The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-08

! she did, and the wounded were thcr
transferred 10 the Elba, Pascal and
| Talbot.
A few minutes before o'clock, tho
| time when Admiral Uriu intended 10
renew the attack in the harbor. tho
japanese fleet appeared to be about to
enter the harbor, when precisely at a
o'clock the koreetz was blown TIP. The
Japanese shiIS then retired, but con-
tinued TO watch the Varyag which was
gradually listing more and more to port.
AT 5 p. M. she was seen to be OH fire
and an hour later she heeled over and
sank She now lies on her port side
and at low tide this morning two of
her starboard guns were clearly in
view.
Immediately after Naryag sank the
Russian steamer Soongari was seen to
be on fire and at o'clock this morn
ing she also disappeared
They all lie in shallow water and-the
recovery of the Naryag should not be a
difficult task.
W hen the Naryag and Koreetz steam
ed out to what, in the face of such
enormous odds. was certain destruction,
the crews from the men-of-war in port
cheered them again and again. and when
the koreetz was blown UP the band of
the French cruiser Pascal played the
Russian national anthem and the Rus
sian sailors on board the neutral ships
went on their knees.
Although the foht took place eight or
nine miles from the shore, some of the
windows in the settlement were broken
by the vibration caused bv the firing of
the heavy guns.
The suspense between and 4 CLOCK
on the 9th was very trying to us on
shore. for during the previous night the
Japanese transports landed $500 troops.
who are lodged i'll the houses in Che
inulpo. and 1t was thought to be ques-
ton whether the Russians would or
would not first lombard the Japanese
settlement and then go out to meet their
fate Had the Russian ships remained
in port and not accepted the Japanese
challenge, it is the general impression
that the Japanese Admiral would not
have dared to have attacked them in
harbor for fear of damaging the other
foreign mer-of-war
The Russian Minister at Seoul, the
Consul at Chemulpo. and all known
Russian subjects lave been served with
a notice to quit Korean soil. and as far
as is known at present. they will all leave
in the French cruiser Pascal for Chefoo
~ the I2th inst
AT PORT ARTHUR.
The Japanese Consul at Shanghai
learns from the master of a foreign
steamer that Port Arthur is suffering
from want OF provisions, so that the
price of eggs has gone up to 20 cents
apiece and that OF beef is ST per pound.
The Russian authorities on the 10th
inst notified residents that they must
buy provisions by 3 p. m that day; other
wise all provisions would be requistioned
by the authorities after that time People
were generally perturbed by the Japa-
nese attack and several thousand per-
sons have since been leaving the port
The injured Russian warships cannot
De repaired, as Chinese laborers have
nearly all escaped elsewhere
RUSSIAN SPIES.
a dozen Russians are alleged to have
anded on Miyaliejima, one of the seven
Stands OF Izu, having arrived there in
.wo boats about ten days ago. This
exciting report was brought by the
Japanese steamer Tenshin-maru, which
arrived at Shimoda, Izu, from Miyake
Island on the Goth inst, and was thence
to the Tokyo Asah The
strangers are said to be armed with
;utlasses and revolvers and TO have
threatened the islanders, who in con-
sequence could not prevent them from
anding. They are in possession of a
bout WOO in. 1ananese currency and
sufficient provisions to keep them for
wo or three months. They declare
as British or French sub
ects from foreign steamer, which, they
'ay, recently sank about 20 miles off Mi
'alejima. Judging from their appearance
md talk the strangers are suspected OF
,eing Russians, who escaped from some
'essel captured by Japan. They declin-
ID go to the mainland by the steamer
rcnshin-maru. The steamer was ex-
,ected to be despatched back to the
sland on the 2Ist inst. in accordance
With Instructions of the Tokyo pre-
ectural authorities.