The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-18
WAR NEDS SUMMARY.


val battle at Port Arthur.
Japanese defeated In two land bat.
ties, but extent of reverses not known.
II is believed that the Russian fleet
Is bombarding Fukuyama.
Six Norwegian steamers, chartered
by Russians and laoded with coal, are
captured by Japanese
Eighteen hundred Iapanese soldiers
reported killed by sinking OF trans
port.
L creams rioting at Seoul and other
points.
Northern Japan invaded by Russian
soldiers, who commit depredations.
Japan will ask the United States to
induce Russia TO release Japanese
subjects detained at Port Arthur
Siberian railroad wrecked by Jap.
anese for distance of seventy miles.
Tien-tsin Feb. 16. 49, A further en-
gagemeut 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. l6.-Reliable authority
says 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. 16. - Reports have
reached here of further naval action
off Port Arthur. Before dawn yes
terday two apanese warships ap-
peared off the Port 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
fleet arrived in time to reinforce the
remaining vessel and 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. 1t Is be.
leved, 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 Japanese reverse. but
no details have been received, and
the extent of the battle Is not known.
One report, given yesterday and re-
peated to-day, is that IL merely was a
skirmish, and another that the JPap.
anese suffered severe less.
The Japanese forces are said to
have landed at Pigeon Boy, west of
Port Arthur, and were attacked by
Russian troops and batteries and
were defeated with severe 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 Is thought to be
true, as heavy firing was heard at
midnight In the straits, and the Jap
anese probably drove the Russian
feet into the harbor.
Japanese island is invaded.
Nagasaki, Feb. 1S.-The Island of
Yezo, 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. One of them arrived
here to-day under convoy of cruiser.
1t Is rumored that 1900 Japanese sol.
diers have been killed, presumably by
the sinking of transport.
Naval Battle Imminent.
Hakodate, Feb. 1G. - Four Russian
warships have again sighted off the
western entrance of Tsugaro straits
this morning and naval battle is inn
minent
Fate Of viadivostok Fleet.
London, Feb. 1.-THE mystery sur.
rounding the fate of the Vladivostok
squadron is still unsolved. The Daily
Mail. the Daily Telegraph and other
papers have received dispatches from
Toxic. Nagasagi and Shanghai report
Ing the destruction of three Russian
cruisers by mines or torpedoes In the
Tsugaru strait of Aomori. apan. The
Daily Mail. which at first DESCRIBED
the news as official, in later tele-
gram says that the report still lacks
absolute confirmation. nthe absence