Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-05-31
Rojestvensky Captured.

Rojestvensky Captured.
Washington May 31.-=The state de
iarrmefft has received the following
from Toxic:
"Tokio. May @o-Ij is Officially an
oounced that al The Russian battle
ships have been sunk except the 0rpl
and Nikolai II, which were captured.
Admirals Rojestvens|<y. Noplhersau
and Neboeatoff all prisoners.
Washington. May @l.-Thr official
reperf of fhe latest details Of the
naval battle in the Korean straits r.
made in cablegram received here
tonight by the Japanese legation here
from the foreign office al Toxic, con
seyne Admiral Tueo's dispatches mp
to this afternG Oh
The report says thai Admiral Ro-
ifstyensky and other admirals and
staff officers We're taken prisoners on
the sinking of Ro1estvensky' flag.
ship. the kuiaz Souvarolf Saturday
night. The total number of vessels
lost to the Russians according 70 Adj
miral Togo now reaches %. and he
ACIDS that. although the full par5iea
lars are not yet in. none OF the Japan.
csc ships We're seriously injured. and
the loss in men TO die f1vsT division
Of the .Japanese fleet wa; mora han
400.
The report says that the ar,n015~1
cruiser Dmitri DonsEoi ran agcc ard
on Urleung island that tht. barI!ashiDs
Oslaibia. already admitted lost oE The
Russian admiralty. and tn Nava":ac
were sunk: that the Oattieshap Sts9o1
Veliky Went 70 the bottom Sunday
morning: that RI" coast d-+ans- sap
Admiral Ousl,akcff was sl;r:s a.s-e@ i
vigorous pursuit. hrr c"s'H aa;.1 "'7-
cued. and gives ether darauS - Z:
vessels sunk e., disabled
The japanese adrni:at Ms: na-i
slightly wounded. t. orote>l7a
cruiser Alma. which has a!c4-dg n.
rived at Eladivostocx. IS referred TO
in the report as ssuspected to have
Junk.
The japanese lagatjGn tonight gave
cut the cabiayran from Toxic It Is
SIS follows
Fifth report from Togo received
afternoon Of MAJ 30.
The main fo~ca- Vt or CONVINCED
feet upon accepting surrender OF re-
manning force near Liaucou-A rocks,
IL the afternoon cf May IS. as already
reported. stopped pursuft AND while
engaged in tie disposition OF the sur
cendered ships, found III a southwest
ern direction TIE Admiral Uoashakon.
{, coast defense ship Thereupcn the
IWat and Yakumo were Immediately
dispatched in pursuit and Invited her
tc surrender. But she refused and was
sunk at 6 D. m Her crew CT ever
200 men were rescued
Cruiser DInltrl DOnSki Ndro al'o
found in the northwestern direction at
5 D. M, and was Immediately over
taken and fred upon vigorously by
our fourth division and sAccrd de-
strcyer hotiIIa She was attacked
that night BY the second destroyer di-
vision and the next morning was
found ashore on the SOUTHEASTERN
shore of U-lung island 81 the ko
rean coast
How Roiest.ersky Was caotuea-
Our destroyer Sazanaml captured
toward the evening Of May - IN the
south CT Uhtiug island the Russian
DESTROYER Biedoyy wherein were
found Admiral Roiastvansky and an
other admiral, bith severely wounded,
together with 80 Russians, Including
staff officers ron tae flagship Prince
Souyaroff, uhicn was sunk at 5 20 p.
N. on Nv 80 Those were all taken
prisoners.
Our cruiser Chitose, whale cruiS.
ing to the ncrthward on the morning
Of May %. found and sunk another
Russian destroyer. Our cruiser Nitaka