Show PORT ARTHUR HAS NOT FALLEN INTO JAPANESE HANDS both boklo and st petersburg pronounce the rumor untrue the rumored fall of port arthur Is pronounced to be untrue by officials in tokio the report of the storming and capture of port arthur was ra calved in st petersburg with smile of incredulity the war office contradicted the rumored fall of the fortress there Is no change of importance lq the situation in manchuria except that the japanese have made a slight ad vance toward hal cheng and that they are developing a flank movement from simon cheng etteen miles from hal cheng they continue active in sik aeran |