The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-06-11

mine az TflIenwan.
Jap Warshlp Blown Up.
Berlin, June ga telegram to the
Lokal Anxfeger from Toxic states
that the Japanese warship blown up
ut Talienwan was the battleship shi.
kishlma. The entire crew was
drowned.
Heavy Firing Heard.
London, June 8.-A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph dated shongtaitse.
June 8. says that heavy artillery firing
a 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 1880
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 was quiet
there. The arrivals on the junk deny
the story Of the sinking of the Japan
. ship OF 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 .
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 10
sold privately by some commissarist
officers at an exhorbitant price. It is
Being Husbanded +.
agaiUt a breaking out Of scurvy. The
chief supply is biscuit, which is dis
tributed at the rate Of ten ounces q
day per head. No one in town has had
q full meal in six weeks.
There are 10000 men in the garrf.
son. including the sailors Of the feet.
Ammunition 10 being taken ashore for
army use. Gen. Stossel addresses the
garrison in stirring terms several
times . week. The men reply with
shouts of mo surrender!", D.
Rumors Of 9ostie.
'Liao-yang. Juno Sit is persistently
reported here that the Port Arthur
squadron made . sortie shortly before
dawn Saturday, with the torpedo boat
6estroyers leading, and found the
japanese deet quite unsuspecting the
presence Of hostile warships, with the
result that four Of the Japanese ships
were sunk during the attack. -
Russians Quit Town.
T1en.tsin. June S.-Heasy hiring was
heard ct Niuehwang yesterday morn
Ing coming from the direction Of Lao.
yans. The. Russians have $svaeuatsd
ein.llin!TanE about thirty miles west
Of Mukdsn, and it, Vicinity. Il 10
said that the troops which were Ct Sim
Min!Tung arc Joining troops On the
road to Nukden. Nothing 10 known ut
Niuchwang Of the Japanese- move
'nsnka.
kvsopaeun MsvE - =.
St Petersburg, June 3. 80 TAe 0Hi.
tary attache Of . drs&-clasS power has
tsissrsphed hero that Gen. Kuropat-
.kin's headquarters sts6 has: moved
forty miles south Of Liao-yaag, to
point :bsewsen Hat Chsng ana Dashit.
saao. KusopAt1in's move II :cuusiderod
possibly . foresAadow Of ssveee .AGht.
Ing In the northern part Of the LAO
tuhg peninsula; but IL 10 Q mistake TO
assume that his action. involves q
change in the position Of the Russian
main army, which, according 70 the
best information. remains ct LAO
rang. ~.
Center Of Interest.
Liaoyang. June s.-Military interest
3 now centered upon the region Of
imminent operations-the Liaotung
peninsula. Another Japanese army is
landing on the eastern coast q .
counter weight to the Russian ad-
vance from Dashitsiao southwark upon
Gen. Oku's army. The Japanese have
seemingly given up the idea Of Of.
lacking Mao-yang IL they entertained
such Q plan.
The rainy season. which II expected
to begin Id two or three weeks, would,
It IL considered here. render the ad.
vance to Lao-yang impossible. Mean.
while the Cossacks are keeping n
touch with the Japanese outposb.
Another force IL watching Gen. Ku.
rod's right wing north Of the ,Yalu
river.
HUe Air for Russians.
Berlin, June 8. - Col. Cassie. w
correspondent Of the Tasebla&t. hsq8
forwarded TO his paper from Mukds0.]
under date Of June 4. . dispatch whi61I
g interesting g showing III.