Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-04


Souvaroff and Slava. in course # con-
structiOn ut the Ei!tic works. '..- BAT
tleships Borodino and orcl. he
Franco Russian works, and the e. user
McleG and the transport kamtcna tka.
at the Mes Admiralty yards. will be
sent to Cronstadt for completion. The
cruisers Zhemchud and Izumrudand
and the hattleship Sissoivcliky and I'M
perator Alexander III arc already there
being prepared for commission. These
ships will form part of the neet which
is destined 70 reinforce Vice Admir-
MakarOlf's fleet. nrAt summer.
St Petersburg, April A st. Peters,
burg newspaper descr.!- the scene on
board the cruiser i;aEal. during the re-
cent bombardmcnt i'll which it dis
tinguishtd herself, as follows:
"Burstfng shells howled over man af-
ter man until the decks were slippery
with blood. Amid this hell the captain
stood unmoved i'll the coming tower,
calmly telephoning his orders to the
gun captains. His wonderful calnness
had a marvellous influence upon all the
officers.
THE cockpit was soon crowded. 80
men being there before the fight ended;
but amidst the crash of guns, the hiss
of flying projectiles: the thunder Of eX-
plosions; the racket of SplinterS and the
din of the working engines, the sur
gcons Iabored over the wounded at the
hospital operating table.
"N hen the battle ended and the ell
envy began to draw off, the officers OH
,,,I l,1 oh ,sr
extended down into the hold, the stok-
crs and even the wounded joining in it.
The captain Signallcd for full speed
ahead after the retreating Japanese,
hut the Eayan had not gone far before
the flagship sisnalled her to return
ST. Petersburg. April SIS. Metatin, a
peasant in the province of Vladimir,
has seen 200 roubles to the Emperor III
Il letter addressed:
Most honest, most autocratic. most
merciful great lord emperor. our little
father. Nicholas Alexandrovich." The
letter is signed "The elnperor's most
sinful slave"
St. Petersburg. A A CORE
Spondcnt of The :. -.. .t a Press at
Port Arthur Telegram l.Hry, as fol-
lows.
The Chinese prorhesyil new at
tempts to block the channel. are at the
present moment awed.
.'All is quiet in Port Arthur and the
situation is unchanged throughout the
peninsula.
deposits of coal similar to that of
Cardiff. Wales. have been found in the
vicinity of Port Arthur. The discov-
cry is an extremely important one in
view Of the necessity of obtaining an
ample supply of fuel for the fleet.
'Indgnation prevails here over the
publication by the Daily Press of Hong
Kong of untrue reports concerning
Russia and of victories by the Japanese
which excite the Chinese in Russia.
During the inspection made by Vice.
roy Alexieff he visited the battery on
Arctic cliff and presented the COM
mander with an old bronze cross s"nt
by a Moscow woman who requested
that it be erected on the most danger
,,lt Fart of the fortress"
Tsitsihar. Manchuria, Wednesday,
March 23.-The Associated Press CORE
spondent met here the first batch of
Japanese prisoners taken du .u- the
war. who are en- route to Chin, ~ here
they will be detained. Rhe prisoners
include n major of the japanese gener-
al staff. his wife ana Il maid. and seven
soldiers vino were captured in Corea
by Cossacks. They were heavily
guarded and appeared to be greatly de-
pressed and sad at the prospect of long
imprisonment.
Tho major apparently had been at
tacned to the Japanese secret service,
although his wife denied that he had
sketched the scene of prospective or-r-
ations.
Sebastopol. April 3.-'rhe survivors of
the NariaS and KOREAN. which vessels
were destroyed in Chemulpo harbor. ar
rived here. today, and received ovations
as enthusiastic as those with which
they We're greeted at Odessa
The city was in holiday garb and the
entire Black sea feet. was drawn I'D
before the port.
Admiral Skrydloff commander in
chief of the fleet. welcomed the surviv-
ors and at the admiralty cathedral re-
moved from his breast the Order of ST.
George. and pinned it upon that of
Captain Stepanoff, of the Eariag, who
had seen service under him.
Captain Stepdnoff and his crew have
been ordered to st. Petersburg and the
towns of the route have invited them
to stop off in order that they too may