Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-31
SEVEN MERCHANT STEAMERS
SUNK AT MOUTH OF
HARBOR.
RUSSIAN CRUISER BLOWN UP
STRIKES A JAPANESE MINE AND
VERY FEW OF THE CREW
ESCAPE.

Toxic, March 26. - It is reported
here on reliable authority that the
Japanese finally have succeeded in
bottling up Port Arthur.
The affair occurred Tuesday night
Escorted by sixteen warships, seven
merchant steamers ran into the
mouth of the harbor and there sunk
in such a manner that the Russian
deet cannot get out.
Three Thousand Volunteers.
London, March 26.-The daily Tel
egraph publishes the following from
its Toxic correspondent under yester-
days date:
ION the night of March % the Jap
anese fleet renewed the attempt to
bottle up Port Arthur. Sixteen war
ships escorted seven merchant steam
ers to the mouth of the harbor, and.
under cover of the bombardment. the
steamers ran in and were sunk in de-
sired positions. Three thousand Jap
anese officers and bluejackets volun-
teered for this duty. An official re-
port is expected hourly"
Russian Cruiser Blown Up.
Berlin, March 26.-The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Schleische
Zeitung, who on former occasions has
proved to be well informed, sends a
report that the Russian cruiser Bayan
struck a Japanese mine on Wednes-
day last and was blown up. 1t is re-
ported in a Chefu dispatch dated
March II that the destroyer Skori
had been blown up by mine.
THE manner in which the report
was contradicted," says the informant
OF the Zeitung, Indicates that the
Russian authorities were Withholding
something serious from the public. 1t
now turns out it is not the Skori, but
q first-class cruiser, the Bayan, which
was sunk"
Very Few Escaped.
According to the information, which
the correspondent asserts he obtained
from an absolute trustworthy source
the details of the disaster are still
lacking, but it is certain that very
few members of the crew escaped
with their lives.
The same correspondent reports
that the Czarevitch and the Retvizan
have been disarmed and all hope of
repairing either battleship or the
damaged cruiser Pallada have been
abandoned. The Retvizan, in addition
to injuries received at the hands of
the Japanese, suffered greatly from
It's employment when stranded as a
land fort, all it's plates being loosened
by the cOnsussions of it's own guns.
Russians Busily Fortifying.
st. Petersburg, March 26-Accord-
Ing to information received here
strong Notifications have been erect
ed for the defense of Hardin and Lao
yang. The construction of batteries
at Neuchwang continues to be fever
[shly pressed, and it is believed that
the place shortly will be in a condi-
ton to resist even a determined as
sault by the Japanese. Eighty-two
field engineers have left for the front
for service in connection with the
erection of the Notifications and 9TH
sr work incident to the Russian opera
ions.
Orders have been cabled to Ad- |
niral Wirenius to keep his squadron |
It Piraeus, Greece. until further in
AS the squadron Goals
rom its own Golfers it is expected
hat Greece will not order it away,
sven should Japan make representa-
ions to that government.
Russia has purchased the Telefuken
ystem of wireless telegraph appa-
atus for use in connection with the
transport of troops across Lake Bal
lal. The apparatus already has been
hipped.
Empress Works Early and Late.
The devotion of the young empress
o the work of the Red Cross society
las aroused the enthusiastic admira-
ion OF the Russian people. She has
brown herself heart and soul into
his work, even personally assisting
q preparation of bandages and other
upplies for the sick and wounded.
IS an evidence of the interest and
lvity OF the empress, she started at
York at 8 o'clock yesterday morning
nd did not stop until 3 o'clock in the
fternoon, not even taking time for