The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-15
WITH BOWED HEADS
Russians Accept the Affection
with Great Courage.
CONFIDENCE is STRONG
Struck by Blind Fate Not by
the Enemy.

St Petersburg, April 14-With bowed
heads but with mistaken hearts, the Rus
slams met the dreadful calamity of yes
teroay. Sorrow for the loss, but undi
minished confidence in ultimate victory is
the note struck by this mornings papers
An editorial in the Russ may be taker
as voicing the national feeling. Let US,
il says remain calm. 1t is black day
not by the enemy"
The people sat up all OF last night
waiting further details of the catastrophe
and news of the Rear Admiral Prince
Outomskys encounter with the japanese
fleet and this morning hurried out in
a raging snow storm to scan the bulletin
boards, but nothing further had come.
The Associated Press is authoritetively
informed that the dispatches given out
last night were in the text as originally
received and represented the sum total
of the emperor's advices. The emperor
himself directed that every word should
be published. The meagerness of the tel
egrams is attributed to the confusion due
TO the death of Vice Admiral Makaroff.
Not until 10 O'Clock this morning had
fresh news reached the winter palace,
and then in the form of voluminous
cipher telegram, which was Immediately
sent to the admiralty to be deciphered.
This may take a long time and it is
doubtful whether the contents will be
given out before late in the afternoon.
In the opinion of the emperors advisers
III
tertiay morning about o'clock. II is
presumed that Vice Admiral MakaroH
had sailed out from Port Arthur on the
previous day to locate the enemy, giving
pursuit until the japanese reinforce
ments appeared, and then putting back
for the shelter of the guns of Port Ar
thur This explains the second sentence
in Rear Admiral Grigorovitch's telegram,
.'Our squadron was under Golden Hill y
From private advices it is learned that
Grand Duke Boris was standing on Gold
en- Hill watching his brothers ship when
the catastrophe occurred. Not single
paper here has a single telegram from
Port Arthur this morning.
The Associated Press is informed that
Chairman Doubassof, of the technical
board of the admiralty is more likely to
succeed Vice Admiral Makaroff than Rear
Admiral Rojestvensky. Doubason is one
of those who during the RuSso-Turkish
war with Makaroff helped to blow up the
Turkish fleet in the Black sea 1t trans
pired that one of the first persons to hear
of Makaroff's death was his widow who
received private telegram. She was on
her way to St Petersburg to see the ad-
miraIs brother an officer of the guards,
when the emperor's aide -de-camp reached
her residence at PeterhOf with the mes
sage from his majesty breaking the news
and condoling with her The admiral S
brother returned with her to Peterhof.
She was so Frustrated with grief that she
took to her bed. II is reported by those
who went to see the widow that they
found the whole town talking of nothing
else but the loss of their beloved Stepan
Osiph, the patronymiq of Makaroff. The
admirals house was Silent and darkened
and the eyes of the sailor orderly at the
door We're red with weeping.
The late Vice Makaroff leaves. in addi-
tion to a daughter, lille. who is Is years
of age. and is known as the Belle Of
Cronstadt. an 11-year-old son. to whom
he frequently wrote and telegrapher. His
last message was dated April Is and con-
veyed his Easter greetings. The deceased
admiral added that he was passing Eas-
ter evening on board a gunboat stationed
at the mouth of the harbor