Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-03-16

Japanese ships. Although during
 the bombardment on Thursday, Jap anese shells burst in the streets of tht
 town, the damage to buildings wa comparatively slight.
 A shell burst within a few yards oi the house of NJ. Sidorski, a lawyer, killing him and his daughter, girl named Walestsch Sidorski and injur- ing Madame Sidorski. One Chinaman was killed, and several wounded.
 Gen. Stoessel, commander of the Russian troops at Port Arthur, while watching the bombardnent from 8 battery, was peppered with splinters from a shell but was not injured.
 On Golden Hill, Lieut.. Wachtin, and one soldier were wounded and two sentries on Electric Cliff were wounded.
 A Japanese ironclad was struck by Russian she'll and then slowly withdrew.
 St. Petersburg, March1 2.-Admiral Stark's detailed report of the attempt to bottle up the Russian fleet at Port Arthur on February 24 says:
 "The Japanese steamers intended to be sunk in the roadsted, were f1reships of the deadliest sort. They were soak ed with petroleum and sprinkled with coal dust. A large quantity of calci- um carbide oD board the ships pre- vented all possibility of quenching the flames. One of the ships burned for a week.
 "Charts were found on board the hulks which showed the exact spots where had been planned to sink them, also the exact position of the battleship Retvizan.
 ''In the engagement on the follow ing day the torpedo boat destroyer Vnushitelni was cut of from the har- bor and run into Pigeon bay, where the Japanese followed, and fired upon her, considerable damage being done. {"
 It is understood that another official dispatch covering Thursdays fight has been officially received and will be given out tonight. It is reported that the Russians suffered greater ma terial losses than have been reported but there is no confirmation of this.
 Seoul, March 12.-Detachments of Korean soldiers are marching up and down the main streets in the neigh borbood of the palace at all hours of the day. In the evening they give an air of martial activity to this city.
 Only few Japanese soldiers remain here. All the others have gone north. Foreign legations continue to be guarded by marines.
 Tbe American legation has thirty Ave on duty. Others are quartered in American business houses. Foreign CTS, however, feel perfectly safe. The Japanese authorities treat foreigners very courteously. They have just given American Minister Allen per mission to go to the front with pas sage on a transport to Chinampho, where he expected to arrive today. War preparations continue method ically.
 The United States steamship Gin ciunati will leave ChemuIpo tomorrow for ChinamphO to bring away the women and children from the Ameri- can eompany's mines at Unsan.
 The families of the American miss ionaries south of the Yalu river are not considered to be in any danger.
 A messenger who left Chinampho on Wednesday says that everything was quiet in that vicinity at that time. Only a few reconnoitering parties of Cossacks were seen north of that point and probably only a few hun dred Russians are now south of the Yalu river.
 There is little prospect of any se- rious conflict in this quarter within the next six weeks.
 Tokio, March 12.-Sir Claude Me- Donald, British minister to Japan, through Admiral Bridge, today, rendered the navy department the use of the naval hospital at Yokahma for the treatment of the sick and wounded sailors. Vice Admiral Yamamoto gratefully accepted the offer on behalf of Japan.
 Tokio, March 14.-Alexieff's report stating that the Japanese lost one tor pedo boat destroyer by being sunk and the cruiser Takasago heavily dam aged by the she'll fire of the Russians, during the fourth attack on Port Ar thur, is officially pronounced untrue. The damaged torpedo boat destroyers can be repaired within a week, and it will not be necessary to even dock hem for repairs.
 Tokio, March 14.-Admiral TOgo's report of the naval battle at Port Arthur on March 10 has just been re- ceived. It says:
 Our two torpedo 1otillas reached the mouth of the ~harbor at one o'clock in the morning. Finding no enemy and waiting until dawn, one flotilla engaged in sinking mines in the harbor entrance. Notwithstanding the enemy's fire, our fiotilla succeed ed in sinking the mines. The other fiotilla met the enemy's torpedo fio- tilla, consisting of six boats,. in the Lao Thie Shan channel, south of Port Arthur, at 4:30 o'clock. A hot en- gagement occurred at close range for thirty minutes. The enemy then took flight.
 Our fire greatly damaged the Rus sian ships, one of which was badly crippled by shot through the boil CTS and another was observed to be on fire. So close were the two flotillas to each other that our desroyers, the Asashio, Kasumi and Akatsuki nearly touched the eDemy's ships and our crews could even hear the cries of agony of the injured men on them. We sustain ined some damage and loss. The Akatsumi had a steam pipe broken and four stokers were killed thereby. Our loss was seven killed