Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-08-22

ex-prisoners of war, sailors from u.
S. ships, and others. Monday night,
in Faneuil hall, a notable campfire
was held, at which were present a
score of former Confederate off cers
of distinction, and the existing
national spirit was amply demon
strated. The event of Tuesday was
the big G.. A. r. parade, when 26, 1000
members marched through the
streets. 1t required five and one-half
hours for the parade to pass given
point. The heat and exhaustion bore
heavily upon the old veterans, and
fully sixty of them were FRUSTRATED,
one dying. Many persons tainted in
the great crowds The parade was
reviewed by Gov. Bates and a distin-
guished party from the state house,
and by CommanderinCh Chief Black at
the end. Baron Kaneko, Japanese
commissioner, was given a tremen-
dous ovation. Tuesday night the
grand campfire was held in Mechanics
Building and refreshments were
served to 10, 900 persons. Gen. w. W.
Blackmar was elected national COM
mander by reclamation. ]. R. King
was elected sr. vice commander by
reclamation, the name of G.. W. Cook
of Denver, Col, having been with
drawn. G. w. Patten of Chattanooga,
Tenn, was elected jr. vice-com-
mander. w. r. King of Indiana was
elected surgeon general. Gen. Black
mar has named as his adjutant general
j. E. Gilman, and as quartermaster
general Charles Burrows of Ruther-
ford, N. j.
Japanese Successes.
In two deperate engagements, the
Japanese have dissipated whatever
hope the Russians still held OF secur-
ing once more control of the Eastern
seas. The Port Arthur squadron, sal
lying forth from it's harbor Aug. 10th,
driven by the advance of the Japanese
land forces whose batteries COM
stay full of danger, was met by the
main Japanese feet under Togo and
dispersed after fight lasting all the
afternoon and we'll into the night.
On Sunday the elusive VIadivostok
squadron, attempting to pass through
the Corean straits on its way to effect
junction with the Port Arthur feet,
according to pre-arranged plan, met
Kamimura's squadron stationed to
watch for it and after battle lasting
all the forenoon one of the three
Russian ships was sunk and the others
sailed away, seriously damaged. The
Port Arthur feet consisted of six bat
tleships, four cruisers and numerous
torpedo boats. Togo's feet was
slightly inferior in battleships. but
stronger in cruisers and greatly supe-
rior in torpedo boats. The latter first
encountered the escaping squadron
and brought it to bay, sowing torpe-
does across its pass. Then the larger
ships came up and fierce fight en-
sued. The Japanese concentrated
their heaviest fire on the Russian flag
ship, the Czsrevitch, while the Rus
slams made the Japanese flagship, the
Mikasa, their chief target. The bat
tie continued until dark, when the
Russians lost their formation, and the
Japanese torpedo boats kept up their
attacks during the night. Admiral
WitthoeffG, commander of the Rus
sian feet, was killed by a shell early
in the fight. Nearly all the Russian
ships suffered serious losses. The
cruiser Pallada was sunk during the
night. The battleship Czarevitch
reached Kiauchau, a German port
$50 miles distant on the Chine Sc coast
in an almost sinking condition. The
Askold, a cruiser, reached Shanghai
with 200 shell holes and decimated
crew.