Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-05-13
RUSSIANS HAVE
DESTROYED DALNY
CITY That Was Built in a
Night Is Destroyed
in a Day.
FAIR HOPES PERISH WITH IT
Was Intended to Be Russia's Com
merciaI Emporium Docks and
Piers Have Been Destroyed to Pre-
vent Japanese Landing There.

st. Petersburg, May 13.-Viceroy
AleXieff has telegraphed to the car
announcing that the Russians have
blown up the docks and piers at Port
Dalny, Lao Tung peninsula, presum-
ably to render more difficult Japan
csc landing at that port.
st. Petersburg, May 13.-Later te!e-
grams received here indicate that
the whole of Port Dany has been
destroyed by the Russians.
Port Dalny, on Talien Wan bay, on
the east coast of the Lao Tung pen
insula, was intended by Russia to be
the chief commercial emporium Of its
eastern dominions. An edict pro-
viding for its construction was is
sued by the Russian emperor July 81,
1901, and Fort Dalny fully equipped
with all modern improvements, docks,
piers and railroad facilities was
opened to commerce in December,
1901.
Talien-Wan bay is one of the finest
deep water harbors on the Pacific. Il
Is free from ice in winter time and
ships drawing thirty feet of water
Fan enter at low tide water without
difficulty, and without the aid of pill
DTS can sail or steam alongside the
immense docks and piers. where the
cargoes can be loaded into the rail
road cars and run direct for 1000
miles into the city of st. Petersburg.
Five large piers had been construct
ed, each supplied with numerous
railroad tracks and immense ware
houses, railroads, gas, electricity and
water. A large brea..Water was be-
ing constructed, SO that ships could
lie at the piers and load and unload
regardless OF weather. Docks for
foreign vessels, steam and said, en-
foreign vessels the piers and along
the shore for two miles. There were
two first class dry docks, one in
tended for ordinary ocean steamers
and the other designed to accomo-
date the largest vessels of war or
commerce.
Over $6.OOO,000 had been expended
on the harbor system before the end
of 1902, and it was estimated that
the cost of completing the works
would nearly be $20,000,000. but this
does not in any way represent the
total cost Of the erection of this
great commercial port, which with
Port Arthur, distant about twenty
miles. was leased by the Chinese
government to Russia in 1898.
Nearly $4,000 men were employed
daily in the work Of constructing the
port and town. The total population
has been estimated at about 10000,
mostly Chinese Japanese, Koreans
hnd Russians.
Seoul, Nay Isl INK that has
arrived at Chemulpo brings report
that heavy explosions were heard at
sea early yesterday morning. 1t is
| believed here that these explosions
occurred either at Port Arthur or
Port Dalny.
An American miner who left Anjl
on May s has arrived here and re-
ports that a force of $500 Russians
recently spent the night at Unsan.
| He says also that large bodies Of
Russian troops were reported to be
in that vicinity.
Reports of fighting were received
here yesterday but they lack confirm
alton.
Toxic. Nav 13.-Oficial inquiry
shows that Viceroy Alexieff's report
, that railroad communication with
Port Arthur has been restored since
Monday is untrue