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REBEL WARSH|P
xNIAz PoTEMKIN ELUDEs HER
Isl q, PURSUERS.
ESCAPES BLACK SEA FLEET
Orders Are Given to Capture or Sink
Her-Report That Sailors Have
a, Made Compact Not to Fire
on Mutineers.


on Mutineers.
Odessa, July S.-Vice Admiral Chouk-
min has telegraphed the governor gen.
eral of Odessa that the Black sea feet
has been ordered to capture or destroy
the Kniaz Potemkin.
Fleet in Pursuit.
st. Petersburg, July 8.-The Kniaz
Potemkin escaped from Theodosia be-
fore the Black sea feet arrived there
from Sebastopol, and as the fleet did
not put. into Theodosia it is presumed
the warships are in pursuit of the YES
sci. 1t is considered possible that
Ensign and Quartermaster" Alexief,
who commands the Kniaz Pctemkin,
was advised of the fleets coming and
left Theodosia.
The reports as to the direction taken
by the Kniaz Potemkin do not agree.
Admiral Wirenius, chief Of the general
staff Of the navy, informed the press
that one report said she had sailed
westward in the direction of Livadia,
raising the suspicion that it is the in
tention of her crew to lombard the
emperor's summer palace.
Another rumor said that when the
Kniaz Potemlin was last seen she was
headed southeast, as if bound for the
Caucasus littoral.
This subsequently was supplemented
by report from Sebastopol that the
Kniaz Potemkin had put into Tuapse,
halfway to Poti, and had been cap
tured in some mysterious fashion by
soldiers.
Torpedo Boat in Pursuit.
The torpedo-boat destroyer Smetilvy,
manned by crew of officers and blue
Jackets, who volunteered to sink the
mutineer, reached Theodosia several
hours after the Kniaz Potemkin had
departed, and after hurriedly coaling,
the Smetilvy put to sea. presumably
in pursuit of the rebel battleship.
The reports sent from Odessa to the
London newspapers regarding the
bombardment of Theodosia are untrue.
Order is fully maintained in the town
by the troops.
Before leaving Theodosia the Kniaz
Potemkin sighted British collier,
which she followed seward and from
which she took quantity of coal.
a Refuse to Fire on Rebels.
J; At the admiralty Office it was be-
lieved that the Kniaz Potemkin had
escaped and that the Black sea feet
was pursuing 1t toward Batoum. Con-
fidence that the vessel would be sunk
was expressed by high officials, but
the belief among the people Of St
Petersburg is that no battle ever will
be fought.
This feeling among the public i.
due to reports spread by relatives anc
friends of sailors on the other YES
sells, who have received letters saying
that all the men had made compact
not to fire on the Kniaz Potemkin. and
that If such orders were given the
whole feet would mutiny.
These declarations, it is authorize.
lively stated, have so alarmed the ad
4 miralty that it is contemplating the
dismissal of every crew in the whole
squadron, laying up the ships, ant
awaiting the surrender of the Kniai
Potemkin when her ammunition is ex
hausted. If this be true, it means /.
revolutionary victory for the Black Sc;
feet which will have far-reaching ant
sinister consequences. Its mischievou
moral effect would be far greater ant
more portentous than the battle IL
the Sea of Japan straits.
Potemkin Prepared to Fight.
II the unexpected should happen and
the Kntaz Potemkin be drawn into {
fight, 1T is believed in well-informet
quarters that it would sink at leas
two of its opponents. This feeling il
disturbing the admiralty, and its sin
certify in protesting to desire battl
is openly questioned by those VIII
dare to do so.
Everything Is in order and good dis
cipline prevails. All the guns are KEEP
loaded and the mutineers have full
complement of ammunition.
The crew consists Of $50 men an,
there are Is more in the torpedo boa
No. 256 There are several ensign
among the crew, held prisoners AM
eostumed as sailors.
81 Losses at Odessa $5,ooo,ooo.
According to the Odessa correspond
snt Of the Novosti, the total losse
through the outbreak at Odessa ar
estimated at $4,000, 600, The insuranc
offices refuse the payment OF claims
alleging the state is responsible,
Still at Large.
st. Petersburg, July s.-According
the latest reports the Kniaz Potemki
has escaped her pursuers and Is still 6
large in the Black sea, with the torped
boat destroyer Smetilvy and the Blac
sea fleet hot on her trail. There is littl
doubt that she is heading for Poti c
Batoum, but no dispatches from eithe
place had been received up to two o'cloc
this morning. Advices received indicat
that the tension is increasing in the Ca,
casus. where the turbulent elements al
excited over reports regarding the col
dition of the feet, increasing the fes
that the arrival Of the Kniaz Potemki
at a caucasion port will have the eTe'
Ct pouring oil on the smoldering fam
Negro Lynched.
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