The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
STORM OF SHE'LL
Poy9S INTO CITY
THE JAPANESE MAKE ANOTHEI
FIERCE ASSAULT ON THE
RUSSIAN STRONGHOLD.
Present Attack May Terminate in Fall
We Of Port Arthur-De6aeRed Force
s Fights Desperately-Daling Pass
Captured by Japs. =

IeTSDurS correspondent ateleSF6p16 aS
follows; kilograms of which the
general staff have as yet no knowledge
reached the emperor at four O'Clock
this morning. II can affirm that they
concern Port Arthur, regarding which
place the greatest anxiety prevails at
court. The Japanese are now engaged
in q general assault, which is more
furious than its predecessors, attack
ing the town on three sides stimuli
taneously, and employing their whole
forces. being determined to finish, the
business. Russian mines blew up
whole battalions. Gen. Fock especial
~ distinguished himself, directing the
fire from the wall, which the Japanese
reached after indescribable massacre.
The whole of Admiral Togo's and Vice
Admiral Kamimura's squadrons are
aiding the struggle, which it is feared
here, will be final. The besieged forces
are fighting as in a furnace. A perfect
storm of shell is falling on the town,
port and fortress from the whole hill
and roadstead. Gen. Stoessel is going
from fort to fort encouraging the de-
tenders In their desperate efforts. In
st. Petersburg the facts concerning the
tragic event which perhaps will ter
inmate by q glorious fall Of Port Ar
thur, are wholly unknown. At court
hope has not yet been abandoned"
Woman Runs Blockade.
Chefoo, Sept. 22.-Mrs. Anna Kravt-
chenko, the English wife Of Russian
army officer, who arrived here the
night of September IL with Lieut..
Prince Radzivil from Port Arthur, is
the first woman to run the blockade
from the Russian stronghold since the
japanese increased their vigilance to
prevent egress from the port. Her
trip was rendered extremely perilous
because she came out with the prince
and his companion, Lieut.. Christofor-
off, who carried messages from Lieut..
Gen. Stoessel, the commander at Port
Arthur, to Gen. Kuropatkin. Both
these officers were disguised, and had
they been captured by the Japanese
they certainly would have been exc
cuted.
Japs Take Daling Pass.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 24.-Daling pass,
one of the most strategic spots in the
siege OF Mukden, has fallen to the Japa-
nese, after repeated assaults. The Rus
sian Cossacks, who held the pass, were
routed and fled in utter defeat Friday.
They left $50 dead on the field. This is
the report which has just reached the
war Office here, and officials are plunged
In the deepest gloom. The news, while
official, has not been confirmed by mes
sages from Kuropatkin, and until he re-
ports to the car it viii not be known
how the Japanese were able to defeat
the Russians at the pass, which has been
considered impregnable.
Gen. Kuropatkin telegraphs that the
Japanese have assumed the offensive,
from Bentsiaputze, on Flu pass, which is
on the railroad between Mukden and Flu
shun, about IL miles from Mukden.
May Not Resist Advance.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 24.-The absence
OF detailed reports from the seat Of war,
despite the important character Of
events that are believed to be develop
Ing around Mukden, leads to the suppo-
sition that Gen. Kuropatkin man after
all, not seriously contest the Japanese
advance. and that the long expected bat
tie at Mukden may turn out to be merely
d rear guard action upon large scale.