Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-28
ANOTHER RUSSIAN
MINE GOES WRONG
KILLS ONE OFFICER AND TWEEN.
TY MEN.
BLOWS UP SMALL LAUNCH
Port Arthur Commander Again Re-
ports Disaster as Result of Acct
dent-Jspanese Numerous and 40
gressive Along the Yalu-Rumor Of
Attempt to ,Assassinate kuropatkin.

Bulletin:-St. Petersburg, April %.
The emperor has received the fol-
lowing message from viceroy Alexieff:
Il respectfully report to your maj
esty that yesterday during the plac-
ing of mines by some steam launches,
Lieut.. Pell and 20 men were killed
through mine exploding prematurely
under the stern of one of the
launches"
News Adds to Gloom.
st. Petersburg, April 23.-Viceroy
Alexieff's announcement of the destruc.
ton of launch and the loss of TWEEN
ty-one men by the explosion of a Rus
sian torpedo at Port Arthur has added
to the gloom which has prevailed since
the disaster to the Petropavlovsk. The
war commission suppressed part of the
viceroy's despatch, which showed
where the mines were being laid. 1t is
believed that as launches were EN-
ployed they were mining the entrance
to the harbor in order to prevent the
Japanese from forcing an entrance and
attemptig to destroy the remaining
ships.
Japs Numerous on the YaIu.
ST. Petersburg, April 23.-Viceroy
Alexieff in a telegram to the emperor
says that series of reconnaissance
on the Yalu have shown that the jap
anese are concentrating in consider
able force and that they are beginning
to concentrate troops in With. He
also reports that a Russian detach-
ment accommodating south of the river
Pomakua was fired upon by Japanese.
One Russian was killed and II
wounded.
St Petersburg, April 22.-An official
telegram received here says that Rus
sian scouting parties report that JAP
anese are concetrated in considerable
force with war material and pontoons
at and around Win. Shots were ex-
changed south of the river Pomakua,
where Russian detachment lost three
killed and two officers and 13 men
wounded The Russian force regained
protection of two guns.
Attempt to Assassinate kuropatkin.
st. Petersburg, April 22.-Rumors
are in circulation that two beggars at
tempted to assassinate General Kuro.
patkin when he was in Newchwang a
few days ago. 1t is said that the beg
cd In
general and were talking to him when
a guard noticed one of them put his
hand inside of his robe The men
were seized and searched and knives
found upon them 1t is said the men
were Japanese. The rumor cannot be
confirmed.
Rumors of Severe Fighting.
London, April 23.-Rumors of severe
fighting on the Yalu are repeated in
various forms and from various
points. The Shanghai correspondent
of the Post says that he hears the first
Japanese army corps crossed the Yalu
almost without opposition. and the
chronicle correspondent as Seoul says
that heavy fighting has occurred, but
for stragetic reasons it is impossible to
send particulars.
No authentic news, however, has
reached London showing that nything
has happened beyond skirmishing. Ac-
cording to the Telegraph's st. Peters
burg correspondent Russian strateg-
lists are reluctantly arriving at the con-
yiction that General Kuroki is en-
gagged in an adventurous plan of ads
vancing along the middle reaches OF
1 the Nalu river, by. the way of Kangge.
DneA asspite enormous difficulties is
iue ing his array over the mountain
paths. his. purpose being to outfiank
the saassian position on the. right bank
fof e Yalu.
1tussi6 burn and PilIage.
"a special messen-
IAN brings additional
kent Russian attack
'seSern Corea. The
The presence of
along the east
Us thought, eff
Russian ma
res Have