The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-20
IN, s. c., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1904.
Latest War News.

st. Petersburg, April 13.-Oficial
kilograms from Port Arthur state that
that the Russian tattleship Petropav-
iOvsk has been sunk OIL the entrance
TO the harbor
1t is estimated that eight Hundred
men lOst their lives by the destruction
! of the ship.
Among those who were drowned
were, Vice Admiral Makaroit. the com
mander of the Russiau naval forces in
the Far East.
SO far as known only four of the
oiflcers were saved, among them being
the GrandDuke Cyril, who was wound
ed
The Grand Duke Cyril was only
saved from death by q miracle. His
brother, Grand Duke Boris. witness
ed the catastrophe through q marine
glass.
Dispatches received here say that
while going out to meet the Japanese
fleet off Port Arthur, the Petropav-
stead, heeled over, turned turtle and
sank. Practically the whole of her
crew were lost.
AS the Japanese fleet approached,
Vice Admiral Makaroti' ordered his
whole squadron out of the harbor to
meet the attack.
st. Petersburg. April lit was Off
pedo boat destroyer. Bezstrashni, was
cut off from the rest of the Russian
Heot st Port arthur and sunk by the
Japanese; that her crew was loet and
that the battleship Poqieda accidental
~ struck q mine while maneuvering,
but was able to return to the harbor
without loss of life.
The BeZstrashni was sert out dur
| ing the night to recOnnOiter. She sepa-
rated from the rest of the feet owing
to the bad weather prevailing and was
surrounded by Japanese torpedo boat
destrOyers and was sunk in the fight.
Five men were saved.
FOrtyfive officers and men perish
ed on board the destroyed Bezstra-
shni.
St. Petersburg, April ia telegram
from Admiral Alexieff, from Port Ar
thur, to the emperor, says that from
| 9:15 o'clock this morning to midday,
| the Japanese fleet, in two divisions,
bombarded the fortress and the town
| alternately from the Lao- -Tishan pro-
montory. firing 1S5 projectiles.
The Russian squadron, including the
battleship Pobieda. replied from the
| batteries also participated.
The losses on land were seven Chi
nese killed and five soldiers, and three
Chinese wounded.
| Tho Russian warships sustained no
damage and there was no loss OF life on
| them.
london, April 1G.-A dispatch from
st: Petersburg reports that the battle
| ship Sebastopol and another Russian
vessel have been blown up at Port
Arthur.
st. Petersburg. April 17.-Rumors
we're we're in circulation here today Of
which had resulted favorably to the
| Russians, but dispatch received by
the general staff tonight says that the
situation is unchanged and that all is
quiet on the Yalu.
According 10 the reports os spies,
the Japanese troops in Korea have
been ravaged by the various diseases.
One of these diseases, called "imbion,"
is kind Of ofintermitent typhus. Anoth-
er. called "souda," which has not yet
been studied by European doctors,
produces premature senility.
| The patients lose their teeth, become
extremely weak and the nails are
twisted on the fingers.
| Dysentery is very prevalent among
the Russians at Harbin.
The Russians report that they have
| repulsed an attempted landing by the
Japanese between Port Arthur and the
Yalu river.
When the two armies meet on land
great battle is expected.