Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-16
PORT ARTHUR
Fierce Assault on All Sides by
 Mikado's Forces.
EOVIK REPORTED SUNK AT SEA
Kamfmura's ships, After Defeating VIauiyostok Squadron, United In a Work of Humanity and Saved
 800 of the Rurik's Crew.

0OO or rhe Aur1k'S CreW.
 LONDON, Aug. 16-Special advices from Shanghai say that many reports have reached there that Port Arthur has faHen after a desperate assault by land and sea. This report has many believers, as it is known that Port Arthur has been in desperate straits for the last ten days, during which the Japanese have been pouring constant rain of shells upon the fortress.
 The Japanese have 100000 besiegers and 45O guns, of which fifty are mor- tars, before the fortress. The people are reminded that the fall of Port Ar thur will in nowise affect Russia's po- Eition as regards the campaign and will have no decisive effect on the re- suit of the war.
 A special from St. Petersburg says that the expectation there is Port Ar thur will fall at any moment. Especial significance is attached to the fact that Lieutenant General StoesSers wife and children went to Chefu on board the torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshitelni
 Tn the early hours of the morning, the report says. a general attack was opened from Wolf hills by the Japa- nese land forces. This attack was SUD- plemented by an assault from the sea by the fleet of Admiral Togo.
 A Nagasaki report says that 600 sur vivors of the crew of the Russian cruiser Rurik, which was sunk by Ad- miraI Kamimura off Unsan, Korea, have arrived at Sasebo.
 X Refugees from Port Arthur say the Japanese recently occupied the Liauti hills and Sushiyen, which is two or three miles north of the fortress.
 An unconflrmed report which has reached here from Kaiochau says the Russian cruiser Novik, which put into Tsingchau after the battle of Aug. 10 and which coaled there and put to sea within her twenty-four hours limit, has been sunk forty miles from Kaio- rhau.
 Admiral Kamimura has reported to Tokyo that at dawn on Sunday his squadron discovered the three vessels of the Vladivostok squadron off Ulsan, southeastern coast of Korea steaming Bouthward. The Russian vessels on sighting the Japanese squadron at tempted to escape northward, but were prevented, and fighting commenced at b:28 a. n. All the enemys ships caught Ire several times by reason of the Jap anese shells and apparently suffered heavily, especially the Rurik. Eventu- ally the Russians fled at full speed northward. leaving behind the Rurik. which afterward sank Thereupon the whole Japanese squadron began the rescue of the drowning Russians and picked up about 600.
 A Kiaochau report says that the Rus sian battleship Cesarevitch and three torpedo boat destroyers are now in the hands of the local German govern ment for repairs, but it is improbable that these vessels will fight again in Ehis war
 The admiralty at St. Petersburg has DO information as to whether Lieuten- ant Newton A. McCully of the United States navy and Lieutenant de Cuver- vile of the French navy, the only two naval attaches at Port Arthur, joined Rear Admiral withoft's squadron when It left that port or not.
 If is reported that Viceroy Alexeieff has left Mukden hurriedly for Vladi- vostok on receipt of news that the ill- ness of Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff had taken a serious turn and that the ad- miral was not expected to recover.
 The exeet whereabout of the Port Arthur battleships is still mystery, on which hinge Russian naval for tunes in the far east. Telegrams re- porting them back at Port Arthur have hot been confirmed up to this hour.