Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1904 — BALTIC FLEET GOING TO WAR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BALTIC FLEET GOING TO WAR.

Trials I*roVe Successful and Majority of Ships Await'Unfinished Ones. The Associated Press is enabled to state authoritatively that there has been no change of plans regarding the Baltic squadron on account of the result of the recent sea fight off Port Arthur. The maneuvering and firing trials of the ships have been completely successful aud the squadron has now returned to Cronstadt to await the finishing touches-on the txittleship Orel and the cruisers Oieg, Izumrud and Jeintchug before sailing for the Orient. s. i Tire Japanese statement, on which Japan bases .its demand that the crews of the Askold and Grozovoi at Shanghai lie interned until the end of the war, namely, that the officers and men of the Variag and Gofietz are on botuxl ships bound for the far East, is untrue. The crews of those two vessels have been distributed among the school and training Squadrons and on shore duty in. the Baltic and Black sea, but not one man or one officer is on Vice Admiral Rojest Vensky’s vessels. '• .

Japs Gain at Port Arthur. ’ News arriving in Chefoo from Port Arthur appears to indicate that the Japanese have practically ceased to attempt the capture of the fortress by assaults. Much fighting is going on constantly, but it is a battle of artillery for t)he most part aud the offensive operations partake more of the nature of a siege than of an attack. Marion Temple killed Albert Slagle at Springfield, Ohio, by striking him iu the head with a bridk.

LINE-VP OF ARMIES AT LIAOYANG.