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Show II DISASTER T0; JAPANESE 1 W 'AT .fioRT AiiiDS; swims oiicim; : : ; mm, haskdssineeeicoimji Not a Shot Fired on Either Side on Days. When 30,000 Were Said to H?ive Been Slain; ReportFrom Tokio. .'.' . : btjt.t.etin. : tokio, july 16. the imperial headquarters staff of- nciallt deny the exports from st. petersburg that the japanese lost thirty thousand men" in a battle near port arthur on july 10 ori 11. not a shot was fired on either date. ; 1 , . BULLETIN. : TA TCHE XIAO, JULY. 16. THERE 13 REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE PORT ARTHUR SQUADRON HAS COKE NORTH INTO THE GULF OF LIAO TUNG. THE SOUND V! f?P THE FIRING OF HEAVY GUNS IS HEARD SEAWARD. WAR-frtlIPS WAR-frtlIPS ARE DISTINGUISHABLE FIRING IN THE DIRECTION OF KAI CHOU. IT IS SURMISED THAT THEY COULD ONLY BE RUSSIAN VESSELS. I .' ssssssssssssssssssssssssise. 1 BULLETIN. CHEFOO, July 16. The Chicago Daily News' correspondent with Eurokl's army, in a dispatch sent by a Chinese Junk: from Antung, says: "There is a persistent rumor here "" that Admiral Togo Is dead. Many of the Japanese profess to believe it. scattered, has not been definitely established. es-tablished. JAPS INTRENCH THEIR POSITIONS; SCIENTIFIC CAMPAIGN FOLLOWED. ST. PETERSBURG, July 16. 1:30 p. m. The Japanese are continuing to advance on Ta Tche Kiao, following a ; A severe outbreak: of cholera is devastating de-vastating this section. The bodies of the soldiers who die of the disease are being cremated.' ST. PETERSBURG. July 16, 1:3a p. m. Since the receipt from Tokio of an official denial of the report of a Japa-i j ' ness repulse at Port Arthur, with the : loss of about 30,000 men, skepticism as f to the. truth of the report from Viceroy AlexIefTs headquarters has pervaded all circles, but the members of the general gen-eral staff decline to accept the denial j unreservedly. . While not insisting on the accuracy of the figures, they claim there Is good reason to believe that a never rheck was inflicted on the Japa- scientlflc plan, and intrenching their positions po-sitions as they move forward. They appear ap-pear to- be taking extra precautions In the case of Ta Tche Kiao, on account of their knowing that Gen. Knropatkln is there personally. ' According to a dispatch from Lieut.-Gen. Lieut.-Gen. Sawharoff," dated July 15, and given out today, the wings of Gena Oku's and Nodzu's armies have Joined at Tang Chi, ten miles southeast of Ta Tche Kiao. The Japanexe are also reported to have occupied the fortifications at Pints Sau, about seven miles north of Kal Chou, and were still proceeding toward Newchwang, which had not been occupied July la. A detachment of Gen. Kuroki's force Is reported to have reached the village nene In front of Port Arthur1. ' An official report Just received from Gen. Stoessel describing the events of July 7 and 8 strengthens , this view. Stoessel says the Japanese repeatedly .v attacked the eastern defenses around Lun San Tan. and everywhere were repulsed, re-pulsed, the Russians not losing a single position within the vicinity of the fortress. fort-ress. . The Admiralty has not received a report re-port from Admiral Wlthoeff recently. Possibly Started by Japs. Although still In Ignorance as to what the official . statement meant by "from Japanese sources," the officials " hre maintain that Alexleff must have , n1 good reason to send the report. 'vfhlle It Is conceivable that the Japanese Japa-nese themselves may have spread the report for the purpose of leading Gen. Kuropatkin to believe that they will not advance any further in Manchuria, the ireneral staff are not disposed to re- or i szhakhe, forty mile esst of Liao Yang, on the Feng Wang Cheng high roads. GERMAN STEAMER HELD UP BY RUSSIANS AND MAIL TAKEN FROM HER. ADEX. July ll-The North German Lloyd steamer Prliix lleinrlch,. which has arrived here from Hamburg. June 23, and Southampton, June 28, for Yokohamareports Yokohamare-ports that he was stopped yesterday afternoon af-ternoon by the Russian volunteer fleet j steamer Smolensk and compelled to give up thirty-one Sacks of letters and twenty-four twenty-four sacks and boxes of parcels, all bound for Japan. it te reported from the Peninsular and Oriental company steamer Malacla, irSm Antwerp for Japan, has been seized In the Rd sea by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer St. Petersburg. JAPANESE FORCES IN ' gard them as guilty of such Machlavel-ism. Machlavel-ism. Ardor Cooled by Denial. DecpJte the attitude of the general ( staff,, who are evidently reluctant to give up a report for which they are not responsible, the public ardor has quite j . cooled down. , 1 The American emlmssy today forwarded for-warded to Berlin another list of names of Japanese prisoners. There are 111 at Perim. 108 at Kungur. 8 at Solikamsk Soli-kamsk and 121 at Tomsk. The whereabouts where-abouts of the 200 who were at sea. In the Amur district, and who are now DOUBLE MANEUVER ON ' BOTH RUSSIAN FLANKS. TA TCHE KIAO. July 13.-(Delnyed In transmission.) The main body of Gen. Oku's force seems to be swinging around the Russian left, after having combined with Gen. Nodzu's army. The 'Japanese are also moving up the coast on the Russian Rus-sian right. An artillery reconnaissance has shown the country directly south to be clear of the enemy. The Chinese report this morning that they saw many Japanese transports, convoyed con-voyed by torpedo boats, going in the direction direc-tion of the port of Newchwang. Near Harbin 100 Chinese bandits recently recent-ly attacked a Russian military train. They were driven off by the soldiers without loss. . - '. .1 -...tj Russians Becoming Active. WASHINGTON. ' July 16. Minister Allen has again reported to the State department from Seoul, that the Russian Rus-sian forces are becoming quite active Jn northeastern Korea. |
