The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-17

Lieutenant Commander Sarlov p,
also OF the Rurik. states that during the
last moments of his vessel, the captain
ordered his men to destroy her engines
and sink her The captain and the ottl-
Ger second in command then committed
suicide. while the commander
himself was struck by a Japanese shell
and hurled overheard, being rescued
afterwards.
Curiously enough, many of the pTls-
f, oners from the Rurik have tattooed on
! their right arms a few japanese nun1er-
zeal characters, but the reason IS I'M
known.
Owing to the recent arrival at Matsu-
yama of the Rurik's prisoners, the Rus
sian prisoners in general have become
somewhat depressed, contrasting strong
| ly with their previous optimistic views
| concerning the outcome of the war.
The birth of the heir to the Gar was
| celebrated by the Russians at Matsu-
| yan1a on the 10Th inst.
| JUNIOR FUSHIMI WOUNDED.
H. I. H. Lieutenant : Commander
Prince Fushini (Junior), who was
wounded during the naval engagement
| of the 10th inst, arrived at Shimbashi
| on the 22nd inst.,, shortly before 10 a.
4 ILL.,, lIOI1 lliS IIOllt ana dI O1lCC QIONC "
| his palace at Mitadaimachi, Shiba. AT
| the platform of the station, his highness
was received by the representatives of
their majesties, the emperor and en-
press, and II. |. H. the crown prince;
the princes of the blood, the members
of the corps diplomatique, Marquis va
| magata, Counts Inouye. Matsukata, Hill
kata, Okuma and Itagaki, the representa-
tive of Marquis Ito; Count Katsura, the
premier, and other ministers of state,
and many others. Outside the station
and along the route to the palace inn
| mense crowds of citizens had gathered,
who raised enthusiastic shouts of banzai
as his highness drove through the
streets. The whole city was decorated
in honor of the occasion. His highness,
who was clad in the uniform of lieu
tenant-commander, showed signs of the
strenuous life passed on board the flag
| ship Mikasa during the past few months.
During the forenoon Dr. Hashimoto
examined the princes wounds, which
were found, to the doctors satisfaction,
to have nearly healed.
H. l. H. Lieut. Commander Prince
Fushimi proceeded to the imperial pal
| ace on Tuesday at 1910 a. m. and was
received in audience by T. I. NJ, the
emperor and the empress. His highness
| left the palace at II o'clock.
KAMIMURA'S VICTORY.
The importance attached by the gen
eral public to the defeat of the Vladi-
vostock squadron by Vice-Admiral
Kamimura is shown by numerous postal
cards, letters and kilograms which con-
tinue to arrive at the admirals residence
in Tsuna- mach, Mita, Tokyo. From
the 18TH to Goth inst, no less than I4o
messages were received, of which 28
cards, IL letters and 5 kilograms were
anonymous. Most of the cards bore the
word "Banzai'' only. Some of the mes
sages were quite interesting. To quote
few instances one of the letters reads in
Kama as follows: II am so very glad
that my son is avenged. l humbly beg
you to forward by best thanks to your
husband-Aug. Is.-The mother of
soldier of the Kinshu Maru." Another
bears the joint signatures of boy aged
9, girl aged 7, and another boy aged 4,
and reads: "The Vladivostock squad
ron has at length been caught. Japan
has won the victory We all thank you.
Communicating Chief Kamirnura of Dali
Nippon, Banzai. Aug. 10" 1t is pre-
sumed that these children lost their
father on one of the transport dis
asterS
SITUATION AT PORT ARTHUR.
The Jiji's Chefoo correspondent sends
the following story as enlanating from
reliable source:
The number of the wounded at Port
Arthur is more than 10000. Owing to
the scarcity of hospital materials, the
treatment of the wounded is imperfect.
From strategica1 necessity, some of the
wounded are forced to participate in the
fighting. All provisions, except -four,
are scarce, and as to vegetables there
are none. The warships in the harbor
consist of FIVE battleships, two cruisers
and some twenty torpedo-boats and de-
stroyers. All the warships are damaged
The Japanese shells are falling in the
city. The docks and churches have sus-
tanned severe damage. The Golden Hill
battery is short of ammunition, and most
of the fort has Leen destroyed The fall
of Port Arthur will occur in few days.
General Stoessel has lost one of his legs.
Another report states that the princi
pal buildings at Port Arthur, especially
the provision stores and library. have
been badly damaged. The Japanese are
attacking the Russians every night, from
midnight to dawn The citizens have
found a safe recess in the cave of a
mountain. The Russian defensive works
are in d most perfect state.
An officer recently returned from
Dalny states that the Russian troops at
Port Arthur frequently proceed to with
in very short distance of the outposts
of our investing army and gather maize
from the fields, this being the only food
stuff of the Port Arthur garrison, The
officer adds that on certain day several
Chinese mounted on white horses were
seen signalling. from an eminence the
positions OF our troops, but were cap
tured by our men who on examination
discovered that each of the Chinese was
in possession of 200 roubles.
THE DEMAND FOR SURRENDER.
The Novi Krai of the 18th inst. pub
fishes an account of the recent invita-
ton of the Japanese army to the Port