The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-23
SEVEN MEN ESCAPE
FROM port ARTHUR.
REACH CHEFOo IN sAILBoAT AZ
TER A DANGEROUS RUN
BRING DIsPATCHEs,
One Tells Of Sad Scenes in the Beleag-l
q uered City-Russian Battleship se-
vastopol SUCCESSFULLY Torpedoed-5
Bombardment Renewed. y N

LONDON, Uec.: ia QaSn from FOTt
Arthur in an open sailboat by seven
Russians, q thrilling night of trickery,
in which detection by the Japanese
warships was avoided time and time
again only by hairbreadths, and q dan
gerous but successful run to Chetoo'
with dispatches, is the report received
in = cablegram from Chefoo Friday
The boat ran into dock at Chefoo just
after dawn. Seven men stepped from
it and hurried to, the Russian nsulAte~
They wore civilian dress; but evidently
were military men of rank. They re-
fused to talk Of their escape from Port
Arthur. q. e. =, ~. . II. g@sy.ss- Ne
Desolation In Port Arthur. ;#.5
Chefoo, Dec. 19.-Commander Mizzen.
eoff, who was executive ohhcer OF the
Russian battleship Poltava until that.
vessel was disarmed, and who on De-
cember Is headed the party Of seven
Russians who left Port Arthur in q sail;
boat and arrived here Friday with dis
patches, said in an interview that Port
Arthur is a desolate and, excepting Tor
the firing OF guns, silent place.
1.-THE Russians" said he, ARE hus-z
banding their artillery ammunition, far--.
ing only when the effect will be certain.
There are 10000 men in the line OF forts.
and their periods Of rest are few. The:
generals, except Gen. Stoessel, live In;
the forts. Every building in the whole
town is more or less injured. Gen.
Stoessel has put the entire population
on regular rations sufficient to last three.
months. The ammunition is sufficient
to last much longer. believe the Jap
anese will never take the fortress under
present conditions. Port Arthur never
looked more sepulchral than on the night
of-DecembeplsNhen theJapanese shells
repeatedly hit a hospital, killing seven:
of the patients. The hospitals contain
5000 patients. The Sevastopol is the
only warshiR that has not been dis.
armed" S
Not q Vessel Ahoat.
Headquarters of the Third Japanese
Army, Via Fusan, Dec. 15.-Every part
of the city and harbor of Port Arthur
Is visible from 203 Metre mill. The.
streets of the city are: deserted, and
but few soldiers are doing patro! duty
Many buildings have been burned and
others shattered. The shelters OF the
harbor present q strange appearances.
with the turrets, emasts and fucnels<of
warships showing just above The Wa.
ter. There is not vessel afloat in the
aharbor. The docks and buildings On.
the water front are torn and burned.
The Japanese shells reach every part
of the city and harbor. -: =5ss4s.s
Torpedoes Ruins Ship.
Toxic, Dec. 19.-The battleship Sc
vastopol has been successfully torpedoed
ten times. Advices from Port Arthur,
say that she is aground and is evidently
completely disabled. The Japanese lost
two torpedo boats during the operation
Bombardment Resumed. 3s,s51
Toxic, Dec. IA heavy lombard.
ment Of Port Arthur was begun Friday,
the great guns being aimed particularly
at the new town. The arsenal was
struck man times and several shells
hit the magazine. A Russian torpedo
boat was sunk. .sE5
StOe8Se4 " 0UuOeOs< a. %S5{s-$
London, Dec. 17.-Gen. Stoessel the;
Russian military commander at Port
Arthur, according to a dispatch from
Chefoo to the Daily Telegraph, has
again been wounded, this time by g.
rifle bullet. The correspondent adds
that the wound Is not serious.
San Francisco, Dec. 17.-Capt. r. G.
March, Of the general staff Of the
United States army, one Of the Officers
selected by the department to accom-
pany the Japanese army in the field
for the purpose of taking military OBJ.
servations, returned Friday on the
liner Mongolia. Capt. March brings
absolute refutation of the report that
Gen. Kuroki was killed by Russian.
shell. He says he was with KurOk
on October 5, the day he is alleged to-
have been killed, and was with him
every day up to November 80, the day
he left the front. ."'<- (. ..$
Favor Statehood.
WashinRtOn. Dec. 16.-The senate