Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1905 — War News in Brief. [ARTICLE]

War News in Brief.

The Japanese cruiser Saiy» n was sunk by n Russian mine in front of Port Arthur. Japan is preparing to dispose of Russia’s Baltic Aeet when it readies Asiatic waters. The Japanese cruiser Adsuma is reported to have been blown up by a Rus■ian mine. The Japanese blew up Rlhl| M Hill Fort at Port Arthur, killing several hundred Ruseiana and rendering twenty gun■aelesa.