The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-17
RUSSIAN DEFEAT A
CRUSHING BLOW
Japanese Batteries Shell hdr-
Dor at Port Arthur-The
Ind Seems Near


has added another crushing blow to the
reverse before Port Arthur. No public
announcement has yet been made of tho
sinking of the Rurik.
The Che Foo report of the sortie of
Russian warships from Port Arthur ma
turally cannot be confirmed and the adj
miralty is puzzled to know whether it
refers to the ships which remained In the
harbor. when the main squadron went out
August 10 or to the ships of the late Ad-
mral Withoft's original squadron In
evidence that the shells of the Japanese
land batteries are falling on the harbor,
rendering 1t impossible for the ships to
remain there any longer. 1t is also in
terpreted In some quarters as indicating
the eve of the storming of the fortress.
Toxic. Aug. 16.-It seems certain that
the Russian protected cruiser Palla-a
was torpedoed and sunk during the naval
battle OF August 10. She failed to return
to Port Arthur and has not been reported
since Admiral Togo's fleet departed on
various missions the night OF August 10.
when the Russians retreated.
Beiated reports from various vessels
Japanese Gestroyers and torpedo boats
made series of attacks during the pur-
suit of the Russian warships One de-
stroyer reports that she hit a vessel of
the Pallada type and 1t is thought the
vessel foundered and II is believed to be
probable that the entire crew were eitner
killed or drowned
Admiral Togo. in reporting to the ad-
miralty. says II appears certain that the
Pallada was sunk 1t was thought at first
that the Pallada escaped southwark with
the Novik and Askold. the admiralty be-
iieving she was concealed in the vicinity
of the Yangtse river. Whatever her fate
1t soon will be determined II she Is
afioat she Will speedily be reported. an
T destroyed 1T is probable that some of
her wreckage will be found.
Using Tau, Aug. ia Jasanese de-
stroyer entered the harbor a short time
ago having on board the japanese Ad-
miral Ikadzuk and his STAFF. for the pur-
pose of calling on the governor of kiao
Chou. At the governors mansion Gov
ernor Truppel assured the Japanese ad-
miral that all the Russian ships were dis
mantled. that their guns had been dis
abled and their ammunition removed. The
admiral then departed and as the Japan
ese destroyer left the harbor she was sa-
luted by the German warships
The japanese officers assured the cor
respondent of the Associated Press tnat
the Germans had promised that the Che
Foo incident would not be repeated at
Using Tau.
The Japanese ships off this port con-
sst of one cruiser and our destroyers.
The Germans have notified the Japan
ese that they will fire on any ship enter
Ing the harbor at night without lights.
guard against a repetition of the Che Zoo
incident. One German cruiser remains on
guard outside tne harbor. The others are
inside.
The correspondent is unable to confirm
the report that the protected cruiser No
vik was sunk forty miles from Using Iau
aftar tho hatfto af Aug,,et 10
st. Petersburg Aug. l6.-The admiralty
has little information today regarding the
sea fight of August 10, or the whereabouts
of Ave Russian battleships and three
cruisers unaccounted for. Hope is still
cherished that they escaped and have
reached an appointed rendezvous.
Russia has been ofricially Informed of
the lowering of the flags over the battie-
ship Czarevtch and the two destroyers
a Using Tau and acquiesces with Ger
many's position that ships must remain
there until the end of the war. While
ordinary ship repairs may be allowed by
Germany within the harbor no renewal
or repair of their armament or guns will
be permitted The reports that the United
States and Great Britain have taken ex-
ception to Germany's decision In this
matter do not receive credence
Nothing definite has been decided re-
gardng the disarming of the Askold at
Shanghai on account of the questionable