The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-09-29
STORM OF Shell
POURS into CITY
THE JAPANESE MAKE ANOTHER
FIERCE ASSAULT ON THE
RUSSIAN STRONGHOLD.
Present Attack May Terminate in Fall
Of Port Arthur-Besieged Force
Fights Desperately-Daling Pass
Captured by Japs.

Paris, Sept. 24.-The Mathis st. Pc
tersburg correspondent telegraphs as
follows: kilograms of which the
general staff have as yet no knowledge
reached the emperor at four o'clock
this morning. l can affirm that they
concern Port Arthur, regarding which
place the greatest anxiety prevails at
court. The Japanese are now engaged
in general assault, which is more
furious than its predecessors, attack
ing the town on three sides stimuli
taneously, and employing their whole
forces, being determined to finish the
business. Russian mines blew up
whole battalions. Gen. Fock especial
ly distinguished himself, directing the
fire from the wall, which the Japanese
reached after indescribable massacre
The whole of Admiral Togo's and Vice
Admiral Kamimuras squadrons are
aiding the struggle. which it is feared
here, will be final. The besieged forces
are fighting as in furnace. A perfec:
storm of shell is falling on the town.
port and fortress from the whole hill
and roadstead. Gen. Stoessel is going
from fort to fort encouraging the de-
tenders in their desperate efforts. In
st. Petersburg the facts concerning the
tragic event which perhaps will ter
inmate by glorious fall of Port Ar
thur, are wholly unknown. At court
hope has not yet been abandoned"
Woman Runs Blockade.
Chefoo, Sept. 22.-Mrs. Anna Kravt-
chenko, the English wife of Russian
army officer, who arrived here the
night of September II with Lieut..
Prince Radzivil from Port Arthur, is
the first woman to run the blockade
from the Russian stronghold since the
japanese increased their vigilance to
prevent egress from the port. Her
trip was rendered extremely perilous
because she came out with the prince
and his companion, Lieut.. Christofor-
off, who carried messages from Lieut..
Gen. Stoessel, the commander at Port
Arthur, to Gen. Kuropatkin. Both
these officers were disguised, and had
they been captured by the Japanese
they certainly would have been exc
cuted.
Japs Take Daling Pass.
st. Petersburg, Sept 24.-Daling pass,
one of the most strategic spots in the
siege of Mukden, has fallen to the Japa-
nese, after repeated assaults. The Rus
sian Cossacks, who held the pass, were
routed and fed in utter defeat Friday.
They left 2S0 dead on the field. This is
the report which has just reached the
war office here, and officials are plunged
in the deepest gloom. The news, while
official has not been confirmed by mes
sages BIN Kuropatkin. and until he re-
ports to the car it will not be known
how the japanese were able to defeat
the Russians at the pass, which has been
considered impregnable.
Gen. Kuropatkin telegraphs that the
japanese have assumed the offensive
from Bentsiaputze. on Flu pass, which is
on the railroad between Mukden and Flu
shun, about IL miles from Mukden.
May Not Resist Advance.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 24.-The absence
of detailed reports from the seat Of war,
despite the important character of
events that are believed to be develop
ing around Mukden, leads to the suppo-
sition that Gen. Kuropatkin may, after
all, not seriously contest the japanese
advance. and that the long expected bat
tie at Mukden may turn out to be merely
rear guard action upon a large scale