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Show STILL HOLD PORT ARTHUR i , ." i Terrific fighting near this stronghold ! But Russians are still in possession. Cheroo, Nov. 17, !::;o p. m. Fighting Fight-ing at Poll Aitlnir has taken place nlghtl) since the Japanese began their gcnetal assault on October 2(1, accoid-lug accoid-lug to Capt. Ronbeig, a pilot, who was a nassengei on the ltusslan toipedo boat destiovet Rastotopnv. The Japanese tienches, the captain sa)s, aie closest to thefotton Rlhluiig and Kekwan mountains, and to other foitsof the noitheastein gioup. J1AKK TIU ( IIS. The.sharpshooteisof both sides oc-cup)lugthe oc-cup)lugthe pits conveise with each othei and ficquentlv make individual tiuces in order to bonow clgaiettes oi to iclleve theh cramped limbs. The Japanese are dlspla)lng gteat cnerg) In the construction of tienches and the mounting of guns. STKAMHIIS Sl'Mi. All ther.ilho.id steameis belonging to the Russians except the steel screw tianspoit Amur have been sunk by Japanese shells. The hospital ship Angora, foimetly a tiaiispoit. lias been sunk in shallow water. The patients ate still on boaid the ship and ate comfottable. The Japanese shells dhected against the haiboiate Hied with lemarkablc accutae) , skinai.s'io i:ni:m j Keccntl) a silk clad Chinaman, who i was seen tiavellng in a sampan, was watched by Hie Russians, whoobseived that following the dlschaige of each shell, he placed a handkerchief to his nose and then into his left pocket, 'occasionally vatying these movements, j apparently thus signalling the landing places of the shells. The shells fell I behind obstructions, which fact pie- i vented the Japanese obtalningadhect I view of llielt eircct The Chinaman i was hanged HOSI'll'AL Mir.I.I.KI) One day last week a hospital ship moved too near the battleships In the harbor, wheieupon the Japanese diop-ped diop-ped small shells aiound hei with the obvious put pose of warning her avv.i). The ship look the hint, and when she wasoulsidc the zone of dangei laige shells began falling near the battleships. IKsrit()Klts. The toipedo-boat destto)ei which entered Cheloo this morning to ascei-taln ascei-taln If the Russian torpedo-boat dc-stiO)ci dc-stiO)ci Rastotopny was heie dlsap-peaicd dlsap-peaicd foi a time, but teappcaied this afternoon. Tho Japanese Consol sent a cutter out to meet them and Informed In-formed the neatest dcstnyci, the Ka-suml, Ka-suml, that the Hastoiopn) had been sunk. ThcConsul sa)s this was Die Hist the ship knew of the sinking of the Rastoiopn) The Kasuml tiansmlt-ted tiansmlt-ted the infoimatioii by wlteless tele-gtaph tele-gtaph to the Japanese flagship, wheieupon wheie-upon the desiroyers disappeared In the dliectlon of l'oit Aithur. I SINM.N'1 Ol- UASTOIlOI'.S. The sinking of the Rastotopny b) the Russians telleved the Japanese of an embauasslng position. A tepetl-tlon tepetl-tlon of the toipedo-boat destio)ci Ryeshitclui incident would have aiouscd indignation, while a failuie todesttoy orcutthe Rastotopny would have appealed like admitting picvious wiongdolng. |