Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-13
DALNY DESTROYED.
Russians Have Blown Up City
Created by the Gear.
EMPEROR ANXIOUS TO co TO THE WAR
Port Arthur Battle RepOrted-TOkyO
Denies That Railway
ton Has Been Re-estabIished
With the STRONGHOLD.

LONDON, May ID Advices from
st. Petersburg say that Viceroy Alex
cleft has ~telegraphed to the car an
nouncing that the Russians have blown
up the docks and piers at Port Dalny,
in the Liaotung peninsula, presumably
to render more difficult a japanese
landing at that point.
Later kilograms received indicate
that the whole of Port Dalny has been
destroyed by the Russians.
The city consisted first of the admin.
istration portion, in which are located
railroad shops for making cars, etc.;
repair shops, shops for steamship con-
struction and repair, with various of.
fees of the port, steamships and rail
road, residences of mechanics and gen.
eral employees, together with hotels,
parks, churches, schools, clubs and
places of amusement.
1t was created by order Of the car,
and we $4,000, 600 has been expended
on the harbor system. 1t has been es-
timated that the cost of completing
the various works would be nearly
SIC, 000, but this does not in any
way represent the total cost of the
erection of this great commercial port
now in ruins.
A Tokyo report says Generals Ku-
roki and Oku are reported to be en-
gagged In a preparatory movement of
concentration and are then going to
advance on Liaoyang with two divisions
of the first Japanese army. One, serv-
ing as a guard, is moving toward Hal
cheng, while another section is going
threaten General Kuropatkin's line Of
communication with Mukden."
Rumors are widely current here that
fighting is in progress at Port Arthur,
but there is no official news confirming
the reports.
A junk that has arrived at Chemulpo
brings a report that heavy explosions
were heard at sea early yesterday. 1t
is believed here hat these explosions
occurred either at Port Arthur or Dali
ny.
An American miner who left ANU
on May s has arrived here and reports
that a force of 1900 Russians recently
also that large bodies of Russian troops
were reported to be in that vicinity.
1t is learned from the highest source
that the emperor is exceedingly anX-
ious to go to the front. To his init
mates recently he has spoken much on
the subject.
General Karkevitch, in a dispatch to
the general staff, says that on May 8
part of the Japanese vanguard appear
ed in the valley of the Sctlzi river and
that a considerable body of the enemy
continues to occupy Douanmyo. An
other detachment, composed apparent
ly of one battalion of infantry and half
a squadron of cavalry, is situated
about five miles north of Takushan.
Other information indicates that on
May 10 a Japanese force of 10000 in
fantry and fifty guns, chiefly noun
tain guns, halted for the day at Hung
k~aipusze and advanced on May IL to-
ward Siuyen.
General Karkevitch reports as fol-
lows:
According to information received
from Fengwangcheng II of the
guards divisions advanced along the
Haicheng road and about a division
and 1900 cavalry were to advance by
the Fengwangcheng road to Samatra.
up to the present there has been
discovered at Kwantiensien Japanese
guards consisting of a battalion of in
fantry and three squadrons Of cavalry
with a mountain battery.
"On May 10 the Japanese left the
railway line, and railway c%ommunica-
ton with Port Arthur was re-estab-
lished."
A Tokyo report says official inquiry
shows that Viceroy Alexeieff's report
that railroad communication with Port
Arthur las been restored since Mon
lay is untrue.
A Shanhaikwan report says the main
force of the Japanese is said to be con-
centrated near Port Arthur, with siege
guns, and their intention is believed to
be to attempt a repetition of the STRAIT
egg of the naval and military forces of
the United States before Santiago and
to drive the Russian feet out to battle.
Three hundred and fifty Russian SOL
diers are 1t Newchwang, and the city
is quiet.
The censorship at Newchwang is Sc
we're. United States Consul Miller has
not been allowed to answer Minister
Conger's request for a statement as to
the local situation.