The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-21
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oners, the enemy's casualties were over
300 Russian prisoner reports
that the enemy 81 the Kinehau
peninsula consists Of the majority d
the Fourth nfaniry division and all Of
the seventh infantry division.
The prisoner adds that one japanese
naval officer and thirty men are prison
ers q Port Arthur They are survivors
OF the last blocking operation
A section Of infantry Of the Liautong
forces went out May II in the direc-
tion Of Shanchnsan north Of Poland
ieu to reeonnoitcr and met two see
tions Of Russian Infantry The Rus
SLAMS were repulsed in thirty minutes
The casualties We're one officer and
four men killed and one officer and
eight men wounded The Russian cas-
ualties were one officer and forty Il
fifty men killed.
The loss Of life incurred By tire sink
ing nf the cruiser Yoshino included
Captain Sayeki. Commander IIir0wa.
teri, three irst Iieutcnants five second
lieatenants five uiidshipmen paymas
ter, surgeon, three engineers cadets
and eight boatswain mafes 0f the
crew. the number Of those lost is i'm
known.
Those who Went down with the bat
tleship Hatsuse when she fonndered
were Commander Tsukamoto, Com
mander yiseount NTe. Commander
Arlmuris tiye second Heutenants, Eve
suh-engineers. two surgeons, Six mid
shipmen four cadet engineers and ten
Ron-commissioned officers. 1t Is not
known yet in this case how many Of
the men persisted The Hatsuse was
surely sunk by coming IN contact with
a submerged mine ana not by the at-
tack Of a submarine boat
The report that the battleship Shlki-
shima was damaged ana the battleship
Fuji sank is denied here,
Vice admiral Togo's full report OF
the naval disasters Is At follows
1T is regrettable 70 have to report q
third misfortune. At o'clock Sunday
morning 1 received a wireless message
from Rear Admiral Dewa saying that
on that day al III the morning, while
returning from the work Of blocking
Port Arthur he encountered dense
fog north OF the Shangtung promon
tory The Kasuga collided with the
port stern Of the Yoshin0, which was
sunk Boats from the Kasuga saved
ninety of her crew. The dense fog
still continues
This has been most unfortunate
day for our navy While the feet was
watching the enemy OF Port Arthur
the Hatsnse struck one Of the eneiny's
mines, aud her rudder was damaged.
She sent q message for a ship to tow
her, which was being sent when AM
other message brought the lamentable
report that the Ilatsuse had struck
another mine ana Immediately begun
to sink The Hatsuse then was ten
knots off Iiaoteshan promontofy. No
enemy was in sight 1t must have been |
a mine OF d submarine boat Three
hundred of the officers and crew were
saved The Hatsuse sank in thirty
While sinking sixteen Of The |
enemy's torpedo craft appeared ant
were driven of.
"0ur feet report IS somewhat vague /
on account Of the fact that some Of the
messages We're received By wireless
rennsytvania 10 Lay OFT 1900 Men.
Philadelphia, May ~ About 1000 /
men VIII Be laid of by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad company the aim being
70 get down 70 the 1902 basis Con-
finued shrinkage in business and no
expectation Of early improvement are
The reasons for this big reduction IA
the force just decided upon as unavold.
able