Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-28
THAT MESSAGE SENT EMPEROR.
Garrison is Told That to Court q
Glorious Death is Preferable
To CapituIation,
FEAR OF SOME TROOPS DESERVING
BOmbardmcnt is So lncessant That
Il is Impossible to Bury the
Dead at Any Depth

Shanghai, Oct ga private letter
from Port Arthur dated oct q received
hore'today says.
Gen. Stoessel wired The Russian em-
poror and court recently,
j now bid you all good bye forever
Por, Arthur is my grave
Gen. sloossel has instructed the
garlson Of the baleaguered fortress
with the spirit that to court a glorious
death Is preferable 10 equalization
The japanese shells are inhIctlus
great damage to the Russian feet IN thn
harbor and 90 the fortincauons, The
arsenal with its contents OF ammuni-
ton aud small arms has been destroyed
and preparations are being made Tor the
last deadly struggle az close quarters.
The water supply having been cut off
wells are being sunk Provisions are
scarce, only timed meats being LETT
the soldiers hold gala feasts on horses
Killed by the shells.
Gen. slmonon, It IS said would SUR
render but 10 oyerruled by Gen. stoes-
SELL
Certain troops included ln the gar
rlgon have to be closely watched at
ptesent for fear OF dssertion or treach-
cry
The neli and naval hospitals are
crowded and hygenlc conditions are be-
coming desperate The bombardment
az times is so incessant that It Is Inn
possible 10 bury the dead to any depth.
over one half Of the original garrison
Is dead, wounded or sick
"The high angle az which their
artillery fire Is directed by the Jap
anese has practically destroyed the
new town.
when the feet attempted TO break
through the blockade some time ago
the garrison was TO have mad a des-
perate sortle and innict as much dam
age as possible and II necessary cap
itulate. The failure Of the fleet TO es-
cape frustrated the plan.
"The besiegers are pressing clos
en- daily and Il is hard TO say
how long we can hold out
When the end comes there
win be n desperate fight and surprise
Thousands OF the enemy VIII perish
as everything is mined
This letter was entrusted 70 a native
hoatman who ran the blockade and
mailed IL az Chefoo.
The recipient is q prominent con.
tnental business man OF this city with
a branch house az Port Arthur
HUGE SIEGE GUNS ARRIVE
Chefoo, oct. 2S, p. m.--Japaneso 40
Dlany report the continued arrival Of
huge siege guns.
a Junk from Port Ar'htur with
eleven Chinese who let there on OF
10 on account oi tie costliness OF
food arrived nero today. They say that
several Of the Russian wafships have
been hit by dropping shells but none
have been sunk. They estimate the
able bodld soldiers thcr row gt 10000
saving % smaller force would be insuf-
fcicnt TO garrison thu various p2si-
tons.
JAPANESE RUSH TRENCHES.
Gen. Kurokfc Headquarters IN ,he
Field. via FUsan, oct. 2S-l'he Jap0
rese gave n stirring exhibition Of sharp
and determined fighting yesterday.
They drove the Russians from high
hin 10 miles east of the railroad IN Con.
lturokrs front, which Is important
strategically as a post OF observation,
~ L.a
Shnkha river which the Russian held
About n regiment Of Russians were en-
tranched there with five machine guns.
The japanese rushed the Russian
trenches, shot many Russians as they
were running down the hillside, and
captured two machine guns. The Jap
anese had 20 killed and so wounded. Thc
Russians left 20 dead on the field, There
was haud-to-hand fighting when the
trenches were taken The Russians re-
tired across the river. When the Japa-
nese flag was raised over tower sur.
mounting the hin the Russian batteries
sh0wered shnpnel on It FOR an hour but
without result.
DESPERATE ATTACK OPENED
Toxic. oct, rs, $3.50 p, NIT "a re-
norted that the Japanese opened "a
dsperate general attack on the eaSt-
ern forts OF the keekwan group, NORTH
OF Port Arthur during the morning VI
oct. &c and slenCed the Russian hnt-
teries. A she'll exploded the Russian
magazines.
Simultaneously the japanese o.
tackled the forts on Rihlung mountain
and Sunghohowian mountain sileuued
the Russian batteries and stormed and
occupied the forts in front Of these
mountains,
on the night Of oct, &c there was
d conaagrat,on In Old Port Arthur ana
ON oct. or q shell hit The Russian bat.
tlcshp Sebastopol and two Russian
steamers were sunk
Official confirmation of the above e.
lacking but The reports ere believed
90 Doe true.
JAPS CAPTURE FORTS.
Shanghai. oct. est is reported I'm,
tho japanese have occupied two forts
10 the northeast Of Port Arthur, that O.
Russian bauleshlr iD thr hsrbor has
bon sunk. and that thr JlpguDs 80 attack