Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-19
Russian Fleet Suffers
Further Loss at
Port Arthur.
JAPS ARE AT CHEFOO
Large Bodies of Chinese Troops
Drilling Under MikadO's
Officers.

Toxic, Aug ia Russian gunboat
of the Otvajni type struck mine and
sank off Laoti promOntory, the eX-
treme southern point of Kwang Tung,
the peninsula on which Port Arthur is
situated. at Thursday night. The
.Otvajni is an armored gunbOat of
1 500 tons displacement and carries a
crew of 142 men.
Guarding ChefoO HnrbOr.
Washington, Aug. IA state d.
partment Chefoo cable says: This
morning seven Japanese destroyers
entered the harbor and met an I'M
known vessel entering. which they
captured. Two Japanese cruisers are
outside the harbor."
JupS Press Lao lnnG.
Mukden. Aug. ia battle is re-
garded as imminent, as the Japanese
are on the Russian east front only 20
miles from Liao Yang.
Drilling Chinese Troops.
San Francisco. Aug. 19.-Consul
Martin. at Nankin. China. just arrived
here. says immense bodies of Chinese
troops are now drilling in central
China under the direction of Japanese
officers.
Recent LOSSES 10000.
Chefoo. Aug. ia big battle ragged
around Port Arthur Aug. II and 15 and
was resumed again the 18th. The Jap
anese, it is reported. sacrificed 10000
men, but gained an important posi-
ton.
This news was brought on jmlls.
one of which, having on board three
Russians concealed i'll the baggage of
Chinese to escape from the Japanese.
left Port Arthur and was blown rap
idly TO Chefoo by a gale.
The main attack was directed against
the left wing and resulted in the cap
ture of Pigeon bay positions and some
forts at Lao THE prOmOntOry.
Jnps Demand Surrender.
On the night of Aug. - the battle
lulled somewhat when the Japanese
sent terms of surrender to Lieut.. Gen.
Stoessel. The terms provided that the
garrison march out with the honOrs of
war and join Kuropatkin; that all civ
ilians be brought to q place designated
by the Japanese admiral; that the Rus
sian warshipS in the haTbOr numbering
seven. namely the battleships Retvi-
Zan, SevastOpOl. PObieda, Percsviet
and Poltava and the cruisers Bayan
and Pallada. and twelve or more de-
stroyers and four gunboats to be sur
rendered to the Japanese.
StOesSeI Becauc Profnne.
StoesseI is alleged 10 have received
the terms with d burst of wonderful
profanity, his habitual taciturnity de-
serting him. He strobe the floor until
he became calmer and then remarked
that if the Japanese proposal was a
joke it was in bad taste.
OTcr to Remove Non-Combntnnt-.
Toxic. Aug. 19.-Maj. Yamoka, rep
resenting the Japanese forces besieg-
ing Port Arthur, met the Russian
chief Of the garrison staff about 900
yards north of Shoshi Wing, Aug. 1G,
under flag Of truce. and delivered the
mikado's offer to remove nOn-cOmbat-
ants to safety. The tender included
women and children. priests, diplO-
mats and officers of neutral powers.
Conditions Must he Met.
The conditions Of the offer required
that on Aug. II the non -comBatants
should advance under a flag OF truce.
The japanese infantry would accept
delivery at the conference point anu
convey them TO Dalny. The Russians
were required to answer either yes or
no and they were not allowed to alter
the JaDanese conditions