WEAKNESS
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NAVAL- HISTORY OF RUSSO-JAPANESE
WAR BEFORE THE LAST GREAT BATTLE
DESPERATE TORPEDO ATTACKS
UNNERVED RUSSIAN CREWS
GREAT NAVAL CONFLICTS' OF
THE PRESENT WAR.
Feb. 8, 1904 First attack by tho
Japanese on the Port Arthur squad
ron, the Russian battleships Retvisan
and Csfarevltch and cruiser Pallada
being holed by torpedoes.
Feb. 9 Cruiser Varlag and gunboat
Korletz practically destroyed at Che
mulpo, Korea, In a battlo with Ad
miral Urlu's ships; Russian command
ers return to harbor with their ves
sels and blow them up.
Feb. 9 Long-range bombardment of
PortArthur by Admiral Togo, the Rus
sjan battleships Poltava and cruisers
Diana, Novlk and Askold being dam
aged. ' Feb. 14 Japanese destroyers torpe
do the Russian battleship Boyarln.
March 10 Engagement botwecn de
stroyed flotillas, one Russian destroy
er being sunk; Port Arthur forts and
town bombarded.
April 12 Japanese flotilla lays
mines outside Port Arthur harbor en
trance despite sharp resistance.
' April 13 Russian squadron lured
from Port Aithur harbor; battleship
Petropavlovsk Is blown up, tho Po
bleda Js damaged, and a destroyer Is
sunk; 750 men, Including Admiral
Makaroff and tho artist Verestchagln,
go down with tho Petropavlovsk.
April 15 Port Arthur fortress and
town again bombarded.
May 12 Dalny and Tallenwan bom
barded by ships under Admiral Ka
taoka. Juno 23 Sortio by tho Russian Port
Arthur fleot, in which the Sevastopol,
Pallada, Poltava and Diana are dam
aged. July 2 Four Japancso destroyers at
tempt to enter Port Arthur harbor";
two arc sunk and ono damaged.
July 9 Another sortie from Port
Arthur is attempted, biit tho Russian
ships arc driven back by Togo's flo
tilla. July 20 Naval light off Port Arthur
harbor, the Russians claiming to have
disabled threo Japanese craft.
Aug. 10 Naval battlo off Round
Island, southeast of Port Arthur; Rus
sian fleet dispersed and Admiral WU
soeft killed; five battleships and a
cruiser return to Port Arthur; threo
largo Russian war vessels tako refugo
in foreign ports.
Aug. 12 Two Japanese destroyers J
enter Chefoo harbor and, aftor a des
perate fight, capturo tho Russian de
stroyer Ryeshltolul, which had takon
refuge there.
Aug. 14 Crulsor Rurik of tho Vladi
vostok squadron sunk in a battle in
Korea strait by Kamlmura's ships;
Gromoboi and Rossla badly damaged,
but escape.
Aug. 21 Cruiser Novik dostroyed at
Korsakovsk, Saghtiflen Island, by two
Japanese crulsors.
.. Dec. G Gun flro directed from 203
Mqter tyll destroys the Russian ships
Peresvlot, -Poltaya, Retvisan and So
bastopol and the crulsor Pallada in
Port Arthur harbor.
LIST OF BIG WAR CRAFT LOST ON
BOTH SIDES.
Since the war began tho losses 4n
big ships to the fleets of tho belliger
ents have been as follows: '
RUSSIA.
Sunk Off Tsu Islands.
Orel, first-class battleship.
Borodino, first-class battleship.
Threo cruisers, names not learned.
Ono auxiliary vessel.
Sunk at Port Arthur.
Boyarln, blown up by a mine.
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ADMIRAL TOGO'S FLAGSHIP, THE MIKASA, IN ACTION.
Drawn from Cibled DoscrlptlonB of tho Battle.
Retvisan, sunk by gun fire.
Poltava, holed and sunk.
Pallada, torpedoed and half Bub
merged. Blown Up at Chemulpo.
Varlag, first wrecked by Japanese
shot.
Korletz, hulled by Urlu's ships.
Sunk In Korea Strait. '
Rurik, ono jof the Vladivostok squad
ion. Sunk Off Saghallen.
Novlk, one of tho Port Arthur ships.
