New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
MORE CHINESE SHIPS LOST.
THE wEI-YUEN, LI-YUEN AND PAOHUA
SUNK BY JAPANESE TORPEDo-BoATs

THE JAPANESE .BoMBARDING THE WESTERN
FORTS AT c11E-Foo-rHE EASTERN FORTS
ALSO ATTACKED-HAs ADMIRAL TING
LOST HIS LIEF
London Feb. s-A dispatch from Shanghai to
the Central News says
"The Shanghai Mercury" publishes special
dispatch which says that on the hight o. rea ~,
ruary the japanese cleared the torpeooeS, a.
the entrance to Wei-Hai-Wei harbor ana ,helr
torpedo-bcats made dash for the Chinese
warship Tng-Yuen which they succeeueu III
sinking The next night the torpedo-boats mace
another rush and sunk the We-Yuen' h-h uei'
and Paohua. -, o,
There was great excitement In Che-foo upon
learning that the forts on the Island OF Llu-
Kung-Tao had been taken. Che-Foo is IN 10
danger as yet. but the place has been eiVtI
reminder of what may happen. When the 1apa a
nesn fleet passed the city they fired few shots
at the forts. apparently with the opJect oi ss
ing what they could 40 cba me Part of the
Chinese fleet saved from Wei-Hal-" 81 n"s ,no
rived at Che-Foo kilograms from that pla.e
say that Admiral Ting, through W tbero ''A''
the ships were saved. has arrived there'
A dispatch from Che-Foo says that the Japa-
nese from Ninghai began at noon yesterday 10
homnaro the western forts at Che-Foo. The
fore,gners there were armed and the town gates
were closed and barricaded The attack Is re-
garded as feint to cover the lahoihs Vi auu'
tional japanese troops, who disehipdrAeu '"''
,icht ton miles east of Che-Foo ana are ho"
attacking the eastern forts
A d,snatch 10 ''The Globe" from Che-Foo says
+ba+ several Japanese warships passed that piace
Yesterday pursuing two torpedo BOATS, on ooa nd
81 which II is believed, Admirals ing al.
NacIure were escaping from Wel-Hal-Wel II
is reported that the torpedo-boa's were o>e'
taken and sunk. , -. noro "a
paris 10 confer with the Chinese peace COM
nissioners who have arrived there.
A dispatch to Lloyds from Shanghal connI, I'm,
the report that the japanese nave iakeh 60, IL
kung-Tao and sunk the Chinese warsnlps C"e"-
Yuen and TinG-f ueh ?,
washineton. Feb s-The Chinese ship LII
yuen referred to in the United Press dispatches
q. having been sunk by the japanese. is nat'ie-
shin smaller than the Tng-Yuen. she mas oe''
of slh-inch compound steel armor, ana heF oS s5o
'battes are eight inches thick. She is OF Z'S9c
tors Achievement 27O feet long, 40 feet beam, 10
,feet inches draft and has $500 hGrse,po* No
Her armament consists of two s12-lhch alu 80
g tnch riNes and seven machine guns. she was
built in 1887 and her speed IS sixteen Kho'S
Philo Norton McGlffn. commander OF the Ohe"
yuen the Chinese battle-ship sunk by the Japanese
,h,s week at the bombardment OF Wei-Hai-"e''
,''od Gov several wears in Brooklyn. He has num-
hsr of relatives in Brooklyn at the present Tune
brother of the Chen-Yuens commander is probes
sor in the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. "heh
seen by a reporter yesterday he SAID:
her when my mother received a letter written cary
IN November. At that time although suHsrin SO
verey from the wounds received at me pa' ee NJ
The Yaloo he had returned to his vessel me Che,
Yuen About the time of the attack az fp I. AZ a.
thur a dispatch in New-York paper sal1 ina m, ~
viii some other foreign officers. was at o.
THE only chance that he was not on tne heii-
when the warship went down is that ms wouno =,
which became more troublesome after ms return "a
duty had compelled him TO give up the c % no
for the time being. At the battle OF the laoo ne
was wounded in the groin and wrist; and was paary
burned Moreover, his hearing ana eyesIsht WI
both affected If he was on the Chen-n uen ana
awning happened 10 him, friends In CHINA WouIu
lei us know and ought TO hear something IN
very few days. ,,
Admiral Erben. late commander OF the chicago
but who Is now on the retired list, and lives with
his family at the Park Avenue Hotel. SAID 10
Tribune reporter relative to McGifhn:
remember the young man we'll. and l nave
watched his career for several years knew ne
would make his mark a naval officer When ne
was graduated from Annapolis he was annoyed
because some Of his fellow students passed higher
Examinations than himself. securing for them
selves good berths in the United States service;
He left our Navy. and II was not long before l
heard of him in the Chinese service under AdmlraI
Lang. the Englishman, who for time had com
nand of the Chinese Navy. II was disgraCelul let
ting so good leave the service. The men
who passed higher than he and who got easy oerths
with this Government will never be heard OF again.
But McGifin had the making OF a frst-class OF
In him.