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I JAPS WIN SEA EIGHT TOGO REPORTS RUSSIANS LOST TWENTY-TWO SHIPS. I Seventeen, Including Flagship, Are Sunk, and Five Forced to 8urren- der Official Japanese Report of Latest Details of Sea Fight. Wnflhhittton, AIny 31. The Jnpa noo legation gave out the following cablegram from Toklo: "Kirth riiort from Togo received on the afternoon of May 30: The innln force of our combined fleet upou iicceptlng the nurrender or the re mnlnlng HitHHlan main force, near .Llancoitrt rocks, In the afternoon of May 28, hh already reported, atoppud iPtirKtilt and whllu engaged In the ills ,'posltlon of Hiirrendcred Hhlp, found In k houthwestern direction the Admiral UiiHhakoff, a coast defense hlp. iThereupon Iwate and Yakumo were Immediately dispatched in pursuit and invited her to surrender, but she refused, and was sunk at G p. m. Her crew of over 300 men were rescued. The cruiser Dmitri Donskoi was alBo Aii efLAf I AS T E RM T?w.f ' 4 ? SCENB OP NAVAL BATTLE, found In the northwestern direction at 5 p. m. and was Immediately over taken and fired on vigorously by our fourth division and second destroyer flotilla. She was attavked that night by the second destroyer flotilla and The next morning was found aground on the southern shore of Urelung Isl and, off the Korean coast. Our de stroyer Sazanami captured toward the evening of May 11, in the south or "Urelung Island, the Russian destroyer Uiedovy, wherein were found Admiral RoJcFtvensky and another admiral, both hoverely wounded, together with eighty Russians, including staff offi cers from the flagship Kniaz Souvar off, which was sunk at 5:29 p. in. on May 27. They were all taken prison ers. Our cruiser Chltose, while cruis ing to the northward on the morning of May 28, found and sunk another Russian destroyer. Our cruiser Nl ltaka and destroyer Murakamo at tacked also at noon on May 28 a Rus sian destroyer, which finally went aground. "Almaz on May 27 was observed in a disabled and sinking condition, but her final fate 1b yet unknown. The full particulars regarding the Injury to our ships are not yet In hand, but so far as I could ascertain none were seriously injured, all being still en gaged In operations. The whole cas unities aro not yet ascertained. Cas ualties of the first division are little over 400. Prince Yorhito is in excell ent health. Admiral Mlsu slightly wounded May 27. "Official statement of Russian losses so far as ascertained: Following six battleships sunk, Knlaz' Souvaroff. Im perator Alexander III, Borodino, Os slyabla, Slssol Vellky nnd Navarln. Following five cruisers sunk, Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmitri Donskoi. Vladimir Monomakh, Svletlanu and Zemtchung. Coast defense ship, Admiral Oushak off sunk. Two special service ships, Kamchatka and three destroyers also sunk. Two battleships, Orel and Im perator Nlchulas I, two coast defense ships General Admiral Apraxinc and Admiral Senlavlne nnd one destroyer, Bledovy, enptured. Thus Russians lost altogether twenty-two ships, tho aggregate tonnage whereof amounting lo 153,411 tons, beside cruiser Almnz suspected to have sunk." FLAGSHIP SINKS DURING FIGHT One Russian Cruiser and One De stroyer Reach Vladivostok. Vladivostok, May 31. Two ships alono or Vice Admiral Hojestvensky's powerful flotilla, the swift cruiser Almnz and the torpedo boat destroyer Grozny, He at anchor here In the curv ing harbor of Golden Horn, they hav ing separated from the fleet In tho enrly stage of tho battle, which began in tho Korean straits Saturday, and headed, In obedience to orders, with full speed to Vladivostok. No other t.'ssel of tho Baltic tloot has yet ar rived and tho signal stations reported none In bight. Officers of tho Almaz and. Grozny say that both fieets hud Morrison, Josio Rotbrock, Ketta aj er f f Z J$&&7i!F w Tmr tnSrA 9 . W7M sji'rv '? rhfbtl &m j:qz. P: ak vry sua sr . 5"-, already sustained terrible losses when the Almaz and Grozny broke through tho hostllo line. Of the Japanese fleet, two battleships had gone down before their eyes and two cruisers, their sterns high out of the water, seemed ready to plunge foremost to the bottom of the sea. The Almaz bears scars of the bat tle. Her nilzzcn mast Is shot away and one of her smokn stacks is pierced by a cannon shot, but the Grozny, though engaged for several houra in a running fight at short range with a large Japanese doBtroy er, shows no signs of the fray. After hor commander, Captain AndrlfTskl, had been wounded and an officer and three men had been killed, tho Grozny succeeded in sinking her opponent with a lucky placed shot and reached Vladivostok without further adven ture. According to the officers of the Al maz tho fleet under Uojestvensky met the Jnpancse in the straits of Korea, near Tsu island, and tho opposing fleets immediately closed In. Karly in tho battle an ofllcer of the Almaz, while watching Hojestvensky's flag ehlp, tho battleship Knlaz Souvaroff, for a signal, saw the flagship shudder from stem to stern as If under a blow from a gigantic hammer nnd hesitate In her course, while the wnves rose high from her armored sides. Then she commenced to list nnd sink. The officers believe that the debut of tho submarine boat ns an effective agent in naval warfare, or perhaps a Inrgo mine, caused the disaster to tho Kniaz Souvaroff. The damage, how-j ever, was so extcnslvo thnt tho flag ship soon went down, leaving tho deck ofllcers and many of the crew Strug-1 gllng In tho waves. Ono of the Rus sian torpedo boats picked up a num ber of the swimmers, one of whom was recognized through a glass as Admiral Uojestvensky. Under a gruolllng attack by the Jap anese warships, aided by torpedo boats, mines nnd submarines, the Borodino, Osslyabla and Orel wero placed out of action and followed the flagship to the bottom. Tho fog, which had raised and lowered Intermlttent- ly during the morning, began to set tle down again and the distance of the Almnz, which