Dismantled In Foreign Ports.
Czarevitch, now at Klaochau.
Askold, in harbor at Shanghai.
Diana, sheltered at Saigon, French
Indo-Chlna.
JAPAN. '
Sunk Off Tsu Islands.
Ono cruiser.
Ten torpedo boats.
Sunk Sy Mines.
Hatsuse, went down near Dalny.
Yashlma, sunk east of Port Arthur.
Mlyakn, lost in Korr bay.
Haiyen, blown up Oct. 9.
Rammed and Wrecked.
Yoshino, sunk in collision by tho
Kasuga, May 15.
A number of smaller craft has been
lost on both sides, but In this respect
Russia Is tho heaviest sufferer. Japan
lost five transports sunk by the raid
ing Vladivostok squadron, and lost
sixteen other vessels in tho four at
tempts that sho made to bottlo up'
Port Arthur.
MERCHANT VESSELS CAPTURED
AND SUNK.
From tho beginning of tho war un
til' Jan. 23 last tho following vessols
had been taken by tho Japanoso, ac
cording to a report sent from Tokio
by Mr. Grlscom, tho United States
minister. In somo cases, however,
protests against coniiscatlon are still
pending:
Russian Mukden, Feb. C, 1904;
Rossia, Feb. 7, 1904; Argun, Feb. 7,
1904; Nlcolal, Feb. 10, 1904; Michael,
Feb. 10, 1904; Alexander, Feb. 10,
1904, Manjurla, Feb. 17, 1904; Ros
nick, Feb. 10, 1904; Ekatorlnoslav,
Feb. C, 1904; Jurldea, Fob. 17, 1904;
Manjurla (second of the narao), Feb. 9,
1901; Kotik, Feb. 10, 1904; Talia,
April 13, 1904.
French George, Aug. 19, 1904.
German Fuhplng, Oct. 12, 1904.
British Veteran, December, 1901; Nl
gratia, December, 1904; King Arthur,
December, 1904; Ro&allo, Jan. 11,
1905; Rodington. Jan. 12, 1905.
Dutch Wllhelmlnn, Jan. 1C, 1905;
Bawtry, Jan. 17, 1905; Oakley, Jan. IS,
1905.
Most of tho foregoing twenty-three
steamers aro flno vessols. No mer
chant steamer flying tho Russian flag,
nor any merchant vossel of non-Russian
nationality cairylng contraband
of war, has been sunk by tho Japa
nese In addition to tho foregoing,
two sailing vessols were captured In
February. 1904, namoly, tho Nadogita
and the Bobrick.
Vessels Sunk by Russians.
Tho Japanoso steam vessels sunk
by the Russians were as follows:
Nagano-ura Maru, Feb. 1), 1904;
Hanyei Maru, March 2G, 1904; Goyo
Maru, April 25, 1904; Klnshu Maru,
April 2G, 1904; Haglnoura Maru, April
2G, 1904; Hitachi Maru, Juno 15, 1904;
Izumi Maru, Juno 15, 1904; Selsho
Maru, Juno 30, 1904; Takashlma Maru.
Tho vessels sunk by tho Japancso
for tho purpose of blocking tho har
bor of Port Arthur numbered seven-
Fighting Tuberculosis.
Remarkable results in curing chil
dren of tuberculosis aro being ob
tained by tho frosh air treatment at
Conoy Island, according to Health
Commissioner Thomas Darlington of
New York. Tho trcatmont at Sea
Breeze, West Coney Island, is the
modern hygienic one frosh nir, sun
shine, rest and 'good food Tho chil
dren aro kopt In open pavilions or
tonts nnd soon show Improvement.
Tho Association for Improving" the
Condition of the Poor Is in charge.
teen, with a total tonnage of 35,208
tons.
SUMMARY OF RUSSIAN LOSSES
IN RECENT BATTLE.
Men killed 5,105
Battleships sunk.
Cruisers sunk....
Monitor sunk....
Destroyers sunk..
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8
1
3
1
Repair snip eunk.
Men captured 6,437
Battleships captured 2
Monitors captured 2
Destroyer captured 1
Escaped 2
RUSSIAN SHIPS SUNK.
Knlaz Souvaroff, first-class battle
ship, $5,200,000.
