The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-10
JAP WARSHIP
IS BLOWN Up
sAT1LEsHIP sHiKisHiMA SAID
TO BE LOST WITH ALL OF
ITS CREW.
ARRIVALS ON JUNK DENY STORY
HEAVY FIRING CONTINUING FOR
SEVERAL HOURS, AT
PORT ARTHUR.
ARRIVALS ON JUNK DENY STORY


Chefu, June S.-The Russian consul
here has received news that a large
Japanese vessel has been sunk by q
mine of Talienwan.
Jap Warship Blown Up.
Berlin, June 8.-A telegram to the
Lokal Anzieger fren Toxic states
that the Japanese warship blown up
at Talienwan was the battleship Shi-
kishima. The entire crew was
drowned.
Heavy Firing Heard.
London, June 8.-A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph dated S~hongtaitse,
June 8, says hat heavy artillery firing
was heard that morning in the direc-
ton OF Tahwan. east of Liao-yang.
Firing at Port Arthur.
Chefu, June 8.-The correspondent
Of the Associated Press at Tong Chow
cables that there was firing at Port
Arthur last night, beginning at 1870
O'Clock and continuing several hours.
A junk arriving during the night from
Dalny reports that there was heavy
firing all day yesterday in the vicinity
of Port Arthur. When the junk left
Dalny Monday morning all vas quiet
there. The arrivals on the junk deny
the story Of the sinking Of the Japan
csc shin off Talienwan.
Port Arthur in Dire Straits.
Wei-Hai-Wei, June 8. - A Chinese
trader named So You Hi has reached
Niuchwang from Port Arthur. For q
trivial offense he was put to work on
the outer fertilization, but he escaped.
He states that great discomfort exists
among the civil population, who are
deprived Of all rights and do hard
work in the garrison.
All supplies have been pooled in the
commissariat yard. The stock is not
great. There were no fresh vegeta-
bles. A little milk, sugar and salt is
sold privately by some commissarist
officers at an exhorbitant price. 1t is
Being Husbanded
against 4 breaking out of scurvy. The
chief supply Is biscuit, which is dis
tributed at the rate of ten ounces a
day per head. No n in town has had
q full meal in six weeks.
There are 5000 men in the garri-
son. including the sailors Of the fleet.
Ammunition Is being taken ashore for
army use. Gen. Stossel addresses the
garrison in stirring terms several
times a week. The men reply with
shouts of mo surrender"
Rumors Of sortie.
Liao-yang, June Sit is p~ersistently
reported here that the Port Arthur
squadron made a sortie shortly before
dawn Saturday, with the torpedo boat
destroyers leading, and found the
Japanese feet quite unsuspecting the
presence Of hostile warships, with the
result that four of the Japanese ships
were sunk during the attack.
Russians Quit Town.
Tien-tsin, June 8.-Heavy firing was
heard at Niuchwang yesterday morn
ing coming from the direction Of Lao
yang. The Russians have evacuated
Sin Min-Tung, about thirty miles west
of Mukden, and its vicinity. 1t Is
said that the troops which were at Sin
Min-Tung are joining troops on the
road to Mukden. Nothing is known at
ments.
k~uropatkin Moves.
tary attache of a frst-class power has
telegraphed here that Gen. Kuropat-
kin's headquarters staff has moved
forty miles south of Liao-yang, to q
point between Hal Cheng and Dashit-
saio. Kuropatkin's move is considered
possibly a foreshadow of severe fight
ing in the northern part Of the Lao
tung peninsula, but it is q mistake to
assume that his action involves q
change in the position of the Russian
main army, which, according to the
best information. remains at Lao
yang.
Russians Are Again Whipped.
London, June Z. The Daily Tele-
graphs Tien-tsin correspondent wires:
-Four thousand Russians belonging
to Gen. Stakelberg's brigade on May
81 attacked 1900 Japanese occupying
q position five miles south of Wafang-
ten. The Russians were repulsed,
losing 200 killed and 400 wounded.