The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-22
sHeLLINc PORT ARrHyR.
Russian Fleet So Damaged as to Make
Further Bombardment BY
Japs Unnecessary.

Russian Fleet So Damaged a. to Make
Further Bombardment BY
Japs Unnecessary.
Toxic, Dee. l3.-Dispatches received
Monday from the japanese army be-
sieging Port Arthur report that the in
terror Of the fortress was boMbarded
with heavy guns Sunday. seriously
damaging the battleship Pol:ava, the
transport Amur and the wireless tele-
graph station at the foot of Golden
hill, and that the arsenal was set on
fire.
The commander of the Japanese
land battery, reporting Monday. says:
-Four Russian hattleships, two cruis-
ers, one gunboat and one torpedo store
ship lying in Port Arthur nareor are
completely disabled. There is no fur
Their necessity for bombardipg the
Russian naval force. Are now en-
gagged Smelling the town of Port Ar
thur, which is being heavily dam
aged B.. ,. ..,s ..,.e.sg,,.s....ss3 -.
Toxic, Dec. l6.-The commander Of
the Third Japanese squadron, reporting
at 10: 80. clock Wednesday morning,
says: Commencing at 1880 o'clock
Tuesday night and continuing until
three O'Clock Wednesday morning, six
torpedo boats and specially fitted tor
pedo craft constantly attempted attacks
against the Russian battleship Sevas-
topol. the coast defense vessel Otvashni
and the military transports. Details of
the attacks are not yet known. How
ever, according to reports received from
the watchtower guardship at mine
o'clock Thursday morning, the Sevasto-
pol had commenced lowering astern and
the water was said to reach the torpedo
tubes astern." -
= Headquarters of the Third japanese
Army. Via. Fusan, Dec. 15.-EverYpa part
OF the city and harbor Of Port Arthur
is visible from 203 Metre hill.,:- The
Streets of the city are deserted. !, and
hut few soldiers are doing patrol: duty.
Many buildings have been burned, and
others shattered. The shelters 81 the
hafbor present strange appearance,
with the turrets, masts and fucnels Of
Mffships showing just above :he.wa-
-tsr. Thefeis not vessel afloat. IA the
harbor. The docks and buildingg on
the water front are torn and b9rned.
The Japanese shells reach every part:
OF the city and harbor. So.
tremendous price in life paid by
ne Japanese for the capture. .of 1908
Metre hill has been redeemed hH.the
utter destruction of the Russian deet.
IYhe japanese feet will now go into
London, Dec. IA dash frons Port
Arthur in IAN open sailboat byssseven
Russians, q thrilling night of trickery,
in. which detection by the japanese
warships was avoided time and time
again only by hairbreadths, and q dan
,gerous but successful run to Chefoo
with dispatches, is the report received
in a cablegram from Chefoo Friday,
TheSboat ran into dock at Chefoo just
after dawn. Seven men stepped: from
1t andsshGrried to the Russian convulate.
Theysw civilian dress, but evidently
were military men of rank. They re-
fused to talk of their escape from Port
Arthur. .
London, Dec, .17.-Gen. Stoessel. the
Russian III ilitarryt COMM nder::,a at Port
Arthur, according to q dispatch from
'Chefoo to the Daily Telegraph, has
again been wounded, this time by
rifle, bullet. The correspondent. adds
that the wound is not serious.
rs Says Kuroki Lives.
San Francisco, Dec. 17.-Capt. P. G.
March, of the general staff of the
United States army, one of the officers
selected by the department to accom-
pany the japanese army in the field
for. the purpose ofstakingnmilita OBJ
servations, returned Friday on the
liner Mongolia. Capt. March brings
absolute refutation of the report that
Gen. Kuroki was killed by Russian
shell. He says he was with Kuroki
on October 5, the day he is alleged to
have been killed, and was with him
every day up to November 80, the day
he left the front