Borodino, first-class battleship, $5,
200,000. Alexander III., first-class battleship,
$5,200,000.
Oslabya, first-class battleship, $5,
200,000. Navarln, first-class battleship, $5,
200,000. Issoi Vellky, second-class battleship,
$3,980,000.
Admiral Nakhimoff, armored cruiser,
$2,860,000.
Dimitri Donskol, armored cruiser,
$2,110,000.
Vladimir Monomakh, armored cruis
er, $2,080,000.
Aurora, protected cruiser, $1,800,000.
Splctlana, protected cruiser, $1,380,
000. Jemtchug, protected cruiser, $1,060,
000. Ural, volunteer cruiser, $2,800,000.
Irtessim, auxiliary cruiser, $1,100,
000. Admiral Oushakoff, monitor, $2,050,
000. Kamtschatka, repair ship, $2,600,000.
Destroyers, three unnamed, $1,080,
000. RUSSIAN SHIPS CAPTURED.
Orel, first-class battleship, $5,200,000.
Nikolai I., second-class battleship,
$2,650,000.
Admiral Senlavln, monitor, $2,050,
000. Gen. Ad. Apraxlne, monitor, $2,050,
000. Bsdovi, destroyer, $360,000. -RUSSIAN
SHIPS ESCAPED.
Almaz, protected cruiser, $1,080,000.
Grozny, destroyer, $360,000.
FATE OF RUSSIAN COMMANDERS.
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky commander-in-chief,
captured, severely
wounded, after escaping from sinking
flagship Knlaz Souvaroff.
Rear Admiral Enqulst, second in
command, captured, severely wound
ed, after escaping from Knlaz Souvar
off, Rear Admiral Voelkersam, comman
der of second division, captured after
escaping from sinking Sissol Vellky.
Rumored at St. Petersburg that he is
dead.
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, comman
der third division, surrendered on
board the Nikolai I.
Capt. Roshinoff, commander of
Cruiser Nakhimoff, picked up by Ja
panese boats, exhausted after swim
ming several hours.
Staff o'fficers of the flagship Knlaz
Souvaroff taken prisoners while trying
to escape on destroyer Bsdovi.
Captain and staff of battleships Orel
and Nikolai I. and six cruisers taken
prisoners.
LOSSES BY JAPANESE.
Reported by Togo Nonc of fleet
seriously Injured; casualties of first
division more than 400. No other
casualties reported.
Fjghtlng Strength of Nations.
In Brassey's "Naval Annual" for
1905, which has Just appeared, tho
figures on effective fighting ships of
tho Ave great nations aro as follows:
Great Britain, all ships, 178; battio
shops, 05; France, nil ships, 93; bat
tleships, 3G; United States, all ships,
75; battleships, 3G; Germany, all
ships, 09; battloships, 3G; Russia, all
ships, 44; battleships, 2G. As to first
clas battleships tho figures are:
Groat Britain, 50; France, 17; United
States, 25; Germany, 22; Russia, 13.
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LINE OF BATTLE OF THE RU8SIAN FLEET.
(As Indicated by Cable Dispatches to the United States Navy Department
by Its Attaches in Japan.)
Tho first definite nows from Russian
gourcos of tho naval battlo fought In
tho Straits of Korea camo from Capt.
Chagln of tho cruiser Almaz. Ho tele
graphed to tho omperor that ho had
witnessed tho sinking of tho battle
ship Knlaz Souvnroff and reported that
Admiral Rojestvcnsky was wounded.
According to his report tho Jnpa
neso torpedo boats played tho princi
pal role in the defeat of tho Russian
fleet. They wcro sent In for action
again and again undor a perfect hall
of shot from tho Russian rapid-firing
guns.
Togo Wins Position.
When Togo's scouts reported that
Admiral Rojcstvonsky was heading for
Admiral Togo,
tho eastern channel of tho Straits of
Korea tho Japanese admiral stoamed
around tho northern part of tho Tsu
islands and came upon tho Russians
steaming In doublo column with tho
cruisers to port. Togo enjoyed tho
great advantage of tactical position
when ho opened fire, having tho light
est of tho Russian ships between him
and Rojestvensky's heavier vessels,
thus smothering tho flro of tho latter.
