The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-12
Subscriptions to War Loan
Vastly Exceed the Amount.
IT WAS NOT A SORTIE.
Admiral AIexieff Wires Report
on Naval Battle.
His FIOtilla Met the Enemy's
Ships by Accident.

minister today received a cablegram
from his government stating that the
subscriptions to the loan of 500, ,000, 900
exchequer bonds amount now to 346,-
600, goo yen. The dispatch further states
that it is thought that when all the re-
turns have been received the subscrip-
tions will exceed 500, ,OOO, 900 yen. The
small subscriptions, averaging between
50 and 200 yen, will. the cablegram
states, alone amount to 75.O00.G0O yen.
WAR CORRESPONDENTS AR
RANGED FOR.
New York, March 12.-Questions of
arrangements for the large number of
foreign correspondents here, who are de-
sirous of accompanying the Japanese
field forces, have been bothering the
war Office a great deal, says a Herald
dispatch from Toxic. The Japanese
with to afford the correspondents every
reasonable facility possible to make
them comfortable, but recognize the diff
ficulty, owing to the difference of con
ditions of living to which foreigners are
accustomed. The best the army could
afford was the regular Japanese ration
with transportation of 20 pounds of
baggage. After Il prolonged discussion
it was finally arranged for the corre-
spondents to appoint a contractor to
run field canteen and undertake field
transportation. The war Office has ap-
proved this scheme and expects all the
correspondents to rely on the contractor,
but will supply rations in an emergency.
The contractor also supplies the foreign
military attaches. He is bonded to full
fill his agreement. The war office has
finally determined to send only IS with
the first column, eight British, five
American, one FTenchman and one Ger
man, this being a representation pro-
pOrtionate to the respective numbers of
O0TEaED0n0nnfG S1lhCnnnaTaf lOf
viii accompany the different columns.
1t is impossible to obtain information as
to when the start will be made but the
IS already selected have been told to
be ready to leave at a moments no
tice
SHELLS BURST IN STREETS.
Port Arthur, Friday, March 11.zLast
night passed without incident TIE
japanese squadron, which disappeared
after Thursdays b0nbardment and
naval fight. as not returned. The Rus
sian squadron proceeded to sea- this
morning and returned this afternoon.
1t is understood that no japanese ships
were sighted.
Although during the bombardment
number of shells from the Japanese
ships burst in the streets OF the town,
the damage to the buildings was COM
paratively slight.
The new town sustained the greatest
damage. A shell burst a few yards
from the house of NJ. Sidorski, lawyer,
Baron NJ. Sidorsd, and he and his
daughter we're killed on the spot, the
latter's head being blown off. Nine.
Sidorski was injured by fragments of
the shell and a girl named Walsritch
was wounded and died soon afterwards
in a hospital.
A Chinaman was killed and several
Cinnamon were wounded. General
Stoessel, the commander of the Rus
sian troops at Port Arthur and his
staff while watching the tombardment
from battery were peppered from
splinters from shell but sustained no
injuries. On Golden Hill Lieutenant
Watcher and one soldier were wounded.
Two sentries on Electric cliff We're
wounded.
A Japanese ironclad was struck by a
Russian shell and slowly withdrew.
The bOmbardment which was severe
only ceased at 12:45 in the afternoon.
THE JAPANESE BOMBARDTENT.
st. Petersburg, March IA special
dispatch from Port Arthur says:
Port Arthur was invested by sea on
March 10, and the day must undoubted-
ly be a memorable one.
THE Japanese displayed an especial
ly noteworthy determination in keep
ing up the bombardment of our forts
from 10 a. m. until 10 p. m. The town
suffered little damage.
The enemy's ships in great force
followed three divisions, among which
were distributed nine armored ships;
tilla of torpedo boats. Long intervals
elapsed between the firing by the Rus
sian batteries, which indicated that the
guns were discharged only when there
was reasonable certainty that the
shells would reach tie targets The
Russians did not fire one-tenth as many
shells as did the Japanese. There was
no panic or excitement among the
civilians of Port Arthur, and the troops
kept COOL
MIRAROFF'S REPORT
AIul1den, March 12.-Adniral Mikaroff
commanding the Russian fleet, reports
from Port Arthur as follows:
six torpedo boats which went to sea
on the night of March 10, four of them
being under the general command of
Captain MattOussevitch, encountered the
enemy's torpedo boats, followed by
cruisers.
"A hot action ensued, in which the
torpedo boat destroyer Vlastini dis
charged whitehead torpedo and sank
one of the enemy's torpedo boats On
the way back the torpedo boat destroy
er Stereguschtchi, commanded by Lieu
tenant Sergueieff, sustained damages.
her engine being disable, and she began
to founder. By 8 o'clock in the morning
five of our torpedo boat destroyers had
returned When the critical position of
the Stereguschtchi became evident I
hoisted my flag on the cruiser Novil1
and went with the Novik and the cruiser
Boyarin to the rescue. But as five of
the enemy's cruisers surrounded our de-
etroyer, and as their battleship squad
ron was approaching, 1 did not succeed
in saving the Stereguschtchi, which
foundered. Part of the crew was made
prisoners and part was drowned.
"On the ships which participated in
the night attack one officer was serious
" wounded and three others were
slightly woundeds two soldiers We're
killed and Is wounded.
AT 9 o'clock IA of the enemy's ships
assembled before Port Arthur and a
Commandment was begun with the