Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-16
THE NEWS CONFIRMED
 CRUISER SANK, CREW LOST
Russians Lost Nearly POO Officers and Cruiser Fired By Japs--Russians Make Open Threats Against English and American Gunboats-J Japanese Seize Vessel Loaded With Canned Goods from San Francisco 600 Russians Frozen to Death

St Petersburg, Feb 16.-The report circulated here to-day that the Russian cruiser Boyarin was blown up last Sat urday and that all her officers and crew. 197 In number, were lost, is con- flrmed from a private source.
 The Boyarin was 348 feet long, fl feet beam and 16 feet draught. She was of 3,2OO tons displacement and her trial speed was twenty-five knots. Her armament consisted of six 4-7-1nch guns eight 1.S-inch guns, two 1.4-inch guns and three machine guns. She was also fitted with six torpedo tubes The Boyartn was last reported as nav Ing taken part in the engagement ot February at Port Arthur.
 St Petersburg, Feb 16.-A seml-oh- sial telegram dated from the headquar- ters of the viceroy at Port Arthur, kays the German cruiser Hansa, which had been sent to remove German sub- dects from Port Arthur and which had pn board also number of Russian women and children, had been fired upon by Japanese warships.
 The telegram reiterates the state ment that three Japanese torpedo boats have been sunk in night at- tack on Port Arthur.
 All was quiet on February l3 with in the sphere of the war operations.
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 san Francisco, Feb 16.-Cable ad- vices have been received by the Call fornia Fruit Gamers association that their shipment of canned goods, ship rcd on the steamer Coptic a month ago and consigned to Port Arthur had been seized by the Japanese gov ernment at Nagasaki. AS shipments consigned to neutral ports are not sub- iect to seizure. local merchants hope in that way b reach their consignees. A large shipment of mess beef for the Russian .governnaent, aggregating H. GOO, 600 pounds, is now here to be shipped Jon the steamer China, which departs for the Orient next week.
 Ying.Kow. Monday, Feb lo!-- Threatening demonstrations have been made against the British gunboat Els, piegle and the United States gunboat Helena by Russian soldiers, whose as saults upon and depredations against other foreigners continue. The civil administrator is making every effort to arrest the offenders and has assured Captains Barton and Sawyer and Con sul Miller that full reparation will be made.
 The Eleventh Siberian regiment pa raded at Newchwang to-day in full strength.
 The Russian authorities deny the re port of the loss of Russian vessels neal Wei-Hai-Wei.
 It is stated here that Japan will wai' indefinitely to land troops in Man crrria. as she considers that the con trol of the seas obtained by Japar nullifies to a great extent Russian in terests tu the east. .- r. '
 Berlin, Feb 16.-The St Petersburs correspondent of the Tagliche Rund schau says that 600 Russian soldiers have been frozen to death while marching across Lake Baikal in east ern Siberia. The correspondent adds that the temporary railroad across th' lake has not been completed and tha a large detachment of troops was sen on a twenty-two mile march over tn ice-covered lake and that it is pre- stunned part of these troops lost thei way in snow storm and perished.
 Tokio, Feb 16.-The Japanese hay captured at least five commercia steamers, including the Ekaterivosta' Of the volunteer fleet, the Monkdor the Argun and the Alesander. Tn vessels were caught in Japanese Corean and adjacent waters at variou times since Saturday by small Japan ese cruisers and gunboats. Some o them are very rich prizes. ...
 FRIENDS ARE ANXIOUS
 Philadelphia, Feb. 16.-Relative and friends of missionaries now sts tioned in Corea, Manchuria and Japa are alarmed for their safety.