kittle- J t AO X,7WVVV W.lW - - -' ships to keep them from falling into the. hands of the Jap anecc. It is expected that every vestige of the Russian Baltic fleet will be annihilated as the Japanese are in hot pursuit and are sinking cruisers and torpedo boats and all that remains of the Russian fleet, have the advantage of more rapid boats, the Russian boats being handicapped by foul bottoms. The greatest speed the Russian fleet can wake is less than 10 knots an hour, while the Japanese are steaming at 1G knots. , 5 ' MORNING REPORT. j ! iWasliington, May 29.- Adispatch was received at the j state department today saying that; the Japanese govern ment has made the announcenienfihat its fleet had en gaged the Russians in the straits of Korea Saturday and had held them. The reported sinking of the battleship Borodino is mentioned in a dispatch received at the state department today from the consul at Nagasaki. Follow ing is the text of the Nagasaki dispatch to the state de partment: 4 "Nagasaki, May 28. Japanese sunk the Russian bat tleship Borodino and four more warships and a repair ship." v The other dispatch follows: "Tokio, May 27. Japanese fleet engaged the Baltic squadron this afternoon in the straits of Tsushima, which was held. Cannonading heard from shore." The belief in naval circles in Washington is that the Japanese resorted to a free use of their topredo boats in their attacks on the ships of Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet The Japanese have a large number of torpedo boats in their fleet, and they demonsi rated their effectiveness in the operations around Port Arthur. Naval officials here to night express the opinion that it was unlikely that such serious losses as those reported had been inflicted by ordi nary fire. Tokio, May 29. (10 a. m.) The latest rumors about the navy department are to the effect that besides the Bar odirio, the battleship Orel was sunk in the earlier fighting. She is reported to have, been torpedoed three times and afterwards fell a victim to the cruiser Kasaga, which practically riddled her. None of the other Russian vessels are identified by the rumor here. Chef oof May 28. (Noon.) Private telegrams from Korea to the Japanese consul here state that a battle was progressing yesterday afternoon at or near the Korean straits Itetween the main portion of the Russian squadron and the Japanese fleet under command of Admiral Togo. Telegrams almost identical with the above have been received here and announce .that a large portion of the Russian fleet was sighted approaching the Korean straits Saturday, headed for the channel between the Tru islands and the "Japanese coast. :. ' , ; STRIKE SITUATION IN CHICAGO Renewed Aggressivefe of Striking Teamsters is V--'!:r-i:-iiic4 Wednesday;-- PROPOSALS FOR PEACE MADE Roosevelt, German - and Japanese ; Ambassadors Hold Conference. NINETEEN RUSSIAN SHIPS WERE SUNK It k Possibk Three Additional Warships Were Sunk In the Fight on Saturday Which Have Not Been Reported In the Dispatches ADMIRAL TOGA WIRES GOVERNMENT HIS OFFICIAL REPORT Both Rojostvanaka and NabegatofTa Flaata Wara United and Took Part in tha Graat Battla Nabagatoff It Capturod and th Fata of Rojaatvtnaky la Unknown, But Baliavad Ha Want Down With Hia Flagship, Which ' Wat Sunk, Unlaas Ha wm Aboard Soma Othar 8hip at Tim af Battla. Lumbar Milli Will Taka Advantage af Ltgal Holiday to Inoraaa Amount of Thai' Palivariaa and Havo Mora Man Than Thay Can Uaa en Account af Lack af Polioa Protection. , Chicago, May 29. Renewed aggressiveness on the part of the employers in the teamsters' strike is expected to take place -Wednesday. Taking advantage of the legal holiday, which comes tomorrow, plants will be formed for extensively increasing the amount of deliveries to be.made from the lumber districts. Downtown' business' houses where the strike exists have at present about 400 unem ployed drivers. " These thev cannot use on account of the inabilitv of the police department to furnish protection forihern, and on Wednesday these men will be sent to firms in the lumber districts which need drivel's, and a strong and determined effort will be made to increase the volume of business done in that section. There was very little disturbance during the dav and no fights of sufficient seriousness to call: for . , n " i v . j e i : - - , mtericrence oi any large uouy oi ponce. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. Roosevelt to Inquire Into the Actions of the Russian Gov. ernment. Washington, May 29. The Post today says that acting on instructions of President Roosevelt acting Secretary of State Loomis has telegraphed Minister Gnscom at Tokio o inquire into the sinking of an American merchant steamer by the Russian Baltic fleet off Formosa. CHANGED THEIR MINDS. c It Is Believed That the Russians Will Not Send Troops to Mongola. New York, May 29. The Chinese authorities deny that IheV have received from Russia positive notice of the in- , i ,i j r.--.-i.- ..n. ii . t . i ention to marcn troops in juongona, caDies tne i-eKin cor espondent of the Herald. On the other hand, the foreign office is deluged with charges and countercharges relative 10 alleged breaches of neutrality by both Russians and Japanese. Tokio, MaySO. Togo continues great sweep to ' the northward in pursuit of the remnant Russian fleet. Com plete reports possibly increase the extent of the Russian disaster. Their fleetest "ships should reach .Vladivostok to night (Monday). Slower ones, Tuesday or Wednesday. It will be Thursday before the complete results of the battlare Jmown." ; " At the end of the week Togo's fleet is expected toVreas semble and until then it will only be possible to secure ap proximate details. ; ; ; V; ; . Tokio, May 30. Latest advices confirm the magnitude of the disaster suffered by the Russian fleet. Official re ports received from Tokio by the Japanese legation at Washington Monday evening says the Russian losses are definitely known to include two battleships, a coast defense ship, five cruisers, two special service boats and three de stroyers sunk, and two battleships, two coast defense ships, one destroyer and one special service ship captured, while over 3000 prisoners have been taken, including Rear Ad miral Nebohatoff. The Japanese, are stiU pursuing the Russians and it may be some time before the final result is known. . , , : London, May 30. According to a correspondent of the Mail at Seoul, Korea, early Saturday morning Togo, with practically, all of the fighting ships of the Japanese navy, was at Masampho, Korea, when wireless signals from the scouts between Tsu and Quelpart islands announced the approach of the Russian fleet in full force. Few hours later the scouts reported the Russians not ascending the western channel, as anticipated, but they were coming up the eastern channel, which caused some surprise. Togo immediately started at full speed around the north of Tru island and when he doubled 'the island he saw the Rus sians coming in two columns. He then brought a terrific five to bear on the flank of the port column and as the Rus sians fell into disorder he forced them steadily eastward toward the Japanese coast, where they were attacked by every vessel that flew the Japanese flags. The torpedo at- , tacks delivered, some of them with the greatest success. The vessels which secaped, the correspondent says, will probably be able to reach Vladivostok. Washington, May 30. The Post says the navy depart ment hasl-eceived official telegrams from Tokio saying that the battleship Kniaz Souvaroff, Rojcstvensky's flagship, went down in action and that Rojestvensky is lost. London, May SO. The Shanghai correspondent of the Morning Post, in dispatch dated May 30, says: "Russian transports off Woosung hauled down their flags today." A Tokio correspondent of the Telegraph says a Russian warship arrived off Iwami on the southwest coast of Japan and hoisted white flags. A dispatch says 300 officers and men, most of whom are wounded, are being assisted by the Japanese Red Cross there. Tokio, May 30. Togo's brief report thus far received is as follows: . May 27 Our combined fleet now going into action. - (Continued on Page Eight), !"