The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-02
ZAP VICTORY
IS COMPLETE
Annihilation OF Russian Navy
Is Almost Completed by the
Great Jap Admiral
ONE ADMIRAL CAPTURED
NobogatoH a Prisoner OF Togo,
Eight Captains Drown.and
Rojestvensky Is Pursued.
FLAGSHIP MAY BE SUNK
Stock Exchange of London Claims tic
Have Authoritative Information
to the Effect that Sojest-
vensky's Ship Sank.

Washington. May 29.-In the great
naval battle fought Saturday
and Sunday in the Straits of
Korea the Japanese obtained & com
plete and overwhelming victory. Late
advices show that Roiestvensky's feet,
composed of all his most effective and
powerful ships, was completely shat
tered.
Two Russian battleships, one coast
defense armorclad five cruisers, two
special service ships and three destroy
ers were mi and there were captured
armorclads and one special service
ship.
~Rojestvensky's flagship escaped be-
ing badly damaged. and with other yes
sells of his broken fleet is being pursued
by he victorious japanese.
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, however,
was captured with 1900 other prison
ers. 1t seems probable, in their Grip
pied condition, the other Russian YES
sells will fall into the hands of The Jap
anese before they can reach Nladivos-
tok.
While London rumors say several
Japanese vessels We're lost Togo Off
cially reports his SQUADRON was not
damaged. A lumber of Russian vessels
still remain near Shanghai, but it is
evident that as a fighting force the
great fleet has been destroyed.
THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Toxic, May 29.-It is officially an
ounce that Rojestvensky's fleet is
practically annihilated in the battle of
Saturday.
h Russian battleships Borodino
~-.7 A1@.x- 100 49,
Admiral Nakahimoff, Dmitri Donskoi.
Vladimir Monomach; coast defense
ironclad Oushakoff: protected cruisers
Svietlana and Jemschug: repair ship
Kamschatka, n the cruiser Irtessin
were sunk.
The battleships orel and Nicolai L,
coas defense ironcladS Admiral Semi
avin and Admiral ApraXine were cap
tured.
EIGHT CAPTAINS DROWN.
London. May 29.-An Evening News
Toxic dispatch say eight captains of
Russian warships were drowned during
the battle Saturday.
ABSOLUTE AND OVERWHELMING
Washington. May 29.-Japanese Min
lister 'Takahira received a cablegram
from his government conveying the
information that the Japesiese victory
had been absolute and oveswhelming,"
but the cablegram lacks details.
According to advices received by the
navy department from Toxic the Jap
anese, In addition to the ships already
named. captured the Russian battleship
S!ssoi Veliky. and the Russian flagship
was seriously damaged.
HOW FLEET LINED UP.
Washington, May 29.-The following
belated dispatch has been received by
the navy department dated Saturday.
showing the formation of the Russian
fleet Just before the battle:
The Russian feet was sighted this
morning between Goto island and Quel-
part island. Korea. in a double column,
the Jemtenug leading the way.
The Borodino, Orel, KalaZ. Suvaroff,
Alexander III, Ossliabla, Sissoi Eeliky,
Navarin Nicolai l were on the star
board side.
1.-THE Admiral Nakhimof, Admiral
.O~ushakoff, Admiral S%eniavine. General
Admiral Apraxine and other cruisers
We're on the port side"
ST. PETERSBURG is GLOOMY.
ST. Petersburg. May 29.-While Ro-
~testvensky was expected to pay the
price for reaching his haven at Nladi-
vos:ok. the complete loss of two of his
four best battleships. besides several
other warships, with heavy damage to
other ships which such havoc indi-
Gates, is admitted to spell disaster UNI
less the Japanese suffered correspond
ingly.
For this reason news from vla9i-
vostok. where the communication with
the Russian fleet will be established,
is awaited with intense anxiety.
The admiralty calculates that wire-
less communication with E~ladivostok
might be established this afternoon or
tonight, but as al! dispatches must first
80 To the Emperor the news is not like
ly to reach the public until tomorrow.
The Toxic official bulletin announc-
ing that Rojestvensky's fleet was prac-
tically a%nnihilated, was a crushing
blow to admiralty officials, destroying
the hope to which many of them had
chung that the silence of the Japanese
government might be favorably con-
struel.
The wording of the official dispatch
was interpreted to mean that Togo had
succeeded in barring and holding the
entrance to the Straits OF Korea
against RojestYensky.
Owing to a decision of
to suspend Monday publications of only
kilograms are being printed on fly
sheets. The Novoe Nremya alone COM
ments editoriaily on the battle.
under the caption THE HOUR OF
FATE HAS STRUCK" the paper says:
Russia has been reproached with put
ting too much trust in God. sending too
many ikons to the war and not enough
men. The results is now. in the IAN
guage of Americans, in the hands of
the men behind the guns We Rus
slams will be patient unit full results
are known.
JAPs CALMLY BIDED THEIR TIME
Toxic. May pat a o'clock satur-
day the scout ships of Rear Admiral
Kataoka reported by wireless ;ele-
C-aph the approach of the Russian
Baltic squadron from a point north of
Uku island. at the southerly entrance
to the Straits of Korea! At sunrise
the Russian battleships We're eff the
~promontory of Harado, the cruisers in
the center and the three coast defense
irOnclads on the western line. At 10
O'clock IN the morning. they We're west