had now succeeded in disengaging herself from the strug gling ships, made it difficult for her to see clearly, but the officers are pos- ( ltlve that they saw two Japanese bat- j tleshlps disappear beneath the sea before their eyes and that two Japa-1 nese cruisers appeared on the point of sinking. ADMIRALTY IS STUPEFIED. Russian Advices Paint Situation in Worse Colors Than Toklo. St. Petersburg, May 31. The Rus sian admiralty is literally stupefied at tho extent of the disaster suffered by Vice Admirnl Rojestvensky's defeat, and its own advices paint the situa tion in worse colors than even the Toklo dispatches. The Associated Press' Vladivostok dispatch received this morning accounts for only two ships of tho great Russian fleet the cruiser Almaz and tho torpedo boat destroyer Grozny and the absence of news about the battleship Navarln and Oleg and Aurora, which aro tho only fighting ships of any value not enumerated In the Japancso lists of destroyed or captured vessels, renders almost Idle any hope that they were able to shake off tho pursuing Japa nese cruisers and reach the shelter of the fortress of Golden Horn. The officers of the Almaz dispute Admiral Togo's claim of victory with practically no loss and declare that they saw two battleships go down be fore their eyes and that two cruisers were on the point of foundering when they last distinguished tho battling fleets. But they admit the distance of their ship from the scene of battle and the fog made the view difficult. Tho Associated Press Is informed that the unpublished portion of the official dlspntch, the contents of whlc'h were sent by a wireless dis patch to Vladivostok before the ar rival of tho cruiser Almaz there, says that tho Knlnz Souvaroff was blown up, Captain Chagin of the Almnz giv ing It as his opinion thnt the destruc tion was the work of submarine boats. The captain gives the number of Jap anese torpedo' boats participating in the attack as eighty. Toklo's account of tho arrival of captured warships at Japanese ports was more humiliating to the Russian naval authorities than the news of the defeat. The opinion expressed here Is that nothing can excuse tho failure of the Rusbiun commanders to sink their ships) under their feet rath er than to nllor them to fall Into tho enemy's hnnds. tho admlrnlty advanc ing the supposition thnt tho ships were stranded on some shoal before being surrendered. The question of inaugurating ponce negotiations Is not likely to be opened until full reports of tho Russian dls sster have been received. The war party continues Its defiant attitude, and declares thnt. peace Is Impossible, while many Russians who heretofore have been In favor of peace, but who aro now humiliated by tho sting of the defeat of their nnvy, aro giving theli voice In favor of a continuation or tin wnr. Nevertheless, the peaco pnrt InslBts on tho absolute fulilfty of pro longing tho struggle- Ever Blow to reach a decision, It Is Improbable that tho government will decide on the course It will pursue until after tho battle has been fought in Man churia. Tho Associated Press dispatches in dlcato that Field Marshal Oyama Is already in motion and that a grand engagement Is Imminent. Outpost Skirmishing In Manchuria. Ounshu Pass, Manchuria, May 31. The foropostB of General Kawamura's army, on the Japanese right, are pressing forward and coming into con tact with the Russian position, drove In the Russian vanposts for a short distance, but the activity Is now mo mentarily suspended. The Russian general staff Is shrouding all move ments In mystery and Is withholding the usual details of small affairs. Re ports of a nnval battle in the China sea are current among the general staff, where It is expected the out come will be favorable to Uusstans. If.iPLOYERS PUSH FIGHT. Chicago Firms Will Make Aggressive Effort to Move Lumber. Chicago, May 30. Renewed ag gressiveness on the part of the em ployers In the teamsters strike is ex pected tomorrow. Taking advantage of the legal holiday today, phns will be formed for extensively increasing the amount of deliveries to be made from tho lumber district. Downtown business houses, where strikes have existed, have about 400 unemployed drivers they cannot use on account of tho inability of tho police department to furnish protection for them, and tomorrow these men will bo sent to the firms In the lumber district which are in need of drivers and a strong and determined effort will be made to in crease the volume of business done in that section. The lumber dealers now have 200 teams in operation. There was but little disturbance during the day, and none of the fights were sufficiently fierce to call for the Interference of any largo body of po lice. Sixty of the teamsters em ployed by tho hardwood dealers In the lumber district are now out and the soft lumber dealers are tied up, with the exception of one firm, which continues to do business with union teamsters. Notwithstanding the short age in lumber deliveries, the building contractors express themselves as highly confident that there will be no strike of their men and no tieup in the building Industry. MAYOR WEAVER IS IN CONTROL. Machine Decides Not to Oppose His Nominees for Enforced Vacancies. Philadelphia, May 30. State Insur ance Commissioner Israel Durham, leader of the Republican organization in Philadelphia for the last ten years and whose Influence reached far into the Interior of Pennsylvania, uncondi tionally surrendered to Mayor John Weaver, who opened the war on the organization last Tuesday. Mr. Dur ham 'made the following announce ment: "I have adIsed my friends not to oppose the confirmation of A. Lincoln Acker as director of public works and Colonel Sheldon Potter as director of public safety if their names are sent to the select council by the mayor." The mayor Is now practically in control of municipal affairs. Baron Rothschild Is Dead. Paris, May 27. 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