The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-08-26
GEN.. STOfSSEL
SAYS FAREWELL
WRITES TO AN INTIMATE FRIEND
THAT PORT ARTHUR WILL
BE HIS TOMB.
POUR HEAVY FIRE INTO FORTRESS
RUSSIANS SILENCE JAPANESE
BATTERIES AFTER coNTiNU.
Gus FIGHTING.

Moscow, Aug. "a. - A telegram re-
ceived from Gen. Stoessel by one of
his most intimate friends here ends
with the words: Farewell forever.
Port Arthur will be my tomb"
Chefu, Aug. 24.-No definite infor-
nation has been received from Port
Arthur, further than the fact that
desperate fighting continues.
ST. Petersburg, Aug. pa dispatch
from Chefu, dated yesterday, says
that, according to Chinese reports, the
Japanese yesterday bombarded Port
Arthur from 6 o'clock in the morning
until l o'clock in the afternoon, pour
ing in a heavy fire, but the Russians
succeeded in silencing the Japanese
batteries. The Japanese fleet "a not
engaged, having put further out to
sea-.
United States Keeps Hands OF.
Washington, Aug. "a. Under no
COIlulIlOuS VIII 1lC iCdA WdISALpO
take a hand in any trouble at Shang-
hal between Japan and Russia or be-
tween either of the ~beligerents and
China. They will not interfere to
maintain the integrity of China or
eve to protect American property or
the American colony, which is one of
the largest of the foreign settlements
in Shanghai. The dock at which the
Russian cruiser Askold is lying i'm
mediately adjoins the American con-
cession, and If she should be attacked
there by the Japanese warships it is
certain the flying shells would do
much damage to American property.
II an attack should be threatened
Consul General Goodnow will enter a
protest and
Demand a Sufficient Delay
to secure the removal of all Ameri-
cans to a place of safety. He will do
nothing more than file a protest and
ask for q short delay. The question
of payment for any American property
that is destroyed will be taken up at
the close Of the war.
This is the policy which vas de-
cided on after a conference between
Acting Secretary Adee of the state
department and Acting Secretary
Darling Of the navy department and
q talk over the long-distance tele-
phone with the president at Oyster
Bay. The order that Admiral Stirling
and Consul General Goodnow must
keep their hands out Of the middle, 40
matter what happens, came directly
from Mr.. Roosevelt. This program ap-
plies not only to Shanghai but to Che
fu, where the probability of trouble is
indicated, and to all other Chinese
ports.
Merely diminishing.
L~iao-yang, Aug. 24-Japanese troops
In considerable force are concentra-
ting ON the southern front Of the Rus
sian army and there is continual
skirmishing, but nc immediate pros
pect of a big battle.
During the night time there is quite
active firing on the Russian outposts,
but the Russian troops have strict Or
ders not to reply.
The Chinese say that thirty. thous-
and Japanese troops with two hundred
guns have been landed at Yinkow,
part Of these troops going to Niu-
chwang and part to Hal Cheng.
U. s. Warship Takes a Hand.
Shanghai, Aug. %. - Shanghai was
thrown into a fever of excitement yes
terday afternoon by the arrival of a
Japanese torpedo boat which was
sighted coming in from the south at
4:3O o'clock. She passed the Woon-
sug at full speed and started up the
River Ju for Shanghai. The United
States torpedo boat destroyer
Chauncey slipped her cable and fol-
lowed the Japanese destroyer. The
Japanese boat was cleared for action.
She anchored OF the Cosmopolitan
dock where the Russian cruiser Ask
old in undergoing repairs. The Chaun-
cey came to anchor practically be-
tween the dock and the Japanese de-
stroyer. A foreign pilot ship reports
having see q Japanese
0~attIeehtp n Two Cruisers
cruising sixty miles outside oof Woo
sung. There are at present no Chi
nese men-of-war in this port, but the
taoti has telegraphed that a Chinese
cruiser be sent Immediately. The
Russian consul general here fatty re-
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