Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-02-18
Japanese Troops Arc Defeated in Two Engagements With pus-
sians-Over Four Hundred japanese Soldiers Were
Slain by CoSsacks TN One Engagement
Russian Fleet Is Believed to Dc ~Bombardins Fvkvyama-Eshteen
Hundred japanese Soldiers Reported Killed by Sinking
Of a Transport Russians Invade Japan.
WAn NEps

Japanese victorious in another ma
val battle at Port Arthur.
Japanese defeated In two land bat
ties, but extent OF reyerses not known.
II ia believed that the Russian ieet
Is bombarding Fukuysma.
Six Norwegian steamers. chartered
by Russians and laodeu with coal. are
captured by Japanese.
Eighteen hundred Japanese soldiers
reported killed by sinking of trans
port.
Il dreams rioting at Seoul and other
points.
Northern Japan invaded by Russian
soldiers. who commit de~predations.
Japan will ask the United States to
induce Russia to release Japanese
subjects detained at Port Arthur.
Siberian railroad wrecked by JAP
anese for n distance of seventy miles.
: Tien-tsin. Feb. Is. - A further en-
gagement Is reported to have taken
place yesterday outside of Port Ar
thur in which the Russians were
worsted. The cars ships retired into
the harbor. The Japanese afterward
bombarded the forts and then with
dew. Several OF the Russian men-of-
war are said to have been sunk or
damaged and one Japanese ship was
lost.
Russians Sink Their Own Boats.
Chefu, Feb. 16.AReliable authority
a v that three Russian torpedo boats
have been sunk by guns from the
forts. They were mistaken for Jap
anese vessels.
One Japanese Vessel Sunk.
Tien-tsin. Feb. 1s. - Reports have
reached here of a further naval action
of Port Arthur. Before dawn sas-
terday two apanese warships ap-
peared OFF the Pert and opened fire
with shells. The Russian batteries
commenced to reply and the squadron
moved out and also opened fire. The
Japanese vessels retired. fighting as
they went, but one. the name of which
is unknown. was sunk. The Japanese
feet arrived in time to reinforce the
remaining vessel and a general action
was begun, In which the Russian
squadron suffered serious damage and
was forced to retreat into port. Re-
ports vary in some details. II Is bo-
lieved. however, that several Russian
ships are ashore or sunk.
Japs Suffer Two Land Defeats
Chefu. Feb. 16.-A land conflict has
occurred on the Yalu river. and all
reports tell OF a Japanese reverse, but
no details have been received, and
the extent Of the battle Is rot known.
One report, given yesterday and re.
peated to-day, is that It merely was a
skirmish. and another that the JPap.
anese suffered a eve loss.
The Japanese forces are said to
have landed at Pigeon Boy. west OF
Port Arthur, and were attacked by
Russian troops and batteries aad
were defeated with evere loss.
At Tai-lien-Wan over 400 apanese
soldiers were slain by Cossacks.
A dispatch received here from
Shanghai says that the japanese bonn
barded Dalny. near Port Arthur. and
landed a force OF marines. Another
dispatch from Shanghai says that the
japanese squadron has sealed Port
Arthur. This report 10 thought to be
true. ~ heavy firing was heard ut
midnight III the straits, and the Jap
anese probably drove the Russian
neet into the harbor.
Japanese Island 10 Invaded.
Nagasaki. Feb. 1.-THE Islard Of
Yeso. the most northerly island Of
Japan, has been invaded By Russian
soldiers. who are raiding the country
around Hakodate and Aomari. A
force Of Japanese will be sent to the
scene.
Six Norwegian steamers, chartered
BY : Russian naval contractor, have
been captured. Ono Of them arrived
here to-day under convoy Of . cruiser.
Il ID rumored that 1900 Japanese SOL
lfers have been killed. presumably by
the sinking Of . transport.
Naval Battle Imminent.
Hakodate. Feb. Is. - -Four Russian
warships have again sighted Oh the
western entrances Of Tsugaro straits
this morning and . naval battle u I'm
minenk
Fats % v1sdlvostok Fleet.
London, Feb. 16.-The mystery sur.
rounding the fate OF the Vadivostok
squadron h stin unsolvsd. The Daily
Nail. the Daily Telegraph and other
papers have received dispatches from
Toxic. Nagasaxi and Shanghai report.