Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-11-21

ST. Petersburg, Nov. 1S.-Rejoicing
over the undaunted spirit displayed by
General. Stoessel in bis telegram OF
congratulation to Emperor Nicholas
on the anniversary of his accession ito
the throne and officially announcing
the failure of Nogi's nine-day at
tempt to present Port Arthur to the
mikado as birthday gift, is tempered
by private information that the gal
liant commander of the garrison has
been wounded. General Stoessel
was struck in the head by splinter
from shell while he was personally
directing the repulse of a particular
ly desperate assault, but fortunately
the wound is not serious.
Other information sent by General
Stoessel, which has not been divulged
for strategic reasons, it is stated by
the war office, is by no means unfa-
vorable. While the garrison is now
hemmed in, in the citadel itself, not
one of the main forts has been taken.
The garrison has been provisioned;
General Stoessel expresses confidence
that the defence can be successfully
maintained until the arrival of Vice
Admiral RojestYensky's second Paci-
fic squadron,
Continuous Fighting.
Chefoo, Nov. 18.-Fighting at Port
Arthur has taken place nightly since
the Japanese began their general as
sault October 20, according to Captain
ROnberg, a pilot, who was a passen-
ger on the Russian torpedoboat de-
stroyer< Rastoropny. The Japanese
trenches, the captain says, are clos
est to the forts on Rihlung and Keek-
wan mountains and to other forts on
the northwestern group. The ia
Danese are displaying great energy in
building trenches and the mounting
Of guns. All the Russian railroad
steamers except the steel screw trans
port Amur, have been sunk by ia
panese shells. The hospital ship
Angara, formerly a transport, has
been sunk.
Recently a silk-clad Chinaman,
who was seen travelling in a sampan
was watched by the Russians, who
observed that following the discharge
of each shell, he placed a handker-
chief to his nose and then into his left
pocket, occasionally varying these
movements, apparently thus signall-
ing the landing place Of the shells.
The shells fell behind distinctions
preventing the Japanese obtaining "a
view of their effect. The Chinaman
was hanged.
The three Japanese torperoboat
destroyers which entered the harbor
yesterday morning to ascertain if the
Russian tOrpedoboat destroyer Rasto-
ropny was here, disappeared for
time, but reappeared in the afternoon.
The Japanese consul sent a cutter
out to meet them and informed the
nearest destroyer, the KasUmi, that
the Rastoropny had been sunk.
The sinking of the Rastoropny by
the Russians relieved the Japanese of
an embarrassing position. repeti-
ton of the torpedoboat destroyer Rye
shitelni incident would have aroused
indignation, while a failure to destroy
or cut the Rastoropny out would have
appeared like admitting serious wrong
doing.
Bad Health at Fort.
ST. Petersburg, Nov. 1S.-General
Stoessel in his dispatches to Emperor
Nicholas reports the repulse of Japa-
nese attack October &c on the north
front OF. Port Arthur The Russian
losses were 400 killed. or wounded
All the attacks November 8, the day
the anniversary of the emperor's &C
cession TO the throne was celebrated,
were repulsed.
General Stoessel was slightly
wounded in the head during one of
the latest assaults on Port Arthur
The fact that General StoesseI re-
ports that Engineer Captain Sakharoff
died of typhus fever is regarded as a