The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-07
SMALL BITS OF
WAR NEWS
THE ISPATCEES HAVE BEEN
COMING AL DAY FROM THE
EAST GIVING VARIOUS
REPORTS.
ADMIRAL TOGO SENDS CA5LE
GRAM TO JAPANESE LEGA-
TION AT WASHIN SICN.
THIRD BLOCKING OP-
GRAFTON OVER.

ST. PETERSBURG, May IA tele-
gram received to-day from Port Ar
thur contains an order issued by Gen
erai Stoessel, in command at the Port
OF which he admits that Port Arthur
is in a precarious condition. Inc
order reads: May l. 4:3O: Ihe
enemy crossed the Yalu in great force
Our troops fell back on positions pre-
viousIy selected.
The enemy effected on May an
important landing on the Lao Iung
Peninsula South of Pilszewo, and IN
the vicinity OF Kin Chow Bay. Our
work is beginning
NATURALLY the enemy will destroy
the railway communication and en-
deavor to drive our troops back to
Port Arthur, and besiege this fortress,
the greatest bulwark in the Far East
defend it until the arrival OF the
troops which are coming to relieve
us.
II call on you to display unceasing
vigil and ca aution. You must be ready
at all times to demean yourselves with
dignity and order becoming the Slo-
rious troops Of Russia.
NO matter what happens you must
not lose your heads. Remember
that everything is possible in war We
will be able, with Gods help, to cope
with the arduous task imposed upon
u.s."
ST. PETERSBURG, May IA tele-
gram from Port Arthur, dated yester-
day, states that six Of the enemys
cruisers are continually in sight.
A parade of the garrison was held
says, the telegram; in honor OF the
Czarina's name day. - .+%s5ss
General Stoessel, addressing the
troops, alludes to the new phase OF
the war. whereby Port Arthur was
threatened by land. He expressed
conscience in the endurance OF the de-
PENDANTS The soldiers and sailors
cheered his words heartily.
LONDON, May THE Vienna cor
respondent of The Times, teleSraphs
that in Russophil quarters IL is re-
ported that the painful astonlshmeft
of the Car at the Russian defeat on
the Yalu was the greater owing 10 as
surances received from General hu-
ropatkin a few days previously that
the imminent engagements on land
would prove the Russian positions
were impregnable.
1t is supposed that the dispatch OF
Niceroy Alexieff, from Port Arthur to
Mnkden, is due to the desire OF the
Gar to possess a complete report OF
the military situation and the causes
of the defeat
CHEZ FOO, China, May Chi
nese coasting vessels report success
sion of tremendous explosions at the
entrance of Port Arthur harbor.
It is evident that the Russians are
trying to clear the channel OF the on-
stacles and mines placed there by the
Japanese.
The Japanese cruiser squadron IS
watching the haTbor TO prevent sally
of torpedo boats against the japanese
transports now lying along the Lao
Tung Peninsula.
LONDON, May T.-Dispatches from
Seoul bring report that FenS W ahS
Cheng has fallen into the hands OF the
Japanese after severe fighting. Seoul
traces the report TO Antung, Manchu-
ria a point near the japanese ad-
yanced posts. The losses on both
sides are reported heavy.
Feng Wang Chens. it is known was
the objective point OF the Japanese.
SEOUL, May THE Japanese Oh
Seoul are celebrating the Japanese
victory on the Yalu river on sunday
last The celebration includes lu1i'
cheon at the old palace following
sports and fire works this evening.
BARCELONA, May "A dynamite
bomb was exploded on the roof OF the
Jesuit College here to-day. The rool
was blown in and one person was in
jured.
| ST. PETERSBURG, May THE
l"Viedomosti"l today reports what is
believed to have been a japanese at
tempt to destroy the governmental
section of Kronstadt, where large
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