Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-05-19

New Chwang, May ia courier o
the Associated Press who arrived here
shortly after midnight reports that ;
Japanese fleet was sighted from q tow
er on hill ten miles north of Ka
Chou, on Monday. The bombardmen
OF the coast was extensive, covering 6
distance of 25 miles. The Japanese
landed and destroyed four miles OF
railroad and other property and cap
tured Russian commissary train. A
regiment of Russian infantry returned
here yesterday afternoon. 1t is report
ed that batteries of artillery will arrive
here today. The Russians seem be-
wildered and disheartened and unable
to form lasting plans. 1t is believed
that the Russian authorities at Mul-
den are responsible for this vacilla-
tion.
Russians Safe Guarding the Railroad.
Miandonha (Station on Manchuria
Railroad), May 19-The task of safe
guarding the railroad against the con-
stant and determined attacks of Jap
anese and Chinese agents. caused. the
Russian military authorities unremit-
ting labor. The line must be preserved
at all hazards and $4,000 Russians in
small parties are guarding 1,400 miles
Japanese Disasters.
Toxic, May 19-Vice Admiral Togo
reports: "a report from Rear Admiral
Dewa says that the cruisers Kasuga
and Yoshino collided during the fog off
Port Arthur on May Is. and the Yoshi-
no sank, only 80 of her crew being
saved. On the same day the battle
ship Hatsuze struck Russian mine
and sank. Three hundred of her crew
were saved by torpedo boats"
The cruiser Kasuga mentioned in the
above dispatch was purchased by ia
pan from Argentina before the out
break of hostilities with Russia The
cruiser Yoshino was steel vessel OF
4,1S0 tons, $50 feet long, 40 feet wide
and with draft of seventeen feet. She
had a complement OF 800 men. The
Hatsuse was a steel battleship of II 900
tons, 400 feet long, rs feet wide and
with a draft of ~ feet She was
armed with four 12-inch and fourteen
6-inch guns as well as 32 guns of small
er caliber. She had a complement of
741 men.
Crew Went Down With the Ship.
Che Foo. May 19-People just ar
rived here from Dalny have reported
to the Russian consul that the Japan
ese battleship sank in two minutes
after contact with the submarine
mine and that there was no time to
save the crew. The accident happened
it is said, within sight of Port Ar
thur. The battleship Fuji. not the
cruiser Asama, which struck a mine
on the port bow, had heavy list, and
was also down by the bow, but was
righted and went off in tow of other
cruisers.
1t is thought impossible. however,
that she reached the port. The rumor
at Dalny that the Asama sank at Keer
Bay, probably refers to the sinking of
the cruiser Miaka, which took place
there recently. The Russian consul
personally had telegram from Dalny
saying that it was rumored that two
Japanese battleships had been sunk off
Port Arthur. Refugees coming in say
the town received no damage from the
bombardment and that considerable
land fighting is going on to the north
of Dalny.
Japanese Lose BattIeship.
Che Foo, May ia party of Rus
SLAMS arriving from Dalny this morn
ing by junk, state that during the
bombardment of Port Arthur by the
Japanese in the afternoon of Monday,
the Japanese battleship Shikishima
and the cruiser Asama struck mines
and sank. The Russians say the Shi-
kishima sank two minutes after rum
ming on the mine and that the Asama
was being towed away by vessel OF
the bombarding fleet when she also
went down. The thirteen Russians
seem to have obtained their informa-
tion from the commanding officer at
Dalny, who showed they assert, tele-
gram from Port Arthur that the bom-
bardment commenced at one in the af-
ternoon and that two hours after the
Shikishima struck a mine and soon
went to the bottom. During the con-
fusion that followed, according to the
story told. the Asama also broke into
mine and was being taken in but
was sinking SO fast that it was found
necessary to abandon her. A number
of Russian torpedo boats then went out
but the Japanese received reinforce
ments and the Russians retired.
Russians Fear Next eombardment.
St. Petersburg. May ia conv of
the vladivostock vostochny yestnik.
which was received in this city ex.
presses fear that the next lombard.
ment by the Japanese will be more