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THE E'JGEME GUASD rr WORD FROM THE SEAT OF WAR WON’T INVESTIGATE POSTAL FRAUDS I St. Petersburg, April 12.—A Port Arthur dispatch states that torrential raius have temporarily in'errupted telegraphic communication. Grand Duke Boris arrived at Port Arthur to day. On the night of Easter Sunday, n anticipation of a Japanese attack, Admiral Makaroff passed aboard a guard boat. During the night service the church windows were covered to prevent the enemy from seeing the light’. The Russian fleet has just re turned fiom a cruise far out to sea ADMIRAL RAN INTO MAKAROFF SUBMARINE KILL ED MINE Was on the ill Fated BattleShip Petrop All On Board Except Four Officers Went Down. St. Petersburg, A ril !?. -An officer €»u the official st if (I.morning stated that x\ew uwig it iu a per fect state of deie.ifee, rl be city is im- pregnable except f r a long siege. The earthworks aie « , r I otly ar ranged that a -ii prsie by 4 »ud is ren dered impo f:il id , while a sea attack Battleship Petropovlovsk is to a la m ' b dtgrte precluded by the Unlucky countless minns and torpedoes. Gen eral Pflug teiegrahs fron. Mukden Vessel. thst there i i.n truth iu the ort that the J pauese hire crossed the Yalu and hud a skirmish with the Reported That Admiral Makaroff Russians. Was Among the Seven Hun Rome. April 12. A Tokio dispatch ^tiil<- ' a Japanese inipter °f marine has errauged for I« a more waisliii = t be placed i t the disposal of Al i ■ ■ I Togo to corer large ra dius fací ion. St. Pales . i'\>, April 12. The Czar revie.»» i the ho aesuaids at the ar mor. r;- nnrun.it and drank to the heui I : ''><■ r<girnent Ilea'dressed the nn.u ;u eiieouraging words. Japanest Squadron Sighted. dred Who Lust Their Lives. Berlin, April 13.—A setri-official telegram received here today states that the Russiau battleship Peropav lovsk ha’ been sunk off Port Arthur. Four officers, including Grand Duke Cryil, the Czar’s cousin, were wound ed. Another private message from Port Arthur adds that two other ships were seriously damaged. The Petro pavlovsk is reported destroyed by a torpedo. AH on board the ship were lost with the exception of the four i officers, including Cyril. These were wounded. avlovsk. ors escaped from the ill-fated vessel, in addition to the officers mentioned. sm 11 bodies of Japanese and Rus Grand Duke Cyril's escape is describ sians on the tenth on the banks of the ed as miraculous. Although serious Yalu, received today, states that a ly wounded he swam ashore. First re ; lieutenant and tire marines were sent ports that other shins were injured in a Korean fishing boat to reconnoi are not confirmed. The Czar has dis ter about the mouth of the river. patched a courier to Madame Maka I They sighted seven Russian cavalry- roff to convey bis condolence. I men on a Chinese junk, and attacked them. The Russians were reinforced, but were finally driven back, losing St. Peterbsurg, April 13.—5 p. m.— one killed and two wounded. The The latest official dispatches state that laps snltered no losses. The report a battle still cl ...... os off Port Ar- 'apparently concerns the same fight hur. noted in Kuropatkin’s etatement, with the difference tLat the latter St. Petersburg, Apiil 13.—An offi stated the Jap’s boat was sunk and all cial dispatch from Port Arthur this on board were lost. evening states '.bat the Japanese fleet, after a battle with the Russian ships Poles Fleeing and forts ail day today, has retired Berlin, April 13.—Fifty-five liuti- and now is stationed at Liatsban, to dred Poles, fleeing from Russia,"have the south of Port Arthur. arrived at Posen, in an endeavor to evade conscription. St. Petersburg, April 12. —An offi cial dispatch from Port Arthur this morning reports that the Japanese squadron appeared on the horizon off Port Arthur this morning but did not St. Petersburg, April 13. —it is now approach the fortifications, and pro ceeded appateutiy in the direction of announced that seven hundred are I New Chwang. dead, including Vice Admiral Maka roff, as a result of the sinking of the battleship Petropavolvsk by contact Last Sad Rites. with a mine. The battleship was re Tokio, April, 13.—The last rites turning from a cruise. Land over the body of Commander Hirose who was killed March 27, in the Petersburg, April 13.—Grand Russians and Japanese. day laid on the tatle Gnrtriin's amendment to the poetoffice a| , ro- priatiou Uli, providing for lb.-..p- point meat ot a joint congress].) 1 committee of eight members to .u vestigate the postoffice departine.