Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-08
FLEET IN HOT CHASE
Mutireer Battleship Escapes
 Capture at Theodosia.
WILL TRANSFER CAPITAL TO MOSCOW
Arrival of Rebel Ship nt Caucasian Port May Cause a Fresh Outbreak of Rebellien-Fear Bombard.
 ment at Yalta.

LONDON, July S-St Petersburg re.
 ports this morning say that the Kniaz
 Potemkine has escaped her pursuers and is still at large in the Black sea
 with the torpedo boat destroyer Sme-
 tilvy and the Black sea fleet hot on her
 trail. There is little doubt that she is
 heading for Poti Or Baum.
 Emperor Nicholas, it is said, is going to Moscow and has decided to transfer ! the capital back there. Such a trans 1 fer has been seriously agitated time 1 after time on the ground that the true heart of Russia beats under the shad-
 Ow of the holy Kremlin. ! Vice Admiral Chouknin has tele- ! graphed the governor general of Odes-
 ga that the Black sea fleet has been
 ordered to capture or destroy the
 Knaz Potemkine
 | A naval magistrate is investigating mutiny on the transport Prout at l Sevastopol. One hundred and fifty sailors of the Prout have been impris-
 ,ned in the fortress here, and the oth- 1 CTS are still on board. Advices received indicate that the ! tension is increasing in the Caucasus,
 where the turbulent clements are ex- cited over reports rsgarding the con dition of the fleet, increasing the fear that the arrival of the Kniaz Potem-
 kine at Caucasian port will have the
 effect of pouring oil on the smoldering l flame.
 l A bomb was thrown at Tiflis. The Black sea fleet arrived at Novo- rossiysk last night and sailed south ward.
 The authorities have placarded the town recommending the people not to go upon the streets should the Kniaz Potemkine appear.
 Intense excitement prevails at Yalta, l Crimea. owing to the fear that the
 Kniaz Potemkine will lombard the city.
 The cZar's summer palace at Livadia is near there. and it is rumored that the mutineers may shell it, as it is close to the seashore.
 The kniaZ Potemkine escaped from Theodosia before the Black sea fleet arrived there from SevastoDol. and as the fleet did not put into Theodosia it is presumed that the warships are in pursuit of the insurgent battleship.
 It is said that typhus has broken out on the kniaz Potemkine. Over half the crew. together with eighty petty officers. are in favor of surrendering and throwing themselves on the mercy of the authorities. But they are pow erless against the other mutineers. who have all the arms. The ringleaders consist of sixty-fve sailors and two civilians who caige aboard at Odessa. I The chief hoatswain occupies the ad- miral's cabin and is virtually in com mand of the ship. aided by Ensign and Quartermaster' Alexief. the only man oE board who is capable of navi- gating the ship.
 Ii is considered possible that Ensign HUI VddEltI HaSAtI AItA4tI- tue Hu- tineer leader, who navigates the kniaz Potemkine. was advised of the fleets coming and left Theolosia &C., cordingly. Al any rate 1t is clear that she coaled from a British ship. which she subsequently released. \ Russian cruiser has arrived at TheOdosia to protect the town.
 The inhabitants who fed while the kniaz Potemkine was in that port are returning.