Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-05-26
RUsso-JAPANEsE WAR.

TOXIC, May 23-News of a fourth
blow to the Japanese navy received
last week was made public today In a
dispatch from Admiral Togo reporting
the death OF one officer and "a sailors
aboard the torpedo boat destroyer
Akatsuki OFF Port Arthur last Friday
The vessel was engaged with por.
ton OF the fleet making reconnois-
ance when she was struck fairly by a
shell from the land battery. causing
instant death to two gun crews The
government does not make public the
amount Of damage done to the ship
TOXIC, May 23.-Vice Admiral To
90 is still harrasslng the batteries
around Port Arthur. His only serious
disaster occurred on Saturday. when
a shell hit the torpedo destroyer Akat-
suld, killing one officer and "a men
The Port Arthur Russians, in their
desperation and isolation. are sur
rounding the whole neighboring gulf
with floating blockade lines. which
are put in the path of all neutral ship
ping as they drift about the Chinese
waters. This act OF a desperate gar
rison is in violation of the laws of ma
tions
ST. PETERSBURG, May 23-This
evening confirmation comes of the re-
port OF the big Russian ship Bogatyr
being blown to pieces She was, as at
first stated, on the rocks and was de-
stroyed at Vladivostok to keep her out
of the hands of the japanese She
was one Of the largest and finest cru
isers a1oat
ST. PETERSBURG, May ga re-
port is current on the Bourse this aft
ernoon that the Japanese army made
a general attack on the outer defenses
Of Port Arthur today and were repuls-
ed According to the report the Jap
anese lost 1900 men and the Rus
SLAMS 5000.
ST, PETERSBURG. May PA dis
patch from Russian correspondent
states that the Russians surprised
seven battalions of Japanese near Kin
Chau and massacred them.
The Japanese are reported to have
resumed their advance from Feng
Wang Cheng.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 24-The
Red Cross Society here has received
report that big battle has taken
place ending in the defeat of the Jap
anese. The casualties are the same
as those given yesterday In the stock
exchange rumor of a Japanese repulse
near Port Arthur. namely. $4,000 Jap
ancse and 5000 Russians. Today's re-
port fixes the place of the battle near
Fens Wang CheDg.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 24.-The
admiralty today settled the rumor of
| the capture of three Japanese cruisers
by the Russian Vladlyostok squadron
by issuing a statement that the report
Is entirely baseless and that the squad
ron has not left the harbor for several
| weeks.
TOXIC. May 2i-The Japanese in
fantry came In contact with 200 Rus
sian cayalrymen May 81 at Kuan Tien.
which IL located northeast of Feng
Wang Cheng The Russians retired,
leaving 90 dead. The Japanese official
loss.
ST. PETERSBURG, May PA dis
patch came from Lao Yang today re-
porting that cholera had broken out
in the ranks OF General Kuroki's ar
my. and that hundreds are dying daily.
A few days ago bubonic plague was
reported here.
MuKDEN. May 24-The Russians
on May 10th made sudden attack up
on Aniu, Korea. and captured and de-
stroyed the town The Japanese gar
rison set fre to all their stores so no
| war loot was secured.
LONDON, May 24--Events yester'
day and today indicate that the Japan
ese propose TO concentrate all their
energies on the siege of Port Arthur.
: There will be no direct attack on Gen
eral Kuropatkin's main army. The
fortress will be reduced. The stories
Of disastrous defeats OF Japanese are
unconfrmed.