Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-17
TIE FIRST SCOT.


suited in the sinking of the h lnesO
Trausport-Ths white Eiag Violated.
,sapau's Preparations tor war la COsea
VICTORIA, j. C., August 16.-The
steamer Tacoma, from Hong Kong,
brings the following accounts OF the
naval battle July 20 in the neighbor-
hood Of Gasan:
Three japanese men.oi-war, the
AkatisLuma, Tak5chihO aud Naniwa,
met az sea the Chinese cruiser Isl
Yueu with a small dispatch boat, the
KO-O,su and the transport kOw Sn!ng,
ana after al engagement lasting one
hour aud twenty minutes, captured
the dispatch boat aud sank the
transport, while the cruiser es-
capped. ca the Japanse side were the
Akatishuma, with tonnage Of $3.50
and speed OF 10 knots; the Iakachiho,
OF 3, zoo tons, with speed or IS knots,
and the Naniwa. fully as large, power
ful and swift as either OF her cOmpan-
.OnS The armament OF the three IN
Guided one 42-tOn gun, four 2S-tOn gunS,
co Quick-dr!ng aud 80 machine guns.
On the other side was the Isl Auen,
With tonnage OF ., 355, and =, 800 horse
power, with q speed o, 10 Knots and
carving Two s. Inch guns, one 5-ihCh
and nine machine guns. The small
dispatch beat was unarmed, and being q
woodeu ship, not steaming EfOre than
knots
The Japanese war ships were proceed
Ing toward JimsUn when tue Cai1ese
vessels vera met. The Chinese war
ships, seeing the Japanese flag ship,
Immediately opened ports Instead OF
observing the usual coUrJeSieS, aud be-
gan the fighting, apparently TO cover
the retreat OF the transport steamer,
which left promptly pursued by the
Naniwa. Al this time toe transport
was dying the white dag as well as the
English coiors. What happened % her
was not seen By the cOu0atants, but
was reported By the Naniwo. Her Off
GERS state that the flag Of surrender was
DO sooner displayed than the Chinese on
board prepared 10 attack the boarding
party from the Nlniwa, and 10 fact did
IRE on them as they came alongside.
The boats then returned 70 the cruiser
ana the transport was sunk with one
well directed shot.
To the meantime, the TakachihO and
AkitSuhima engaged the Isl Gueu
and kO-Otsu. The Chinese on the ko-
Otsu fought stu0bOrly for over an hour,
displayed the flag OF surrender, aud the
japanese men-oi-war were approaching
her, when she suddenly discharged
torpedo, which however, the Japanese
were able 20 avoid. The engagement
was renewed more holly than ever, I'LL
e ~
OF az full speed toward Jinsen, being
pursued hundred miles by the Japa-
nese, out not overtaken. The kO-Otsu
got aground ia SHALLOW water while
seeking sheltered anchorage, and thus
fell an easy captive q the Japanese.
Since the naval fight oil Gasan the
running of Japanese steamers between
Jinsen and Fusan has been suspended.
General travel on the smaller oriental
liners is very much broken, and news
Of an auehentic nature is difficult 10 OBJ
tain. In Yokohama it is believed that
Cnlna's plan will DO 20 march troops
into Corea by the way OF Win, and the
japanese Government is said 70 be tax
INK measures accordingly. The Queen
OF Corea is reported as missing, but Is
under medical treatment, having been
attacked with malaria fever. At the
time OF sailing Of the Tacoma four Chi
neSe transports were reported missing
and were supposed to have been lost in
typboon or captured by tbe japanese.
The government OF the Island Kingdom
was still hurrying men and supplies to
C0rca, not forgetting even an immense
crematory plan 70 follow up the land
forces and consume the dead. The Mi
katO has Just issued instructions to the
general of police TO test the feelings Of
the people regarding war and 10 report
80 him direct.