The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-22
CARS LAND BATTERIES FORCE
TORPEDO BOAT FLoT1L-
LA TO RETIRE.
MlKADO'S ARMY READY
TO LAND IN MANCHURlA
Big Fleet Of Transports Sighted Near
Port Arthur, Which City Has Not
Yet Fallen-Late Details of Five
Days Bcmbardment.


torpedo boat flotilla secuted the shores
Of the bay but was received with such
heavy fire from land batteries at
Taku Shan, Ching Tai Use, Tchanhe and
BEDTIME that it retired.
Vice Admiral Togo's flagship then re-
called nine transports which were on
the way to land troops. A squadron Of
ten ~warships protecting the transports
withdrew with them. The Russians
have 10000 troops concentrated at
Taku Shan.
Fleet Headed for Kinchou.
Tientsin, April 19.-From several
sources reports have been received here
saying that Japanese fleet of over 70
transports is heading for Kinchou,
north of Port Arthur.
Port Arthur Has Not Fallen.
Port Arthur, April 19.-Since the
bombardment Of Friday all has been
quiet here Viceroy Alexieff has hoisted
his flag on the battleship Sevastopol.
The above dispatch indicates the
falsity of dispatches received on Satur-
day that the battleship Sevastopol had
been destroyed, and that Port Arthur
had fallen.
Says Japanese Cruiser Was Lost.
St. Petersburg, April ia dispatch
from Port Arthur says several eyewit-
nesses assert that Japanese cruiser
was lost outside Port Arthur April IL by
striking one of its own floating mines.
Recovering from Depression.
st. Petersburg, April 19.-The au-
thorities here are recovering from the
depression which followed the last
weeks disaster. They seem imbued
with new and feverish energy. The
greatest activity prevails. The public
is more aroused than at any time since
the war began and now is thirsting for
revenge. Russ extra bulletin boards
are constantly surrounded, although
little fresh news is posted.
The vivid eyewitness picture of the
torpedo-boat fight and the Petropav-
lovsk disaster transmitted from a Rus
sian correspondent of the press under
date Of Liaoyang, Manchuria, Sunday
night is reprinted here and is the talk of
St. Petersburg and of official and private
circles, being the first connected account
published. 1t also contained the first
definite Information that Vice Admiral
Makaroff was at his post on the bridge
when the explosion occurred. Besides,
it put at rest all doubts as to where the
ship was struck. She went down bow
first, as the Victoria did, and exactly as
Makaroff's own model did when during a
lecture which he delivered in 1894 he
demonstrated the instability of heav-
ily-armored ships and the impossibility
at the time of a disaster, by collision
mats or otherwise, of restoring the
equilibrium of such steel monsters.
Theadmiralty still lacks definite data as
to the cause of the catastrophe, although
the talk of a boiler explosion and SUBJ
marine boats continues. The public
shows an indisposition to accept Vice
Admiral Togo's version that his mines
were responsible. Members of the naval
staff frankly admit that they do not
know the cause of the disaster but some
of them already are inclined to admit
the probability that the enemy's avowal
is true.
Five Days Bombardment.
Toxic. April 19.-The official report
of the recent attacks by the Japanese
fleet on Port Arthur states that the &C.
ton commenced on Monday, April II.
The bombardment was resumed the
following (Tuesday) night at midnight.
The Japanese destroyers sunk Rus
sian destroyer and narrowly missed
capturing another. The battleship
Petropavlovsk, the report says, struck
a mechanical mine which had been
submerged by the Japanese prior to the
attack The fleet reopened the attack
April IA and continued the lombard
ment until 1870 p. m. the next day
(Friday). In this action the guns OF
the cruisers Kasuga and Nisshin,
which were purchased from Argentina
before the outbreak of the war, were
found to work satisfactorily. The JAP
anese loss was two men slightly
wounded. Some slight damage was
sustained by the Japanese ships. This
since has been repaired. The Japan
ese fleet, the report declares, maneu-
vered among the enemy's mines with
out sustaining any damage.
Togo Reports.
Admiral Togo's report covering the
naval action outside of Port Arthur
which resulted in the sinking of the
Petropavlovsk and the injury to the