The Monticellonian., 1905-06-08
THE WEEKS NEWS
 TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important Events at Home and Abroad
 the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.
Latest Developments In the Russo Japanese War, Together With Items of Interest CulIed From the Important Happenings All Over the World.
TIE WAR IN THE TAR EAST.

TIE WAR IN THE FAR EAST.
 By delicate attentions and words oi sympathy the Japanese officers are trying to soften the bangs of defeat for Vice-Admiral Rojestyensky. who is lying wounded in the naval hospital al Sasebo. Pains have been taken, also 10 assure Mime. Rojestvensky that her husband is dong well and will receive every possible attention.
 4 board of American naval officers reports after examining the three Russian cruisers that took refuge in Manila bay, that the Oleg will require 6o days to repair, the Aurora 30 days and the Jemtchug seven days.
 Prince Potatean is among the Rus sian wounded in the American naval hospital at Cavite.
 Rear-Admiral Nebogatoff does not seem at all anxious to sign his parole
 Russia has requested the good offices of the French minister in Tokio in SC curing as full a list as possible of pfis- oners taken in the recent naval battle so that the terrible suspense among friends and relatives may be ended
 There is great indignation in St. Pc tersburg over the surrender of his ships by Admiral Nebogatof. and un. less the story that he was the victim of mutiny among his sailors is sub stantiated he is likely to meet condign punishment on his return 10 Russia.
 Baron Ferzen. commander of tht Russian cruiser Izamrud, reports 10 tht ear that in seeking to escape his Jap aneSe parsuers he made for Vladimir bay and ran full on reef at the en- trance With only ten tons of eoaI left. and with the certainty of capture he landed his crew and then blew al his ship
 The revised list Of losses by the Jap. anese in the battle of the Sea of Japat shows 113 officers and men killed ant 424 officers and men wounded. Int flagship Misaka was the heaviest loser
 Admiral Togo. in dispatch 10 To kio. designates the recent battle as "the naval battle of the Sea of Japan
 II is officially reported that the ex- tent of the Japanese losses in thf great naval engagement was three tor pedoboats sunk and only slight dam age to any of the other vessels of the feet.
 Ii is intimated that those Russian Of ficers who saw so many Japanese tor. pedoboats destroyed and battleships sunk, must have been the same whc saw Japanese torpedoboats among the tTaWlers in the North sea
 x'iee-Admiral Rojestvenslzy is in the Japanese naval hospital al Sasebo sui feI.ng from a fractured skull.
 Only four Russian vessels are posi- lively known to have escaped the Jap anese, the cruiser Almaz and the de stroyers Grozny, Terosiahty and BraYi the latter arriving at Vladiyostok with part of the officers and crew of the bat tleship Oslabya.
 According to Admiral Fogo's latest reports received at the Japanese lega- tion in Washington. via Tokio, the Russians had lost (as far as the count then wenD by destruction and capture 22 ships of a total tonnage of 153, All
 Admiral Togo reports the capture of the Russian destroyer Biedovy, where on were found Admiral RojeStvensky and another admiral. severely wound ed. together with 80 Russians, inelud- ing staff officers from the flagship kniaz Suvaroff. which was sunk May D. All were made prisoners.