The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-08
Another Bombardment of the ST.
berian Stronghold Reported in
an Official Dispatch.
LITTLE DAMAGE SUNDAY
One Woman Killed, Five Sailors
Slightly Wounded and One
House Destroyed.
RUSSIAN FLEET AWAY
Supposed to Be Covering Move
ments of -Outrages
by Russians in Korea.

YIN-KOW, March An official dispatch
received here says the Japanese are again
bombarding VIadivostok. This news lacks
confirmation from other sources.
LONDON. March Up to a late hour
this morning the Japanese legation here
had received no official information regard
ing the bombardment of Vladivostok. 1t is
believed at the legation, however, that the
Japanese are now between the Russian
cruiser squadron and Vladivostok. and
there is reason to believe the Russian
squadron is in the vicinity of Possiet bay.
Russian official dispatches do not mention
this squadron. and this fact lends color to
the belief that the Japanese warships have
shut il out of Vladivostok. 1t is pointed
out at the legation that if this is true the
Russian vessels are in a critical position
since they must run the gantlet of the
japanese squadron off VladivostOk or the
Japanese squadron off Port Arthur before
reaching a Russian port.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 7.-Viceroy
Alexieff has telegraphed the Car from
Mukden under to-day's date as follows:
"Supplementing my telegram of March
6, most humbly report that at LIS p m.
five out of seven of the enemys ships
opened fire on Forts Suvaroff and Linevitch.
on the town on the roadstead and along
the valley of the River Obyassneniye. The
firing lasted until 2:l5 p. m, at which hour
the japanese squadron began TO steam to
the southwark, disappearing out of sight at
$50 p m. There were no losses on the
batteries or the fortiications. In the town
one seaman was wounded and one woman
was killed. According to information just
received the enemy's squadron again ap-
peared in sight of the fortress at o'clock
this morning"
A later message from the viceroy says:
The commandant at Vladivostok reports
that yesterdays bombardment resulted in
no serious damage to the port. The fort
r6SS did not return the enemyS fire. To-
day at midday the enemy again entered
Ussuri bay and approached the point from
which they bombarded the harbor on
March 6. They left again, making for the
open seas"
VLADIvOSTOK, March Last night
passed quietly. The inhabitants and troops
are in unusually high spirits. A strict
search is being made throughout the town
for japanese. Tie police have posted pla-
cards on the walls, Offering a reward for
information as to the whereabouts of Jap
anese and threatening with trial by court
martial any person found guilty of con-
cealing them.
Outside of killing a woman and wounding
a few men, yesterdays bombardment of
Vladvostok by the Japanese fleet did no
an artisan was the only building wholly de-
stroyed. 1t was pierced by shell from a
twelve-inch gun, which, after traversing
the roof and wall, fell in the yard, killing
the woman previously referred to- In the
quarter of the city called the dirty cor
ner' shell fell on the house of Colonel
Shukoff without exploding. 1t traversed a
bedroom, destroying a stove, and pene-
trated the wall. 1t finally burst near the
regimental safe, which was standing in the
courtyard A sentry guarding the safe was
covered with mud, but was not injured.
Evidently fearing an outbreak of fire, the
sentry shouted: Help! Save the regimental
colors!" which were in the house These
ultimately were brought out by the colonePs
wife and the soldiers. Five sailors were
slightly wounded by the explosion of a shell
in the courtyard OF the Siberian naval bar
racks. Outside of these casualties no one
was killed or injured. and there was no
outbreak of fire anywhere in the city.
The fact that the Russian batteries did
not reply to the japanese bombardment was
due partially to the slight chance of hit
ting the enemy's warships at such long
range, and partially to desire not to be-
tray the positions of the batteries 1t is
now thought that the attacking squadron
consisted of a battleship, four armored
cruisers and two unprotected cruisers.