Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-25
ALL IS QUIET At PORT DALRy.
Authorities Expecting That an Assault
Will be Made at Any
Moment.
GERMAN STEAMER FIRED UPON.
Rumors Of Heavy Fighting on Lao Tung
Peninsula--Japs Find it lmpossi-
bic to 0yertake the Cossacks,

chefoo, May 25,--d0 p. MIA por-
ton OF the Japanese fleet bombarded
Port Arthur at II o'clock yesterday
morning. The attack was witnessed
by A Frenchman who left Dalny on the
night Of the 22nd, arriving here to-
night, He says that eight large war
shlps clrcled before the entrance Of
Port Arthur harbor for one hour fir
ing broadsides at intervals OF 10 min
utes
Up to the time this Frenchman left
Dalny everything was quiet there but
an attack on the part Of the Japanese
was expected hourly. The military and
civil officials OF Dalny were ready TO
leave. only few civilians remain
there.
The attempt made about q fortnight
ago to destroy tho docks and piers at
Dalny was not successful and after the
receipt OF the news OF the loss Of the
Japanese battleship IIatsuse, Lieut.
Gen. StOessel, commander OF the mill
tary forces at Port Arthur, ordered
that the docks and piers be not de-
stroyed
The Japanese are IN force at Pitzwo
and Kin Chau and are ready to march
down either side OF the peninsula to-
ward Port Arthur.
The steamer Chefooo .(German), was
fred or by Japanese orclser IN Pc
chill gulf today. She misunderstood
the signals OF the cruiser. The Swed-
ish steamer Karin also was fired or
Of Idao Tie Shan promontory, hut Il
Is not knlwn whence this fire came.
RUMoRs OF HEAVY FIGHTING.
lao Yang, May 25.--There are fur
Their runors OF heavy fighting at the
advanced positions OF Gen. Focks
forces on the Liao Tung peninsula. but
the correspondent OF the Associated
Press has been unable TO officially con-
firm the reports.
CAN'T OVERTAKE THE CossAcKs.
Seoul May %, noon.-Col. Kloshlta's
column arrived at Nlung Yeng May II
and found the Russians had divided, one
party going northwest and the other
ging east The latter attacked Ham
Heung IL was impossible for the Jap
anese infantry TO oyertake the mobile
Cossaoks, so the column returned to
Anju May 49,
AHN mann tpiliulhbtTldt DdSe OF the
japanese. which had been located at
Chemulpo since the outbreak Of the
war has been transferred to Seoul
Twenty-Five officers and large staff OF
non'commlssioned officers and clerks
have arrived here TO take part I'm the
work of provisioning the Japanese
armies.
KUROKI IN DIFFICULTIES.
st. Petersburg, May %, 2.26 p. NJ
There are indications that Gen. Kuro-
patkln Is preparing to make very inn
portant move against the enemy. one
OF the reasons for this belief is the
sudden increased restrictions upon the
war correspondents at the front. The
prevailing belief here is that Gen Ku-
rokts nrmy Is In difficulties.
TEL EGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
CUT.
- Petersburg, May %, 6.l0 p. m.--
topographic communication with New
ohWang IS Interrupted and private mes
sage3 for points south Of Lao Yang
are refused here at the telegraph Of
Hoes The nature Of the interruption
with Ncwchwang Is not known. but the
Cause Tor refusing messages south OF
Lac Yang is the complete absorption
OF the Enen for military purposes