Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1904 — MANY RUSSIANS KILLED. [ARTICLE]

MANY RUSSIANS KILLED.

About 203 of the Viridg’s Crew Lost Their Livss Off Chemulpo. About 200 of tlie Variagb*-crew lost their liv< s when the vessel was destroyed by the Japanese off Chemulpo, according to it New York World dispatch from Tokio. The crew of the Russian cruiser numbered 750. Many Ist their lives under fire, but a large number were drowned in attempting to escape. The men loyally aided their ..officers and it is said not one of the officers was drowned. Many swam not to the shore, but to the foreign meu-of-war in the harbor, which promptly lowered boats and went to their rescue. , Besides the French cruiser Pascal the Italian cruiser Iffiba and the British cruiser Talbot'aided the refugees. Ono hundred and fifty, many <>l’ them wounded, reached the Talbot. The Japanese did not lose a man.. None of the fle.et. which is known to have been in overwhelming force, was damaged. The engagement Was watched by foul foreign warships, including the United States gunboat Vicksburg. They all sained the' Japanese litig Thursday, it bcnr- ibc ,great national festival of Kigenetmi. the anniversary of the accession of the Emperor Jiinmu to the throne and the foundation of the present - imperial line, 2.564 years ago, The Japanese troops landed at Gensan are it.tended to operate with the troops that have been successfully landed at Pingy.ang, on the opposite side of the Korean peninsula, says a World dispatch from Kobe. Japan. These two forces constitute Japan's second line of defense against the Russians who tire inarching over flic Yalu ihto Korea. The Japanese preparations—are a view of closing in on any body of Russian troops that succeeds in forcing its way into the interior of Korea.