Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-05-19
PORT DBLNY DESTROYED.
RUSSIANS BLOW UP THE
ENTIRE PLACE
To Render Japanese Landing
More DifficuIt--Japane Eff
feet
With the Russians.

st. Petersburg, May 12.-Viceroy
Alexieff has telegraphed to the Gar
announcing that the Russians have
blown up the docks and piers at Port
Dalny, LiaoTung peninsula, pre-
sumably to render more difficult
japanese landing at that point.
Later kilograms received here in
dicate that the whole of Port Dalny
has been destroyed by the Russians.
Over $1,000, ,OOOhad been expended
on the harbor system before the end
of 1902, and it was estimated that
the cost of completing the works
would be nearly $40, ,OOO,O but this
does not in any way represent the
total cost of the erection of this great
commercial port, which, with Port
Arthur, distant about 20 miles, was
leased by the Chinese government
to Russia in 1898. Nearly $4,000
men were employed daily on the
work of constructing the port and
town. The total population has been
estimated at about sixty thousand,
mostly Chinese, japanese, Koreans
and Russians.
Rumors are widely current here
that fighting is in progress at Port
Arthur, but there is no official news
confirming the reports.
The Russians still hold New
Chwang.
A telegram received here from
General Karkavitch says: On May
4th some sixty japanese transports
and warships appeared at sea be-
tween Pitsewo and Cape Terminal.
Detachments Of sharp-shooters were
sent to reconnoiter, and small de-
tachment Of infantry was sent from
Polandien. The troops sent to re-
connoiter announced that the Jap
anese were landing near Cape Siao
Kahuseitsa, in Kin-Chau Bay, near
the mouth of the Tcheng-Yu river
and were posting a division of 10000
men in the neighboring villages.
The Russian population was with
drawn from PitseWo. Having full
filed its task our small detachment
retired on the evening of May 5, but
met en- route a superior force of the
enemy and took another road. They
were pursued by The japanese for
distance of six miles, and our casu-
alties were one sharp-shoOter wound
ed and three horses killed.
London, May 12.-The Japanese
legation here this afternoon gave out
an official telegram from Toxic re-
garding the Russian charge that the
japanese on May 9Th fired on train
from Port Arthur flying the Red
Cross flag. It says the train did not
carry any special marks until after
the Russian soldiers had fired on the
Japanese soldiers and the latter had
responded. Then the train stopped,
the Red Cross flag was hoisted and
the japanese Immediately stopped
firing and proceeded to examine it,
whereupon the train went on at full
steam and escaped.
Toxic, May 12.-According to az
official report, the Russian casualties
in the fighting at Anju on May 1C
amounted to over fifty men. One
officer and y men We're killed and
sevefai wo4n3ed. The Russians en-
eaged nuns bered seven hundred apo
-ere from rhe Fifteenth Cossach
regiment. They reached Liao Vans
bq train and ulorched thence to Anju
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