Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
Takes Personal Com.
mand of the Rus
sian Fleet.
TOGO MAKES REPORT
Japanese Defeated in
Attempt to Land
Denied.

St. Petersburg, April 1G.-Viceroy
AIexieff took command of the Rus
sian fleet at Port Arthur this after
noon and raised his flag on the battle
ship Sevastopol.
Togo Tells of the Ruse.
Toxic. April 1G.--Admiral Toga re-
ports that in an attack on Port Ar
thur Tuesday night the Japanese sunk
mines at midnight and at in the
morning drew the Russian ships ont
Is miles from port. The Petropav-
Iovsk struck Japanese mine and was
sunk
No Battle at villa.
Seoul, April 16.--No battle has been
fought at Win. The Russians occupy
strongly fortified positions at Chui
Tien Cheng, on the Manchuran side
of the river, about ten miles north of
Antung. and on Tiger Hill, rocky
promOntory jutting out into the Ialu
river. The Japanese forces and bat
teres are screened behind the hill
between the river and Wiiu.
Rumor sevastopoI Was Destroyed.
St. Petersburg, April 16.-The re-
port has gained wide currency here
that the battIeship Sevastopol at Port
Arthur has been lost, but at p. m.
the Associated Press was authorita-
lively informed that the government
has received no adNiceS intimating
such n disaster has occurred. On the
contrary. the latest account received
here was To the effect The Scvastopol
was unharmed.
Tried tn Destroy Railroad.
Harbin Manchuria, April l6.-TwO
japanese officers of the general staff
have arrived here, having been arrest
ed by the railroad guard Is miles from
this place. They were dressed as Thi-
betan lamas. In attempting to es-
cape they forsook their tents i'll which
were found 80 pounds of explosives.
fuse, Il string of keys to unScrew rail
road nuts. etc. The prisoners confess
it was their intention to destroy the
railroad.
Entrenchments Completed.
ST Petersburg. April 16.-A dis
patch from Lao Yang says that the
Russian entrenchments on the Yalu
river have been completed. The cen
te rof the line of fortified positions is
Antung. The right flank on Tatung-
kau and the left OH Kiulien Cheng, on
the west bank of the Yalu.
Port Arthur Bombarded.
st. Petersburg, April 16.-A tele-
gram from Admiral Alexief from Port
Arthur to the emperor says that from
9:l5 O'Clock yesterday to midday the
Japanese fleet i'll two divisions bonn
barded the fortress and the town al
ternately from the Lao Tishan prom
ontory. firing 1S5 projectiles. The Rus
SIAN suudufOu, IiiCluuAhS llt DdllAt-
ship Pobieda, replied from the anchor
age. The batteries also participated.
The losses on land were seven Chinese
killed and Ave soldiers and three Chi
nese wounded. The Russian warships
sustained no damage and there was
no loss OF life on them.
norht a.. Tn a Shin'S Mama
st. Petersburg, April 16.-An official
correction has been issued, according
to which it was the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Strashni, and not the ezstrash-
nj. which became separated from the
rest of the fleet in the early morning
of Wednesday. It and was sunk by
the japanese tor, do boat destroyer.
But Official dispatches received here
from Port Arthur state that it was
the BeZstrashni and not the Strashni,
as reported in the official dispatches,
which became separated from the rest
of the feet and was sunk by the Jap
anese torpedo destroyer.
May Have Been Jay Mine
Information which has slowly
reached ST Petersburg has modified
the opinion at first prevailing concern
ing the original cause OF the destxuc-
tion OF the battleship Petrona Y!oysk