Vol. 6.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, May ^8, 1904.
No.
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LOSE A BATTLESHIP
Russian Mine Blows Up Japanese War
ship—Ship Sunk in Few Minutes—
Dawson Men After Xanana Trade
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Special to the Forum
Washington, Mayi6—-The Jap
anese legation has received the fol
lowing from Tokio: “Admiral Ka
toka reports thrt on May 14 our
topedo boat flotilla continued the
sweeping operations under cover of
the fleet. The enemy constructed
> temporary batteries on a promon
tory of Kerr bay, mounting six
field guns, besides a hastily con
structed fort, and stubbornly re
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sisted the Japanese attack. The
Japanese torpedo flotilla, defying
(.be enemy’s fire, carried out the
operation and destroyed five Rus
sian mines. Unfortunately one of
these miues exploded beneath our
cruiser Mikado and the ship sank
in twenty-two minutes. Six men
were kidedlby the explosion, be
sides two wounded in the righting.
The Mikado was an ai mored cruiser
ot 1,800 tons displacement and 31a
feet long. ~
AFTER \'AN AN A BUSINESS
Several Dawson firms are prepar
ing to semi stocks oi goods to the
Tatiana country on the first boats
and to open brancn scores at Fair
' banks and Chenoa. Both the big
companies are shipping heavily
and sending so much freight for
themselves that it is doubtful if
they will have a great deal of space
for \he general shippers, though
they may have some. Beu Down
ing is preparing to take a pack
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train to be used in packing to the
creeks —Dawson News.
COMBINED ATTACK
Special to the Forum.
Chefoo, May 16 —A combined
l.ind and sea attack Upon Port Ar
thur is expected between May 20
and 23. Well informed Chinese
say the entrance to Port Arthur is
not blocked.
New Chivang, May 16,—Rus
sians now admit their railroad is
practically closed to Port Arthur.
They say General Rinevitch with
a large army is moving from Vlad
ivostok towards Korea.
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WHAT CHEEK BAR
Dave Scott, Jim Dalton and Kl
mer Woods left tor What Cheer
bar yesterday morning. They w ill
immediately rush their ditch to
completion and ere long the bar
will be a big producer.
CLAIMS UG WAS ROBBED
Kris Faikenberg claims he was
cheated out of $600 in a “black
jack” gam 2 by Tommy Da porte at
Ai Mayo’s last Thursday. Daporte
claims that Faikenberg got “stuck”
and he won the money fairly. Af
ter the game Faikenberg made a
dash and seized his $600, but Da
porte grappled with him before he
got away. Falkenbeig states that
Daporte so haudled the deck head
that he got a flash of the cards, and
that 20 and 21 w'eie only good for
being beaten on or “stood off”
with. Before Faikenberg left the
house Daporte returned him $135
of the amount Faikenberg claims
he wTas fleeced out of. Faikenberg
will lay the matter before District
Attorney Harlan, upon his arrival
here, for action.
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RUSSIANS SCORE
First Russian Naval Success—Torpedo
Japanese Cruiser in Talienwan Bay
Newspapers For Atlantic Liners—
Special to the Forum.
Liao Yang, May 16.—The Rus
sian fleet scored its first distinct
naval success May io by torpedo
ing and crippling, though not sink
ing, a Japanese armored cruiser in
; Talienwan bay. The Japanese
squadron at the time was concen
trated outside Dalny. The attack
on the cruiser was made by a small
naphtha launch manned by a young
naval officer and three sailors. They
■ succeedei in attaching a torpedo to
the' side of the cruiser. The explo
sion was terrific, though it did not
explode the ship’s magazine and
; the cruiser did not sink. „
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| New York, May 14.—Marconi
has arrived on the steamship Cam
ponia at Liverpool and declares he
maintained constant communica
tion with the shore stations all
during the voyage The success of
his tests insures the publication of
■ daily papers at sea. The fleet of
! passenger steamers on the Atlantic
! is to be equipped at once with the
j wireless apparatus, as well as with
! priming presses and printer. Ar-.
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i rangements are to be perfected at
! once for the transmission over the
1 ocean of a full Associated Press and
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1 Reuter’s report.
It is reported that . the mail
: launch is out of commission, being
broke down. No mail has left
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Tanana since the river opened. It
is thought likely that the Cudahy
I will be the grst boat to take the
mail upriver.
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