<i. Washintgon,April 12. -lu the seuaie this afternoon Teller offered an amendment to the postoffice a; propri- ntion bill tor the appointment of a committee of five to investigate he postoffice depili t meut, Lite me Gor man resolution, it was defeated, 35 to 15. Hobson’s Close Rare. Birmingham, Alabama, April 12.— Election returns this morning reduce Congressman Bankhead’s major’, v He Was the Heart of Russian Hobson’s supporters have not giwn ‘ up. liankb-ad’s apparent majority is Aggression at Port Arthur - 475* - His Loss Cannot Be Pacific Coast Steamer Ashore. Estimated Panama, April 12.—The steamer London, April 13.—The loss of Ad- Colon, from San Francioso to Pana miral Makaroff by his being killed in ma, is ashore at Point Remedies, the blowing up of the battleship Pet the coast of Salvador. All aboard are ropavlovsk is a blow that cun hardly safe, Tbo vessel is believed to be a be estimated. He was the veiy heart total loss. of Russiau aggression at Port Arthur. Up to the time of assuming direction Strike Averted. the Russian warships crouched shiv Chicago, April 12.—A threatened ering under the guns of Port Arthur, waiting a renewal of the Japanese in strike in the Swift packing hou. e was averted tbiB morning, the com termittent attacks, and when they came spluttered back in a blind way. pany acceding to the demands ot the In place of this Admiral Makarotf ac men and reinstatement of the dis tually assumed the offensive. On the charged butchers. night of March 10th he sent six tor pedo boats to sea to look for the Jap anese warships. These met the enemy and maintained a hot fight, each side losing a torpedo boat. Observing his torpedo boat foundering, Makarotf went out with two cruisers to face the entire Japanese fleet, but too late to This bounds Different. Cheefoo, April 13.—A private die be of any assistance. Such aotinn is patch from Port Arthur states that a perfect ludex of his wors since, lo the Japanese attacked Port Arthur . fusing new lite into the dry bones ot this morning. The full Russian fleet Port Arthur. under Makaroff went out to meet the London, April 13.—A rumor orig the Japanese and aided by the forts drove inating in Paris has it that Admir-ii the attackers off. Makaroff, con'niaudiug the Russian i Bea forces at Port Arthur, has been India Must Pay War Bills. BODY OF JAPS ANNIHILATED Skirmishes Between Washington, April 12.- By a striot I party vote of iO to 11» the senate to i Kansas Populists. Topeka, Kas., April 12.—The Popu list state convention organize,! this morning with A. M. Harvey as tem porary chairman. His speech favored the nomination ot only a portion of the state ticket. The contention ad journed uutil August 3d to await the uctiou of the Democrats. Oppostiiou to adjournment was strong. Bad Fire in Detroit. De.roit, April 13.—Fire starting U the varnish room of the Cadillac Au tomobile Works, feil by gasoline, de stroyed oue of the largest planta at London, April 13. —In the House St. Petersburg, April 13.—An otti- of Commons today War Secretary oial dispatch confirms Gen. Kuro- Broderick moved a resolution approv- ïi. rz- * Sunk by a Sub-Marina Mine off Port Arthur u.c: . «OL'SCRIPTS DRAWING LOTS 4 I fecoud attempt to bottle up Port Ar thur were held today. Throngs of Uuke Pladimer, father of Grand Duke people uncovered as the cortege Gjril, received a dispatch today from passed. The coffin was borne on a gun Grand Duke Boris stating that Cyril's carriage with a full military naval und is slight, ao mention is made guard. The medals of the dead hero ; ln telegram of the Joss of the crew. The cause of the disaster is re- were carried on a silken pillow. ported to be by contact with a Kus- j siao mine, not a Japanese torpedo. I WAR MAY END THIS SUMMER London, April 13. —Laboucber, tn the newspaper Truth today, quotes a Russian friend as stating that the im pression in Russia is that the war with Japan will be ended the coming summer. This friend is further quot ed as saying that a fight with England over the Thibetan expedition Is not I considered impossible. Twenty Russians Killed. Tokio, April 13.—A Wlju illspa'.CD states that a company of Russian troops attempted to cross the Valu west of town thia morning, A com- pany of Japanese drove them back. Twenty Russians are known to have been killed. They belonged to the Twelfth regiment of sharpshooters. Several other Russian parties have been repulsed in an attempt to cross the river. Maura Improving. patkin’s report of the annihilation of a body of fifty Japanese scouts, and adds details of the Japanese movements. The Japs bad been en tering opposite Cbahedisi, disguised as Koreans, spreading along the river as far as Pomahonba. In the second dispatch Kashtalioski reported ILa1’ on the night of the eleventh a suspi- cious looking boat approached the mouth of *hi< river Laoboe. After several shots were fired they put out their lights and retired. At. the *e ginning of the cauuouade seven junk i put out from the right briuk of the river, but when fired «t retired. St. Petersburg, April 13.