The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-09-22
LADY RUNS BLOCKADE
FIRST Woman TO Succeed In Getti 2
Ont Of Port Arthur.
TRIP THRILLING ONE
Tells = Graphic Narrative Relative
to Conditions as Thy at This
Time Exist In the Much
BOmbarded Place.

chefoo. Sept. 22.--Mrs. Anna Rrav-
tchenko the English wife Of a Russian
army officer. who arrived here the
night OF Sept II. with Lieutenant
Prince Razlvii from Port Arthur is
the first woman to run the blockade
from the Russian stronghold since the
Japanese increased their vigilance to
prevent egress from the port. Her trip
was rendered extremely perilous be-
cause she came out with the prince
and his companion. Lieutenant Christ
oforff. who carried messages from
Lieutenant General Stoessel to Gener-
al Kuropatkin. Both these officers
were disguised. and had they been
captured by the japanese They GER
tainly would have been executed
Mrs. kravtehenko was SO worn out
and exhausted by her adventure that
she was unable To see the correspond
ent Of the Associated Press until
Wednesday. In an interview she spoke
as follows
We left Port Arthur at 8 o'clock on
the night Of Sept. Is. There was a good
wind and the moon was bright We
were successful in avoiding the dan
ger Of the hrst japanese blockading
line We came up 10 the second lire
when the moon was under a cloud
searchlights were flashing on all sides.
but our junk Was not discovered We
suddenly discovered ourselves close TO
another junk. with japanese crew on
board. They presumably were pirates
but we oatsailed them and drew away
At o'clock the next morning We
saw steamer coming our way She
had the appearance of cruiser and
was terribly frightened When We
saw tho cruiser Prince Radxlvu and
Lieutenant ChristoforoT went below
| strensched myself out on deck and
covered myself with dirty blankets
Chinese we're iyiug az my feet and
at nay isead for nearly an hour al
though ueariy sEnotherea kept my
position, never uttered more
thankful prayer when ! WAS Informed
that the ageamev We had seen ysus
he'd Cfess vessel and that her captain
bad no intention OF overhAuiIuR U.S.
Wonderful things are beirg done
bY tBe STATS og tha different hospitals
81 Port Arthur whn ate assisted by
ladies There are thirty nurses FOR
ae L 8na patients The a8ies devote
R.ost ~ the,r t5me 80 tbe fneElEg Of
etothep~ fer use sal3lers Tne laundry
work Be- dome by The poor wou~g and
the wives of lhe enlisted men. The
s5aN cad wounded thaa are Kept suu-
ps4ed e.fh clean clothes The iauu-
dry work b.ss 81 bs aoae iu aes4dfu
heat.
There are no contagious a4seaaes at
Port Arthur buf many deaths are r--
s4ltirg trefu yas bite ~ Is larea red-
hss de9 fy. na3eb Seeds eu fhe Iaeow-
posing ayspses scattered over tba bat
tehtl3s = aoCior pha WIS bitten
Or th~ thumb bs an- pf rse-e flies in-
stauJl} severed ghat Iuefubrr tie then
Rad mis- arm AupatAted. bgt npf before
tar potion ha4 reached h5s heat. The
result ~ ths bite was fstat
Every day rs the week tta bBnd
plays 80 ore of the hosplttlH-.
'~r h. wounded r1~u recover quickly
from tBs wounds Inflicted by Maxim
properties ana the bullet ~ ~ osaka
rife bat the wounds resulting from
explosive bullets are s~fu. saa re-
eovrry il impossible
'aThe o}d tonn 81 Port Arthur rs al-
nsost entirety wrecked rte streets
are nlled vita holes made hs explod-
iuK shells The loss of ilfe ia Port
Arthur from the buuhsrtweHt has
been remarkably small
~oues / epautea nfty- seven Japan
ese sheUa fired at a. Russian battery uot
oue ~ which reached its mark lhe
Hussiaa garrison ls cheerful it would
be Impossible 90 imagine brave or
finer lat ~ mes They rf'ufn from
thr~e days cuB with songs aH their
lips
Although many places Fro the ranks
are vacant aH the m@n tRFe 3nilua
ftsf coun8euce tu their r"orr te h0la
the fortress against the enemy
4 assure yuu~ the lady said bra
cone luason to the correspondent tntt
telHeVe f'ast Arthur VIII stand
against ths japanese DON'T thfnk The
stronghold wtil falL"