Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-12

abandoned the town. According to
Chinese reports, by the evening of May
5, 10000 of the enemy's troops had
landed and taken up quarters in the
Chinese villages near the points of de-
'sarkation. The enemy sent two
columns of about one regiment each,
one in a westerly direction and the
other to the southwark. May 6, pas
senger train from Port Arthur was
fired upon mile and a quarter outside
of Polandien. Gao miles north Of Port
Arthur by 100 Japanese infantrymen
I occupying heights east OF the railway
The train carried many passengers,
200 sick occupying an ambulance car
riage flying the red cross flag. Two
of the sick were wounded. The train
succeeded in reaching Polandien."
Advancing on Port Arthur.
Paris, May THE st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo De Paris
sends the following under the date of
May G.:
"The general staff believes the Jap.
anese landed at Pitsewo number not
less than 10000 and say the bulk of
General Kuriko's army was
yesterday morning about nine
and half miles from Feng.
Iwangcheng. The army was advancing
in three columns, the third column fol-
lowing the coast, probably in order to
communicate with the troops landed at
Pitsewo All reserves, provisions and
ammunition were landed on the Elliot
| islands"
| The correspondent repeats the re-
port that the Japanese have occupied
Port Adams and says they are advanc.
ing on Port Arthur. the garrison OF
which is expected to make a sortie.
Great Land Battle Imminent.
London, May Tt is considered In
some quarters here to be not unlikely
that the primary object of the Japan
csc now will be an assault upon Port
Arthur and an endeavor to capture
the Russian fleet there. Others be.
lieve the Japanese will be contenteo
to play small force as a mask at Port
Arthur and will send their main forces
from Pitsewo to cooperate with Kuro,
ki's army, in which case, if the Russian
! assertion that large achievements
have been sent to Fengwangcheng is
true, great land battle is imminent
there or at Liayang.
| The telegraph's correspondent at
Toxic says The nine sunken fire ships
at Port Arthur were laden with a mass
of stone and cement.
Alexieff at Mukden.
Mukden, May 7.-Viceroy Alexieff
has arrived here.
kuropatkin Moves Quickly.
st. Petersburg, May Tt is stated
that General Kuropatkin intends i'm.
mediately to assume the aggressive
and strike General Kuroki's army be-
/ fore the. latter can be reinforced
through Corea. Should the Japanese
landed at Pitsewo begin a northwari
movement enough Russian troops, it
I is said, are in the vicinity of New
chwang to hold the Japanese in check
until conclusions have been tried with
General Kurok. The receipt of news
lat any time of a decisive battle mean
Fengwangcheng will not cause sur
prise here and already rumors are cir
culating in the city, which, however,
lack verification and are believed to be
untrue, that a battle has been fought,
that the Japanese have been defeated
, with heavy loss and that General Kuro-
patkin was wounded Another rumor
is in circulatiin that Port Arthur has
been captured. but this also is secuted
in responsible quarters.
Railroad and Telegraph Cut.
st. Petersburg, May IA dispatch
/ received last night says that Port
Arthur is cut off from all communica
ton by land, the Japanese having dis
/ embarked in its rear, occupied the rail-
road and cut the telegraph. Vice Ad.
miral Syrydolff, who is en- route to
Port Arthur to take command of the
naval forces in the far east, will be I'M
able to reach his destination