—The cap ital was stunned by the report of the disaster to the battleship Petropav lovsk and ;the death of Makarotf. Tokio, April 13 - An official While official departments [keep silence, it is greatly adding to the count of the skirmish between uncertainty of just wbat happened at Port Arthur. Confirmation of the fearful catastrophe comes through sources of high standing. As the news percolates slowly the people gather in knots and discuss the disaster in whispers. St. Petersburg, April 11—Vice Ad miral Grigorowitch sends the follow ing official account of the loss of tile Petropavlovsk' “The Petropavlovsk struck a miDe at the entrance of the harb.ir today. The mine exploded and the vereel overturned. Our equadroL was near Golden Mountain at the time. The Japanese were ap proaching'Port Arthur.Vice Admi- ral Makaroff is [ npDarentlyJ dead. Grand Duke Cyril, CaptaiD Yakvnleff and five other effb’ers and Thirty two sailors eecaped. A number of bodies have already been recovered. ” Barcelona, April 13.—Premier Mau ra's condition is progressing favor St. Peter«bn’7 Apr'1 13.—The ger ably. Several machinists, have been irei r aff bs* cf-ff-r-eff nn«t cf the arrested as accomplices ot the pre detail* th* bl'-e-ir-g -n <-f th« bet- mier's assailants. t|e«bir by n mire. Twenty-fir? ’nil I mg the application of the revenue o 1 OF DALNY FRON’ India to defray thu expenses of any military operations necessary beyond the frontier. The purpose is for pro tecting the political mission sent to Its kind in the country this morning captured bv the Japanese, but it has The loss will be half a million. Twi Thibet. not been confirmed. workmen were injured in eecaplni from the building. I he firm ha< Jews Seeking Refuge. London, April 13.—In navel circles 83,000,000 worth of ordeis on band. Berlin, April 13. — Fifty Jewish fam- it is pointed out ‘hat there Is con lies numbering tour hundred persons siderable possibility of the reported I A Tug Sank. who tied from Loinpalanka, Bulga capture of Admiral Makarotf at Port Manistee, Mich,,April 12.—The lu» ria, as the result ot the nuti-Semite Arthur. Recent reports state that Frana Cautleld sank off Point Saldi Makarotf has been making sorties outbreak, have songhc refuge at Wi- last night. Captain Smith, Engi iee> din. They were driven out and wan from Port Arthur in small boats do Kopfa and Helper Justmau wer< dered to Kalafat, Koumania. Here ing scout duty. A possibility is • ha drowned. the Jape allowed the admiral to urow they were again ordered away and are now bivoucking on the Roumanian over- confident and have intercepted Egbert Smyth Dead. bank of the Danube in a pitiable bin. Makarotf being the hem of the hour al Por' Arthur, his capture, it state, bordering on famine. Andover, Mass., April 13.— Egueti confirmed, will be a sad blow to Rus Smyth, professor of eeclcsiastio* history at the Andover theologies seminary, died from beat I di east today. Sixteen years ago be a i tlv< A Big Oil Field Fire. others were tried for heresy but wer- Batum, Russia, April 12.—A da- acquitted. A brother, Frwaeilck structive fire is raging in the Roman lives tn California. district at Bakku. Sixteen oil wells are burnir g furiously. General Toral Dead. Railway Barns Bnrned. Buffalo, N.Y., April 12.—The barns ' of the International Street Railway, covering a block, were burned tbit morning. The loss is 8200,000, fully insured. Probably incendiary, .Madrid, April 12.—General Torri. who commanded the Spaui b Jar: force* at Santiago de Cuba, when ‘h> latter surrendered to the America n* died in an insane asylum at ixgsue Hi* Insanity -a ***** m rnlng. caused by blooding over his capl'ui. tlon. Drunken Juror Trouble Daily Paper: “The Korean government has decided to pre serve a strict neutrality in the war between Japan ard Pust’a.” —London Punoh. Washington, April 13.—Owing to the charge of druukennea* during a trial made this morning against oue of the juror* in the case of J. M. A. Watson, alleged embezzler of <73.00*) from the office of the district auditor, Justice Pritchard dismissed tbe Jury I iud ordered soother panel, h<.h’t ,■ ; Juror Orrlson, the offender, for i t tempt. Salt Lake Water Accident Salt Lake, April 13.—7 to juiic tlou ot uiue water mail.. a; .ho »*« of Mann street buret this m or turn il’tiug the street cs* ‘rack« :id pat« a.ant*, and flooding di •r: t and wreral ’ • b‘«f- r T-.t r n L-