Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1904 — IMPORTANT OPERATION [ARTICLE]

IMPORTANT OPERATION

doing on In tho War Zone, bat the Jag Hide* Them—Cloning la on I'ort Arthur. Toklo, July B.—Operations of a paramount Importance are going on within the war zone, but the government succeeds In veiling them in almost absolute secrecy. Che Foo, July B.—A trustworthy Chinaman who has arrived here from a point on the east coast of the Kwan Tung peninsula, near Port Arthur, brings the information that on the sth of July one division of the Japanese army reached the northeast slope of the Takusban mountain, the summit of which is loss than three miles from Port Arthur. The Japanese ure now massing men to march upon the Russian marine camp that commands the principal pass through the hllla, which is directly back 6f Port Arthur. This camp is considered vital to the aafety of the fortress. Washington, July B.—The Japanese legation has received the following cablegram from Toklo dated yesterday: “Admiral Togo reports that on July 5 our gunboat Kalmoo while on a special mission in the waters outside of Talienwan la a dense fog struck a Russian mine and sunk. Three officers, Including Commander Takahaahi, and nineteen petty officers and men are missing. The rest were saved.” The gunboat was a wooden ship.