The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-11-22

2 NNf y IiIi'I hHHH' Nlf iI.In N|If ANIIfN JUS
10 is said that ON October 2lst the
Russian general STAN ordered General
Stoessel TO send warships from Port
Arthur at any cost iu the event of the
fan of the fortress
A few days ago number of carrier
pigeons were reported To- have been
sent 10 Port Arthur from Chefoo. The
Russians at Port Arthur seem TO be
communicating with ChefOo and other
places by means of pigeons.
A ChefOo Telegram says that the To-
cal Russian Consul is engaged in gath
ering 90 junks. presumably for the acc
commodation Of Russian refugees from
Port Arthur. some 20 vessels had been
collected mp to October 9Th when they
were despatched for Port Arthur from
the neighbOTh0od of 'hefDo.
Chefoo continually reters old stories
OF the japanese operations al Port Ar
thur. Since another long official am
uouncement was made iu Tokyo last
night it is no longer necessary for
MS to refer TO ChefoO rumOrs up to oc-
tOber 18th. II is remarkable. however.
that lu the artillery attacks made Jon
the latter part Of October the japanese
inflicted considerable damage on the
Russians. but their casualties seem to
be comparatively slight.
The following is said TO be the casu-
atty list Of the Port Arthur Investing
Army from August 18th to oath:
First column-Killed, % officers, 322
men: wounded, 50 officers, 1,2iI men;
missing. officers, 26O men.
Second column-Killed. SO officers, 61l
men; wounded, 121 officers, 1886 men;
missing. 9 officers. ! .OO9 men.
Third column-Killed, 81 officers, 451
men: wounded s. officers, 213O men;
wounded. officers, 1850 men.
Observation-Disclosures 4G officers, 49S
men: wounded, SO officers, 2.197 men;
missing. 5 officers, 676 men. Grand to-
tai, 1889.
According to latest intelligence re-
ceived al Sasebo, the Russian warships
at Port Arthur are frequently changing
their anchorage owing 10 the fall Of
Japanese shells. In order to avoid the
explosion Of shells on board sand bags
are arranged all over their deck, and
this defensive work Is comparatively
effective. Most Of the principal guns
on the upper deck are wrecked, but side
guns may still be fit for fighting.
Junks from Tsingtao are said to be
mostly engaged in forwarding supplies
to Port Arthur. Their cargoes usually
consist Of salt beef boots, shoes, medi-
cal materials, etc. one Of 10 vessels,
which were recently despatched from
Tsingtao for the purpose, was obliged
to put in near Chefoo on October 22nd,
with 1900 pairs Of boots and shoes. "a
boxes Of medicine. and quantity OF
bandage materials on board. having
probably failed to reach It's destina-
ton.
The Russian consulate at Shanghai is
alleged by the Asahi's local correspond
ent to be still operating wireless tele-
graphy. Under cover Of night a wire
less telegraph apparatus is elevated to
the top Of the consulate flag staff and
communications are sent to Port Ar
thur. 1t is said that on the night of the
oath messages We're also exchanged
with Port Arthur by means Of kite
which was flown at Chefoo Island bear
ing an apparatus
on October 31st there were 3,2O3 Rus
sian prisoners quarte"ed I'm Japan as
follows: Matsuyama, 80 officers, 1887
men; Marugame, $50 men; Mimeji, 1872
men; Fukuchiyama. 315 men; Sasebo, 10
men; total 1903
In addition, one Russian male nurse
was detained at Matsuyama.
Matsuyama despatch dated Nov.
LIST reports the death of two prisoners
of war.
The Norwegian steamer Touks which
-
cargo consisting of sea-weed and 700
passengers on board. arrived at Che
foo on the 9Th inst. She was examined
by japanese warship en- route. Two
or three days before her departure from
NladivOstOk a German steamer arrived
at that port carrying on board junk
plates, nails, salt and kerosene from
HongkOng (some say Kaiochow). 4
warship Of the Bogatyr type is locked.
Two other men-of-war are Being re-
paired. Their deck Is badly damaged.
Most Of their crews are ashore joining
the VladiVostOk garrison. About 5000
troops arrived there from home one
month ago. and small achievements
have since been coming occasionally.
The town Is quiet, but prices of COM
modities are advancing. Among the
passengers brought to Chefoo from
VladivOstok by the same steamer was
a japanese woman disguised as a Chi
nese woman. She is a native of Kuma-
motto Prefecture.
a Chinaman from Vladivostok tells
the Nichi Nichrs Chefoo correspondent
that the Russians are strenuously en-
gagged in repairing the Vladivostok
forts.
Three Englishmen and 38 Chinese,
formerly Of the captured steamer Fu-
ping, were released from Sasebo on Oc-
tober 26th and arrived at Nagasaki that