The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-20
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message received b. tho star sta'os
further that the japanese sanA eishs
Russian war vessels Ia the Engagement
a $50 that they captured ten other war
ships OF the Rus ian feet. IL adds now
ever. that the news Of the capture =
not confirmed. The report Is gwen
oredence here
81 Petersburg. Feb. 10. - MAJOR Hen-
eral Plug, Vlceroy AIeNierf : chic VI
staff, ts.egrAphed that reports from
YIukau, Newehwang. declare that Tho
Japauese are preparing 10 land AZ lsin-
i-ndA. A message received from the
frontier guard says that mounted pa
tolls, believed to be JapAuese, we're sreU
yesterday uesr Hslnmlug Ting. north
west IT Mukden. No Japanese battle
ships have been seen IN the roadstrad
Of Takungkau as the mouth OF tho aIu
river
IL has been officially admitted By tho
Russian governments that Japanese
troops are now pouring into MAnchuriA
Nagasaki, Feb IS. Eighteen hun
bred Japane-e soldiers are reported Ia
have been killed, presumably By the
sinking OF a transport
Cheefno, Feb TO- The steamer Wen
chow, arriving from Port Arthur. ~
ports 4 Russian saIps were wrecked ia
"Wednesday $ engagement IT, eruler
Askold had a big hoIs IN her side 4. the
wafer line and sunk IN the inner basin
The bAttleship Sebastopole bad a
hole in her side Just above The water
line. The cruiser SOvid bad a hole
shot in her afterpors side. The battle
ship RetvILan Is on the brach Her bot
tom has fallen out
The cruiser PAlladA wAs torpedoed
sbaft the enigne room The CzAroyitch
has been locked The other v-asr L.
were damaged IN their upper works
London, Feb. II Reuters dispatch
says China has notihrd the powers that
She can not assume the maintenance II
neutrality while A portion ~ nsr tern
tory Is under foreign control
Washington. Feb. II III /. stated
on high auJhorrtty that neither japan
nor Russia d. willing 10 permit Am~rl-
can military or naval representative a.
accompany their srets or army
Toxic, Feb Is The Russian Via.
divosrok squadron is sill 10 sight.
cruising 10 the Sea u japan
A report To the eH CT that Mafuula
on the inland sea has been 6ombard-d
by tho Russian squadron d, untrue
London, Fec. ~ In a dispatch gfrrl
Toxic a correspondents saya tlAs The
Russian F.Adtys OK squAdrup i At.l O.
the westward Z T,ugura strait, tar
EASTERN ox!t, 5rlag guarded By torp.-
does
-. Pstersbrs, Feb IA ai.patch
has been received here srum V,c~ruy
AIexiH. saying Captain R-t,zrastrin
commander % the Russian cruiser d..
vision. tslrgraphs that hts dtvjuua dr-
stroyed a steamer Ia sangart Taagar
straits
" \ violent storm. accompanied BY
heavy snow. has besa raging Tor three
[ days and nine degrees ~ frost have
been registered The enemy has DOT
been encountered -
Port said. Feb Is. 49, The Russian
batItehip y abya, tho W uutesr trans.
port oaratoH and four ,Urps doe boat.
dstroyers are At Jobel Zukuh. In the
Red sea 30 miles from Esb p Mandsb
aud tho volunteer feet transport omo-
lsnsk and another destroyer are At Das.
/ dalgs, on the Red sea-
! Chsfoo. Feb ls-Four Russian bat.
tleshIps aud three cruisers lsgs Pur,
Arthur IN search for the Japaurss
squadron reported south IL here and
seen tn the offiug - Cha'oo
Toxic, Fob, II AT a meeting OF
bankers, newspaper prourtstar4 aur
commercial men held IN Toxic IL VA
resolved to support tho govern meat, ~
respective ~ party limos, 80 as 10 pre-
vent domestic affairs from disfracttn.
the nation from the prosecution II tn,
, war.
1t Petersburg. Feb. y The Rms
sian second e Ass cruiser Bayarln wa
blown Mp by \ mine In the same man
ner "a the Ross an transport Yanisei.
She had on board lg7 men. All wrr
lost. according Ia the report
In the early reports FROM Port Arthu
in regard 10 the attack the vessel VA
said to be- only damaged, but thss
reports have proved incorrect.
The Bayariu was built in Copeuhagsr
in 1900. She was Of the fast armorp,
type.
HaRasaki, Feb. ls. Tho Japnncs
have interrupted the British steame
Coptic, bound frtm san FRANCISCO 4
PBort Arthur. The japanese took q,
food supplies purchased by Rasais
Her largo was principally came,
goods.
seoul, Feb. i7.--The Korean govern
ment has granted Japan the right I
traveres the country.
1t "a reported that japanese warshir
have trapped three Russian warshir
at YougamphO. No details u this ma
val exploit have been received.
Chefoo. Feb. l7.-Word has been r
ceived here that Admiral Alexieff = do
partmenture 10 Nukden ito organiz
the Russian land forces" il really