The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-08-04
PORT ARTHUR is
STILL STANDING.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
AT TOXIC.
CHASING vLADIvosToKFLEET.
Japanese Warships Hot In Pursuit of
Russian Vessels-The Islanders
Are Also Pushing Their
Advance On Land.

Toxic, July 30.--It was officially an
nounced this morning that the report
to the effect that the Japanese had
captured Port Arthur is untrue.
Japanese In Pursuit Of Fleet.
Toxic, July 30.-A Telegram from
Oshima states that the Russian Vlad-
ivostok cruisers were discovered Off
Izu this morning. Shortly afterward
four Japanese warships we're seen
chasing them to the southwark. The
vessels were then about fourteen
miles distant. Three other Japanese
warships are known to be only forty
miles distant. Later in the day the
yladiVostok feet was sighted at the
east entrance of the Tsugaru straits.
Land Forces Advancing.
Haicheng, July 30.-The Japanese
have resumed the advance. They
made an attack on the Russian right
flank Friday under cover which the
the Japanese infantry pushed along
the line of the railway.
Little Credence Given.
London, July 30.-A dispatch to Reu-
ters' Telegram company from Weihai-
wei, dated Friday, says 1T is sup
posed here that Port Arthur has been
captured, as the British fleet is re-
turning here tomorrow" Presumably
this report is from the same source as
the dispatch from Shanghai, reporting
a Weihaiwei rumor that Port Arthur
has fallen. The only basis for the re-
sNv.k L., 4. a.
no longer occupies, Port Arthur the
British, by the treaty. will evacuate
Weihaiwei, and the inference is that
the British fleet returning to Wei
haiwei to remove the stores, ETC., from
that place. Not much credence is at
tached for the moment to the Weihai-
wei report. though similar rumors are
flooding the continent
Japs Lose Two Vessels.
Chefoo, JulA 30.-Refugees who have
arrived here fr0m Port Arthur say that
the Japanese lNst cruiser and gum
boat last ThurAday night as a result
Of striking mineS
M ~unr Heavy Jahansss. Lssg: III Il
Liaoyang, July 30.-Further details ri
( the fighting below Tatchekiao, July el
3 and "A, indicate that the japanese
ogses may reach 5000 men. The Rus
ian losses are officially stated to be Il
Lbout 700. The Russian front was much |
extended. The Japanese concentrated
heir attack against the Russian left,
but were repeatedly repulsed. The >
Russians made several brilliant bayonet
charges, and for the first time the Rus
sian artillery was used in high angle fire
from behind hill, the fire being directed
,y telephone from an eminence and g
great precision. The Russians S
did not retire until it was established n
that the Japanese had seven divisions.
The Russian force is concentrated at :,
and probably will not retire :,
further. 1t is expected that the Japanese -
will now advance against the left flank -
Of the Russian southern army.
Two Generals Wounded. h
Washington, July 30.-The Japanese il
has received the following ca p
blegram from the foreign Office at Toxic, c
dated Friday:
Gen. Oku reports further that, &C =,
cording to the statements of Russian y
officers captured during the recent bat. y,
tie, Gen. Kuropatkin was present on the
battlefield and that Gems. Sakaloff and
were wounded. Also
that the Russian casualties were about Ii
2,000. The Japanese casualties were G.
about 1000, and Gen. Oku reports that q
are being made regarding II
the number of prisoners taken and the
quantity of munitions of war, ETC., cap
.ured." 81
Significant News. c.
st. Petersburg, July 30.-Since the n
Russian retreat from Tatchekiao and 81
the taking of Newchwang by the JAP
anese the feeling here has grown sud- .,
ienly more pessimistic. With the Jap. n,
anese able to get around Gen. Kuropat. n,
kin's right from Newchwang, with their =
forces pressing in upon Haicheng from =
he east and Japanese column threat. ),
ening the Russian communications :
above Liaoyang, the withdrawal of the
.ntire Russian army northward may W
De absolutely necessary. In this con. cl
1ection the orders issued to the foreign in
var correspondents to go to Harbin, az al
veil as the report that Viceroy AlexiefI Dc
IS going to Vladivostok, are highly sig- pI
lihcant, as Indicating that Gen. Kuro- az
'atkin may already have decided that ii,
lis present position is untenable. To