Besides, Togo was able to use all his
broadsides, whereas tho sternmost
ships of tho Russian columns, coming
on in lino ahead formation, probably
only with difficulty could uso any guns
at all.
Nevertheless, although suffering tho
complete loss of four ships in tho des
perate encounter which followed, and
beilng subjected to a series of tor
pedo attacks during tho night of May
27, Rojestvcnsky was ablo to' fcteam
200 miles during tho night. When
tho noxt morning came tho Russian
flpet was divided Into two divisions.
Tho faster and stronger division, un
der Rojostvensky, was mot by Kami
mura and Urlu, while tho slower di
vision, undor Nebogatoff, renewed tho
fight with Togo.
Each Ship for Herself.
With somd of tho scattorod Russian
units it was a caso of savo himsolf
who can. In tho running fight tho
Japanese enjoyed tho ndvantago of su
perior sped, enabling them to concen
trate their flro and bring every crip
pled Russian ship to bay. Admiral
Nobogatoff's battered remnant sur
rendered off Llancourt Rocks, while
Rojestvcnsky, with tho best remain
ing battleships, fought on for the hon
or of tho Russian navy.
Survivors of tho great fight aro be
ginning to arrive in Japan, clinging
to wreckage or carried by the few
boats which escaped from the battlo.
A disabled Russian cruiser carrying
200 officers and men approached Ha-
Veteran Many Years Missing.
Mrs. David Kizor pf Sprlngflold,
Ohio, has been granted a pension of
$8 a month, but sho will not begin
to draw It until twolvo years from
date. This ruling is due to the fact
that sho drew a pension for twelve
yoars on tho prosumptlon that her hus
band, Pavld Klzer, was dead. Ho re
cently died aftor being brought homo
siok from Denver. Ho had heon
mourned as dead for twenty-seven
yoars, most of which time ho was in
the Black bills, searching for gold.
,'AV vj t, 3 7Zr rr"
iJBUHPv '3R&tfHBr kH
madl, which is on tho malnlnnd of
Jnpnn opposite tho sceno of tho bat
tlo. Sho flow a whlto flag. As Boon aB
sho was sighted a goornment boat
was dispatched to escort hor to shoro
and offer tho survivors a ready wel
come Officials of tho Jnpaneso Red Crosa
society wont out In a launch, gavo
such aid as thoy could to tho wound
ed nnd carried thorn to tomporary
quarters near Ynmaguchl, which Is nt
tho southwest of tho Island of Nip
pon and tho nearest land to tho bat
tle. Waters Alive With Slavs.
The waters were alive with Russian
scamon desperately striving to mako
land in small boats 5r clinging to
masBos of wreckage Small merchant
men and pleasure shlpB wont out to
pick up nil tho survivors they could
find. Thoy rescued several hundred
men, many wounded, and all in a stnto
of extreme oxhaiiBtlon.
Tho men wcro in desporato straits.
The boatB In which thoy sought ref
ugo wore badly provisioned, In most
casos not atlill, so that to the terrors
of heavy seas wero added tho pangs
of hunger and thirst.
Tho survivors state .that thoy had
absolutely no chanco of winning, tho
attack of tho Japancso was so sud
den, so overwhelming. Tho plan of
nttack was so different from that ex
pected that tho ontlro fleot becamo
panic-stricken. Tho long-rnngo flro
of tho enemy was deadly. Thoro was
no chanco of replying, becauso tho
Japanoso had chosen tholr own rnngo,
which no Russian ship could equal.
Torpedoed Spread Terror.
Then camo a torpedo boat. attack
which completed tho demoralization,
and the crows took to tho boats in
mo3t cases before tho torpedoes hnd
gone home.
Those who remained on board wero
precipitated Into tho water by tho ex
plosions that followed, and many
saved themselves by clinging to ploccB
of wreckngo.
There aro endless accounts of In
dividual heroism, but none moro thrill
ing than that of a young sailor who
gave up his place on a piece of plank
in order to savo tho llfo of n lieuten
ant of tho Aloxander III, who had been
a popular officer with tho crow and
who was 111 at tho tlmo of tho attack.
