Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
RUSSIAN GUNBOAT SUNK
Loss of Another of the Cars FIGHT
ing Ships-vesseIs in Chinese
Port Must Leave for the Sea or
DismantIe-Rains Interfere With
Land Operations.


Fighting at Port Arthur.
Chefoo, Aug. 20.-The steamer
Pechili, just arrived, reports that she
met seven Japanese destroyers which
entered Chefoo yesterday. The Jap
anese Informed the captain of the
Pechili that they were seeking Russian
torpedo craft which had escaped from
Port Arthur.
A heavy firing was heard by the
Pechili all last night. The Japanese
said that general attack along the
line at Port Arthur had been planned
for today.
Japanese Volunteer Fleet.
London, Aug. 20.-The Toxic CORE
spondent of the Times says that the
Marine association has resolved to
form volunteer fleet of auxiliary
cruisers.
Must Leave or Disarm.
Washington, Aug. 20.-Consul Gen
eral Goodnow has cabled the state de-
partment from Shanghai that the Chi
nese taotai has reported against the
claim of the Russian consul general
and decided that the destroyer Grozo-
vol now at Shanghai must go out or
disarm by August 20 and that the
cruiser Askold must do likewise by
August q.
Rain Stops Hostilities.
General Kurok's headquarters, Aug
II, via Fusan, Corea, Aug. 20.-Man-
churia is experiencing the heaviest
rains OF the season. The downpours
of the week flooded the valleys and
turned brooks into rivers. The water
quickly disappeared before the hot
sunshine. With the exception of meet
ings between outposts there have been
no hostilities recently.
Russian Gunboat Sunk.
Toxic, Aug. 2O.-A Russian gunboat
of the Otvajni type struck mine and
sank off Laoti promontory, the extreme
southern point of the Kwantung PENN
sula on which Port Arthur is situated,
at s o'clock Thursday night. The
Otvajni is armored, of 1900 tons dis.
placement and carries a crew of 142
men.
Japs Take Unknown Steamer.
Washington, Aug. 20.-The state de,
partment received a cablegram from
Chefoo yesterday morning saying,
This morning seven Japanese destroy.
ers entered the harbor and met an
unknown steamer entering, which they
captured Two Japanese cruisers are
outside the harbor."
Great Japanese Losses.
Chefu. Aug. 20.-Thursday evening
the chief of the civil police of Port
Arthur arrived in Chefu on a junk
that sailed from the fortress at 10
o'clock wednesday night. He as
serts that the main attack of the
Japanese is now being delivered
against the center of the line of de-
lenses. The losses of the assail-
ants on Monday Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week he estimates
at $4,000. Two regiments of infan-
try, one battery of artillery and two
squadrons of cavalry were destroyed
on Tuesday, he asserts, by the explos-
ion of land mines while they were
rushing the defenses in front of forts
and 4.
Big Fleet at Fortress.
When the junk left the harbor of
Port Arthur last Wednesday night,
the following warships were there:
The battleships Pobieda, Poltava,
Retvizan, Sevastopol and Peresviet;
the cruisers Bayan and PalIada and
a number of gunboats, torpedo boats
and destroyers.
StoesseI Scorns japanese Proposition.
His version of the Japanese invita-
/ ton to the fortress to surrender is
chat major of the Japanese staff
! communicated to Gen. Stoessel an Of
! fer to permit the Russian troops to
/ proceed under arms to Liaoyang
through the japanese lines. Japan
csc ships would transport all civil
ians to any port they might desire to
! reach. All Russian ships in the
I harbor were to be surrendered. Gen
Stoessel replied that so long as one
man remained alive he would not en-
terrain any proposition to give up the
( fortress. The major then asked
three days truce to enable the jap
anese to cremate their dead. Gen
Stoessel refused to grant a truce
whereupon the major departed. AS
soon as he was safely within his
own lines the garrison renewed hos
Titles
Japan Ready for Great Sacrifice.
Toxic, Aug. 20.-Calm marks the
official and popular demeanor in the
face Of the narrowing stories OF