The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
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cruiser Boyarin has suffered the same
fate as the torpedo transport Yenisi
and been blown up by mine at Port
Arthur. The Boyarin is said to have
been completely destroyed and II Off
GERS and men killed.
st. Petersburg, Feb. l6.-A semi
official message from the headquarters
Of Viceroy Alexieff at Port Arthur
states that the German cruiser Narsa
which had been sent to Port Arthur
to take away German subjects there,
was fred on by the japanese warship.
Narsa also had some Russian women
and children aboard. The message
states that during the attack on Port
Arthur last week, three Japanese tor
peoo boats were sunk.
Yokohama, Feb. 16. The japanese
cruisers Nisshin and Kasuga recently
purchased from the Argentine Repub-
lie, arrived here this morning.
Irkutusk, Russia, Feb. 16.LThe
most successful trial of rails over the
ice of Lake Barkal with locomotives
was made today. Communication with
Manchuria is now completed.
Nagasaki. Japan, Feb. 16.-A cargo
of the British steamer Coptic consist
ing of American timed goods and
provisions for Port Arthur has been
seized by the Japanese. The Coptic
sailed from San Francisco January 10.
Berlin. Feb 16.-The Frankfurter
Zeltung reports that the temperature
throughout Siberia registered in the
neighborhood of fifty below zero,
Fahrenheit. Troops travelling across
Siberia are suffering intensely from
the cold. A number have been frozen
to death. Supplies have broken down
and the soldiers at the eastern end of
the country are starving.
Constantinople, Fbe. 16.-Tne Turk.
ish public is enthusiastically pro Jap
anese, SO decidedly Japanese have
sentiments expressed been n the last
few days that Russian protests have
been registered and as result the
Turkish police have prohibited anti
Russian comments in cafes and critic.
isms in press.
st. Petersburg, Feb. IS. A pro-
posal, which has been submitted to
control revolutionary organizations
that they suspend their domestic agi-
tation during the Russo-Japanese war
has been unfortunately received.
Paris, Feb. 15.-News from Rus
sian source is received that battle
between the Russian and japanese
forces is now being fought on the
northern bank of the Yalu river
where the Russian land forces are
concentrated.
London, Feb. 15.-The Central
News learns from a japanese source
that another Russian cruiser has been
sunk at Port Arthur.
vladivostok, Feb. 10. The Russian
government departments here have
been transferred to Nikolik and the
Russo Chinese bank has moved It's
valuables to Khabarovsk. This move
is vitality significant as indicating
that the Russian officials consider
that the Japanese attack on Vladivos-
tok is possibly imminent.
Nagasaki, Feb. l5.-The situation
with reference to the survivors of the
Russian ships Variag and the Konitz
that were sunk by the Japanese fleet
at Chemulpo last Tuesday is becoming
acute. They still remain in the
British cruiser Talbot, the Italian
cruiser Elba and the French cruiser
Pascal.
The japanese have twice made de-
mands of the commanders OF the three
foreign vessels that the Russians be
surrendered as prisoners of war The
captain OF the Talbot, being a senior
naval officer, each time replied that
he was awaiting instructions from his
government. None of the Russians
are aboard the American gunboat
Vicksburg, whose commander con-
siders that the japanese are right in
their demand as the Russians took ad-
vantage of clemency of the Japanese
in returning to the harbor. then TAX
ing refuge on the foreign vessels and
refusing to surrender, whereas the
Japanese feet refrained from sinking
them in the open sea as they could
have done.
Six Norwegian steamers chartered
by Russian naval contractor have
been captured. They carried GOAL
cargoes. The Hermes, one of the
number, arrived here today under con-
voy of cruiser. 1t is rumored that
1900 Japanese soldiers have been
killed presumably by the sinking of a
transport.
Ohee Foo, Feb. 15.-The steamer
wenchow has arrived from Port