Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1904 — War News in Brief. [ARTICLE]

War News in Brief.

A Japanese supply steamer, r said to hqve' had $5,000,000 on board for the Japanese army, was stopped by a Chef bo official, and a torpedo craft from Dalny' rushed intojport in,the night and rescued the cash. Russia has equipped Ttvo stehmO'rs,jthe Korep and the Kjtai, belonging ,tb the 'Dianish-Russian East Asiatic ’Steamsthlp Company, as auxiliary cruised The*, vessels will bp attached to the Baltjc squadron. ' . : I The Japanese have made korife gains ( in tlreif‘advance .ph the fortrcssfuti Poyt Arthur. They have destyoyedL thp,fdrt'M’"Tungkia Tashan, mounted guns/tou an adjoining hill- ahd arec bombai’lling the iiinbr defenses from -this position. Recently a Japanese- tiyod. to gain entrance intq-Port Arthur in a. sack carried by a Chinaman* ■ Tlwdhbuth of the sack was filled-with cablNige.-J. A sentry stuck a bayonet into the bag and exposed the artifice. Both the Japairdsp’ and the Ohinaman were shot. • ■ Early Tuesday morning, the Japanese appeared on the hills east and southeast of Uaoyang. At-11 o’clock the Japanese infailtry advanced very boldly from the south on to Mount Shoushan and took the villages pine versts south of yang on tho'raiyvay line.,' The Russian shells did great execution. There was a pile pf, about a score of khaki-clad, Japanese'' bodies, the Jesuit; of q single shell ’falling in front <tf Shoushan from a'Russian trench. WhCßMtdu*-shell fell the Japanese infantry Monaco Is Europe's most densely populated spot