Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21
MAKAR0FF WENT
DOWN WITH ship
Russian Leader Drowned In
Port Arthur
Harbor.
STUNNING BLOW TO RUSSIANS
Flagship Petropavlovsk Hit Hidden
Mine-Carried Her Grew to Death
Grand Duke Cyril Among the Few
Survivors-Was Slightly Injured.

lo"lHS OInClal ulSpdtcn mas Deen re
ceived from Rear Admiral Grigoro
witch, the commandant at Port Ar
thur, addressed to the emperor:
Port Arthur, April 13.-The Pc
tropavlovsk struck mine, which blew
her up and she turned turtle. OuI
squadron was under Golden Hill. The
Japanese squadron was approaching
Vice Admiral Makaroff evidently was
lost. Grand Duke Cyril was saved
He is slightly injured. Captain Jokov
] left was saved, though severely In
| jured, as were five officers and thirty
two men, all more or less injured
| The enemy's feet has disappeared.
Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky has
assumed command Of the feet"
The following dispatch to the car
has been received from Viceroy Alex,
left. #.
"Mukden, April ia telegram has
just been received from Lieut.. Genei al
Stoessel, commander of the military
forces at Port Arthur. / regret to re-
port to your majesty that the Pacific
feet has suffered irreparable loss by
the death Of its brave and capable
commander, who was lost. together
with the Petropavlovsk."
Another dispatch from Viceroy
Alexieff to the czar says:
ACCORDING to reports from the
commandant at Port Arthur the bat
.tleships and cruisers went out to meet
the enemy, but in consequence of the
enemy receiving reinforcements, max
ing his total strength thirty vessels.
Dur squadron returned 10 lne roau-
stead, whereupon the Petropavlovsk
touched mine, resulting in her de-
struction. Grand Duke Cyril, who
was on board, was saved. He was
slightly injured. The whole squad
ron then re-entered port The Jap
anese are now off Cape Lao Shan.
No reports had been received from
the acting commander Of the fleet up
to the time this dispatch was sent"
st. Petersburg, April 1.-THE Pet.
ropalovsk disaster has created pro-
found impression IN official, naval and
military circles. where the feeling, Is
one of CONSERVATION. officers speak
of the catastrophe with deepest emo
ton. The imperial family and court
were also deeply moved. The news
has been circulated only among the
high and middle classes and as yet
not reached the populace. Conse-
Quently, there were no scenes IN the
streets last evening and no special
editions of newspapers were issued.
ST. Petersburg. April 14.-According
to later reports, Grand Duke Cyril
was more seriously injured than at
first believed. He has been removed
to hospital at Port Arthur for treat
ment. Despite the statements in the
dispatches, the Grand Duchess Vladi-
mir believes that her son is dead, say
ing, Everybody has been killed, and
| cannot believe that Cyril was
saved"
st. Petersburg, April 1.-THE sink
Ing of the battleship Petropavlovsk. at
Port Arthur and the loss of almost
her entire crew Of more than six hun
bred men and the death Of Vice Ad-
miral Makaroff, has been a terrific
blow. 1t would have fallen less heav.
lily If the ship and the commander in
chief of the feet had been lost in bat
tie, but to be the result of another &C
cident, following upon the heels of a
succession of tragedies, Of which the
Port Arthur fleet has been the victim,
has created something like consterna.
ton.
Besides 1t has just become known
hole was rammed into the battleship
Poltava several weeks ago by the bat
tlesnip Sevastopol while maneuvering
in Port Arthur harbor.
While mobiles, set going by private
dispatches, drove wildly through st.
Petersburg to learn news of the disas-
ter the city was filled with the wild
est rumors, but official dispatches
were so meager and private dispatches
were so conflicting regarding what
had occurred, that the public was
kept in suspense for six hours.
Then, although the report was in
complete, dispatches were posted on
The Nevsky prospect and other war
bulletin boards.
The late Vice Admiral Makaroff was
appointed Feb. 26 last, to the COM
mand Of the Russian Pacific feet. He
was one of the heroes of the fighting
On the River Danube during the
Russo-Turkish war. Makaroff and
Bkrydloff, who have since many times
been honored by their government,
we're at that time lieutenants in the
Russian navy, and volunteered to
make a night attack on powerful
Turkish ironclad. With a torpedo
boat they succeeded in blowing up the
Turkish vessel. and 1t was claimed at
the time, thereby made the first sue
eessful demonstration of the useful
hess Of torpedo boats in naval warfare
Makaroff originated the idea of con-
structing the famous ice breaking
steamer Ermak, which was built on
the Tyne from his designs.
Since his appointment to the com
nand Of the Russian Pacific fleet
Makaroff had SHOWN himself to be a
man of great courage and energy
Early in March he personally went to
the rescue of Russian torpedo boat
destroyer which was hard pressed by
the Japanese, and inspired the naval
forces under his command with q
great deal of enthusiasm. He passed
Easter on board guard ship at the
entrance OF Port Arthur, and every
night personally supervised the pre-
cautionary measures adopted to pre-
vent the Russians from being sur
| prised by the Japanese.
The last engagement. previous tc
the fight yesterday, In which Makarof