The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-02
RUSSIA STANDS APPALLED,.

/ by sailors of the guard and oficered
! exclusively by men prominent in Socle-
l ty and at court. Her crew served dur
/ ing the winter time as a regiment Of
/ the guard Of which the dowager empress
was honorary commander.
! Baron -Ferzen's report dispOses of the
! statement sent from St Petersburg that
/ Izumrud had arrived at Nladivostok-
The Izumrud was built at the Nevsky
( yards at st. Petersburg and was launch
J ed in 1903 She was of 3,lO6 tons dis
| placement 1900 indicated horse power
and 411b feet beam and l6 teet draughI,
1 with a speed Of % knots an hour.
! Her armament consisted of six At inch
quick firing guns, six 1.S lnch quick mr.
/ ing guns, two IA machine guns and
she was equipped with hVe torpedo
tubes. Her complement was $40 men,
Rojestvenslzy Relied on Fog.
Toxic. June "A telegram from
Sasebo saws that Admiral ROjestvensky
stated in an interview that he hoped TO
clear Tsu island in a fog but sudden
southwestern gale cleared the log ana
revealed the presence of his fleet.
Japanese Losses.
Toxic. June 2.-The japanese losses
in the battle of tine sea of Japan were
113 officers and men killed and 424 ON
GERS and men wounded The completloh
of the. revised lists shows that the losses
were under the original estimates; Ihe
flagship Mfkasa was the heaviest loser
losing 63 killed and wounded.
The losses were distributed among the
fleet as follows: Aikasa So; Adzuma
80; Shikiahima 81 Asahi 81; FuJl ~
Idzumo So; Nisshin q; Otowa 20;
Kasuga IS; Tsushima 10; Asama 10;
Naniwa II; Toxic Is; YakumO II; Chi
tose so; Adzumi 10; Kasumga 8; Hashi-
kate 5; Niitaka 4.
The casualties among the destrOyers
and torpedo boats were 81.
Commander Togo was wounded on
the AdzuFa.
Celebration at Toxic.
Toxic, June admiral Togo's vic
tory was celebrated here yesterday. The
entire city was decorated with flags
and bunting. Literary exercises and
sports were held in Hibiya park, Mayor
OZaki presiding. Thousands of persons
filed the park and Justify cheered. The
naval starr occupied prominent seats on
the platform. Various organizations
and guilds paraded the streets. the pro-
cession all converging at Sibiya park.
Sank Her in a Minute.
Toxic, June 2.-1O:3O p. m.-Ad-
miraI Togo, telegraphing yesterday,
says:
'The ships sent northward to search
for Russian ships returned yesterday.
The cruisers Iwate and Yakumo and
other vessels sent southwark to find
Russian ships returned today. They
thoroughly searched the Shanghai
course from Tsushima and vicinity.
but on both sides found no trace of
the Russians
Admiral Shimamura, on board the
| cruiser IWate, reports:
During the battle on May 27s at
3:O7 o. m. the cruiser Iwate vigorous
" attached the protected cruiser Jent-
chuq at a distance of three thousand
metres. The Jemtchug sank In one
minute. The loss of the Jemtehug IS
therefore confirmed.
ssDuring the engagement fire broke
out on the Jemtchug and smoke con-
| cealed the hull of the vessel. Conse-
/ ouently the remainder of our fleet
were unable to see the ship.
Rfotfng Renewed at LODI.
Lodz, Russia, June zLThere was a
renewal of rioting here this morning.
/ A crowd of people stopped detach-
ment of Cossacks and the latter hred,
| killing two persons and Woundlng 9TH
! ers.
Japanese Knew ROJestvensky's Plans.
Victoria. B. c., June 2.-Aceording to
! advices received by the steamer Kama
gawa, the japanese government was
| informed that ROjestvenslHy intended to
! trv to pass through the straits of
/ Korea When the steamer KanagaWa
was about to sail from Yokohama on
/ Nav IS the directors of the Nippon
! Yusen Kaisha line are said to have
been informed that there was no dan
| ger of encountering Russian vessels in
/ the Pacific and the steamer proceeded
( to America. Inc steamer lyO was al
! the same time ordered by cable to pro-
/ ceed from this side and cable advices
were received today by local agents Of
her safe arrival.
A Strong Case Against France.
Victoria, B. c., June 2.-Advices
were received by the steamship Kama
gawa that strong case is being
made out by the Japanese govern
ment against Captain Bergouin, a
prominent F'renchmsn of T'~kiO. for
merly of the French legation, who
with his son-in-law and a japanese
engineer in his employ have been
/ arrested charged with being a spy in
the Russian service. Copies of mes
sages alleged to have been sent to
Russian agents giving Information
with regard to movements of trans
( ports. warships and troops were
found in his residence at Toxic. It
4 was stated that the transports Hita-
chi and Sado were intercepted and the
former sunk year ago by the Vladi-
vostok squadron because of informa-
ton furnished by Captain Bergouin.
Strong protests were made by the
French government regarding his
arrest, but no notice is being taken by
the japanese government, which has
a strong case against the alleged spies.
HOW THE IZUMRUD WAS LOST.