Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-12
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fenced to four years Imprisonment and
Bodijan to 20 years.
. Fifty persons accused of rioting were
each sentenced to a years imprisonment
land three others to four months. Thirty
six of the accused We're discharged
Two damage suits were not considered
and "a were disallowed.
The damage suits were all brought by
Jews.
nounced. April >.
New York. March 1l.-Following an ar
rangement affected by the general mlh-
ager of The Associated Press all oil the
war news agencies from japanese. Coreah
! and Chinese territory will. after FRIDAY.
be transmitted to London via the racine
cable and the United States and Will be
delivered enroute to The Associated Press
newspapers Hitherto this matter has
been transmitted from the Far East via
India. and has been repeated from LONDON
tn New York Under this new arrange
ment first publication of all this news
will be made in the United states.
Budapest, Hungary. March 1.-THE re-
cruiting bill. which had been the subject
of strong opposition for long time,
passed all its stages, Friday, in the lower
Ihouse of the Hungarian Diet.
| ST. Petersburg March 1.-THE En-
peror has received message from
lViceroy Alexieff which says Admiral
Makaroff, commanding the fleet. re-
ports from Port Arthur under date of
March 10 as follows:
six torpedo boats which went out
to sea the night of March 10, four of
them being under the general COM
mand of Captain Mattoussevitch. en-
lcountered the enemys torpedo boats
followed by cruisers.
"A hot action ensued in which the
torpedo boat destroyer Vlastini dis
charged a Whitehead torpedo and sunk
one of the enemy'S torpedo boats. On
the way back the torpedo boat destroy
er Stereguschtchi, commanded by
Lieut. Sergueien, sustained damagG;
her engine was disabled and she be
gan to founder. BY o'clock in tn
morning five of our torpedo bOat4le-
stroycrs had returned. When the criti-
cal position of the Stercgutchtchti be
came evident. l hOiSted my flag on the
cruiser Noyik and Went with the NOvik
land the cruiser Boyarin to the rescue,
but as five of the enemy'S cruisers
surrounded our destroyer, and as their
battleship squadron was app oaching,
did not succeed in saving the destroy
or. which foundered. Part of the crew
were made prisoners ard a part were
drowned.
ION the ships which participated in
the night attack, one officer was seri
ously ard three others We're slightly
wounded. Two soldiers We're killed
land IS were wounded.
| AT . o'clock ii of the enemy'S ships
jasscmhled before Port Arthur and It
lhombardment was begun with the
heavy guns of their tattleship squad
hon at long range.
This lasted until | o'clock in the
Afternoon. II is estimated that the
enemy fired 154 12-inch shells. The
damage to our vessels VAS insgnili-
cant. and they are again ready for bat
tie. Our losses We're one officer slight
ly wounded and one soldier killed and
four soldiers wounded.
| THE illumination of the sea at night
by the searchlights mounted on our
| DdtttIleS WIS IloSl SATISFACTORY aIl
several times isolated shots from on.
batteries forced the enemy's torpedo
boats to retire.
| with the commencement of the
bombardment at dawn the guns of the
fortress replied to the enemys fire.
The crews Of all the ships engaged
gave proof of remarkable GOODNESS in
faction. Below decks the work of the
day followed it's ordinary course in
spite of the shells falling between the
vessels and covering them with frag-
mentS.
"A bombardment at such a distance
must be considered ineffective. but tn.
Japanese cruiser Takasago is reported
to have been suffering serious dam
lagos, the extent of which, however. it
was impossible to ascertain at a dis
lance of five miles. Many shells were
fired at ii range of ~ miles
| Il have the honor to report the fore
Igoing to Your Majesty
| tSigneD "ALEXIEFF."
st. Petersburg. March 11.-Viceroy
AleNieff has sent the following message
to the Emperor:
| In the fight between our torpedo
boats and the japanese cruisers, March
~. Captain Mattoussevitch, Ensign
Alexandroff and Mechanical Engineer
Blinoff received slight wounds and En-
sign Zaeff was severely wounded in the
head, losing his right eye.
The commandant at Port Arthur re-
ports the following details Of the bonn
bardment of the fortress there, March
10:
AS soon as the enemy opened fire
our batteries replied. Six of the enemy's
ships remained behind the Liam Tishin
promontory and opened fire on the for
tress over that shelter. They ceased
: bombarding at LIS T. NJ. The enemy
J fired about 200 projectiles. One shell
from battery No. Is. on Electric Cliff.
damaged a Japanese cruiser seriously.
The results of the bombardment were
insignificant. Six soldiers were wound
ed. Three Inhabitants of the town
were killed and one was seriously in
jured.
According to Gen. Stoessers report
the officers and soldiers in the shore
batteries displayed exemplary cour-