The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-14
Sinking of Battleship Pe-
 tropavIoysk With Loss of Admiral Makaroff and 500 Men.
IN ACCIDENT IS CLAIMED.
VESSEL SAID TO HATE BEEN
 SUNK BY MINE.

in st. Petersburg-It Is z Thought Possible That Vice Admiral 4 Togo Planned an Ambuscade by E Drawing Out tho Czar's Naval Chief and Then Cutting Him OR-Tn Light of Late Dispatches Grand Duke cyril's E Mother Believes He Is Among Dead. z St. Petersburg, April 1S.-The follow Ehg official dispatch has been received fom Rear Admiral Grigorovitch, the apmmandant at Port Arthur, addressed p the emperor:
 M Port Arthur, April IS. M "The Petropavlovsk struck a mine fhich blew her up and she turned tur- He. Our squadron was under Golden Hill. The Japanese squadron was ap- Foaching. Vice Admiral Makaroff ev- aently was lost. Grand Duke Cyril was hved. He is slightly injured. Captain hkovleff was saved, though severely sAjured, as were five officers and thir- k-two men, all more or less injured. 1fA Il He CilCllly D IGCt 1ldto QlSdppEd1C CQs lear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky has ssumed command of the fleet" The following dispatch to the czar hs been received from Viceroy Alex ff:
 'Mukden, April IS. "A telegram has just been received om Lieutenant General Stoessel Commander of the military forces at ort Arthur. regret to report to bur majesty that the Pacific fleet has affered irreparable loss by the death it's brave and capable commander, ho was lost together with the Petro- avlovsk"
 Another dispatch from Viceroy Alex If to the czar says: According to re- prts from the commandant at Port rthur the battleships and cruisers ant out to meet the enemy, but in nsequence of the enemy receiving re- forcernents, making his total strength irty vessels, our squadron returned the roadstead. whereupon the Pet paylivsk touched a mine, resulting in kr destruction. Grand Duke Cyril, ho was on board was saved. He was lightly injured. The whole squadron en re-entered port. The Japanese are w off Cape Liao Shan (the southern tremity of the peninsula in which brt Arthur IS situated). No reports d been received from the acting com- Nander of the fleet up to the time this spatch was sent"
 St Petersburg, April 13-The awful Master to the battleship Petropav- S7sk at Port Arthur with the loss of most her entire crew of over 500 men Ia the death of Vice Admiral Maka- If has been a terrific blow It would I've fallen less heavily If the ship and e commanders -in-chief had been lost battle, but to be the result of anoth- accident, following upon the heels of succession of tragedies of which the rt Arthur fleet has been the victim it s created something like consterna- m.
 'Reverses we can endure,' said a eminent Russian, "but to have the tropaviovsk meet the fate of the nesei and the Boyarin is heartrend- g.''
 J ship Poltava several weeks ago had hole ranmed in her by the battleship vastopol while the latter was man uvering in the harbor of Port Ar UT.
 The day has been one of intense ex- ement in St. Petersburg. The first 1ling of the catastrophe leaked out
 the receipt of a telegram by Grand Ike Vladimir from his son, Grand ike Boris, announcing the loss of the tropavlovsk and the wounding of and Duke Cyril, who was first off, The Grand Duchess Vladimir s almost frantic on the receipt of the egram, being convinced that the sssage was only a precursor of worse Iws as it was signed by Grand Duke iris, instead of by the aide to Grand Ike Cyril, Lieutenant Von Kube. The ason why the telegram was so signed erward became apparent as Lieuten- Von Kube had gone down with the b.
 The youngest son of the Grand Duke admin. Grand Duke Andrew, dash young guardsman, rapidly drove to WllllGI PdletCSs eAiC Ao1ty anu ewhere, seeking confirmation of the ws, which came two hours later in a Essage to the emperor from Rear Ad- ral Grigerovitch, the commandant at rt Arthur. A religious service was nediately held at Grand Duke Vlad- ir's palace in which thanks were re- ned to the Almighty for the sparing
 the life of Grand Duke Cyril, but
 emperor was so overwhelmed with ef at the death of Vice Admiral
 karoff that neither her nor the ern- Pss attended the service. The emper- sent a member of his personal staff break the sad news to Vice Admiral
 karoff's widow. Meantime the city filled with the widest runaors, but
 official dispatches were so rneagre private dispatches so conflicting
 ardirg what had occurred that the pile was kept in suspense for six ITS. Then, although the. report was omplete, dispatches were posted on
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