Tho captain of the cruiser Admiral
Nakblmhoff and another officer had
been swimming about In an exhaust
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cd condition for many hours when
they wero rescued by some Shlmono
seki fishermen.
Fifty-five Russian sailors, some of
them wounded, were picked up off Ml
shlraa. Twenty-three of the crew of
the Aurora were landed, and ten refu
gees were rescued In the same vicin
ity. Harsh Criticism of Senators.
Senator Dubois was lamenting tho
decay of oratory among Amorican
statesmen. "With only a few excep
tions," ho said, "wo havo in Washing
ton no orators worthy of the name.
On this account I had to accopt In si
lonco during tho last session an acrid
criticism from "a clover woman. 'I at
tended a meeting of tho senate the
othor day,' sho said, 'and that night I
had a terrible dream.' 'What did yon
dream7' said I. Tho lady smiled. 'I
dreamed she said, 'I went again.' "
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Mrs. Mary D. Mnrphy lives nt No,
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Dr. WilUaiiiB Pink Pills, tho remedy
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Thoy can bo depended on to rovivo fail
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Assoounstheroisdrng, or dizziness, or
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If you dcslro information ppocinlly
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Somo pcoplo never know that tho
dovll has been feeding them stones
until nil tholr teeth are broken. Hon?
ry F. Copo In Chicago Tribune,
Just Discrimination in Railway Rates.
All railroad men qualified to Bpeak
on tho subject in n responsible way
aro likely to ngreo with President
Samuel Spencer of tho Southern Rail
wny when ho says: "Thoro is nq di
vision of opinion as to tho desirability
of stopping all secret or unjustly dis
criminatory dovices nnd practises pf
whatsoever character."
Mr. Spencer, in speaking of "un
justly discriminatory" rates and do
vices, makes a distinction which is at
onco apparent to common sense. Thoro
may bo discrimination in freight rates
which is Just, roasonablo and Impera
tively required by tho complex com
mercial and geographical conditions
with which oxpert rato makers havo
to deal. To abolish such opei. and
honest discrimination might paralyzo
tho Industries of cities, states and
wholo sections of our national terri
tory. This distinction between Just and
unjust discrimination is clearly recog
nized in tho conclusions of tho Inter
national Railway Congress, published
yesterday:
"Tariffs should bo based on commer
cial principles, taking Into account tho
special conditions flitch bear upon tho
commeiclal valuo of tho services ren
dered. With the reservation that rates
shall bo charged without arbitrary dis
crimination to all shippers allko under
like conditions, the multlns of .rates
should as far as posslblo havo all th
elasticity necessary to pormlt tho devel
opment of the tralllc and to produce tho
greatest results to tho public and to the
railroads themselves."
Tho present proposal is, as Mr
Walker D. Hlnes of Louisville showed
in his remarkable testimony tho other
day beforo the Scnato Committee at
Washington, to crystalllzo floxlblo and
Justly discriminatory rates Into fixed
government rates which cannot bo
changod except by tho Intervention ot
somo government tribunal, and by this
very process to increase "tho tempta
tion to depart from tho published rato
and tho lawful rato in ordor to meet
some overpoworlng and urgent com
mercial condition." Now York Sun.
Money talks convincingly at times
and again there are times when it
gota badly rattlod.
Evory housekeeper should know
that if thoy will buy Defiance Cold
Wator Starch for laundry uso they
will snvo not only tlmo, because it
never sticks to tho Iron, but because
each packago contains 16 oz. one full
pound while all other Cold Water
Starches aro put up in -pound pack
ages, and tho prlco is tho same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is freo from all Injurious chem
lcals. If your grocer tries to sell you
a 12-oz. package it is becauso ho has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dlsposo of boforo ho puts In Defiance.
Ho knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every packngo in large let
tors and figures "10 ozs." Demand Do
fiance and savo much time and money
and tho annoyance of the iron stick
ing. Doflanco novor sticks.
Flno feathers may not make fine
birds, but they mako a flno showing
on a mllllnerls bill.
Sirs. Wimlour'rt !ootlilii(r Syrup.
PorotiMrea toatfelui:, aufwot the gunu, rruucei t
CiauiuUoa,aHajHi!Q, cure wind colic. ScalmUe,
To be a good talker one must firs'
learn how tv M a good listener.
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