Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1904 — War News in Brief. [ARTICLE]

War News in Brief.

Tlie Japanese me reported to have cut off the reservoirs at Port -vrtliur and to occupy new positions. Seven hundred Japanese are reported to have been blown up by a mine while advancing on Port Arthur. The St. Petersburg government approves American and British terms regarding contraband of war. The commander of the French mall steamer Oceanic* nays four Jiapnneao warships searched his vessel, detaining him five hours. The Novoe Vremys of St. Petersburg urges the appointment of Kuropatlrin as | commander-in-chief of the Russian forces in the Mast. f)r. Eoill G. Ilimdh, wxxh has jiwt returned to Chicago from Europe, says the assassination of Pldhve will have a tendency toward peace between Russia and Japan.