Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-04-11

Paris. April S.-The Russian naval
plan for relieving the reverses at Port
Arthur and Chemulpo has been com
municated 10 one OF the embassy
through official channels having access
20 the highest naval authorities at st.
Petersburg. The plan is explained a
follows:
Russia recognizes that Japan now
has the prep0uderating naval strength
in the far east Therefore it is essen
tiaI 10 reverse the present japanese
nrep0nderauCe. This will be attempt
ed by two distinct moves. First. ur.
gent efforts viii he made to have a ma
val concentration at Port Arthur, the
Baltic. Red sea and VladivosrCb fleets
joining Makau0f's command il possible
and thus giving the combined fleets
ureu0uderenCe over Vice Admiral To
COS. Second. it IS forseen that IL win
bs difficult and probably impossible 10
effect this concentration. as Togo may
intercept the Baltic fleet. In thai
event the Baltic fleet will attempt the
task Of engaging large japanese feet.
in the hope of disabling some japanese
ships. According TO Russian calcula.
t.ons the Baltic fleet may suffer ami
hilation i'm such an unequal combat but
it win have served a valuable end il il
is able TO cripple a sufficient number
OF japanese ships TO reduce TogO's ma,
val strength below MakarOm's.
The foregoing is not part Of cur
rent speculation report but comes from
creditable Official sources as being the
determined Russian plan.
Russians Occupy Border Towns.
Seoul. April S.-Telegrams have been
received here saying that the Russians
are occupying six OF the largest border
towns on the Tuman river, northwest
eru COrea- A Coreau project reports
that the Russians and Chinese who
were at YOugham. Corea. have with
drawn tD Autuug. across the YaIu river.
Only a few merchants remain al the
former place. The japanese authOri-
ties have no confirmation of the report
ed engagement between the Russians
and Japanese at Kwisung.
Strong Fighting Line.
Chicago. April S.-A special cable to
the News from Toxic says reliable re-
ports were received from Seoul to the
effect that a part of the japanese fight
ing line had crossed the Yalu and es-
tablished itself i'm strong positions
there IT several important points.
Hariin Threatened With Epidemic.
St petersburg. April S.-The terri
BILE sanitary condition of Hardin. il is
ieard. viii lead 20 an epidemic. 1t Is
revealed I'm a dispatch TO the NovOsti
The matter is OF particular importance
On view OF the fact that Hardin is the
center OF Russian military and civil
authorities I'm Manchuria- All troops
pass through this point and all provi-
sious and medical supplies are brought
there. An arrangement has been made
for Hardin TO become the first station
for sick and wounded during the war.
Despite the dry spring and summer
and peaceful conditions in the terrific
~ last year. there were cases of chOl-
era and typhoid. the further develop
ment Of which was stopped by the No
vember frOsts. The chief cause of the
c0ntagi0n is the water OF the Sungari
river and the shallow wells. which are
located in an unsanitary place. A
source of c0ntagion is that the filth has
not been satisfactorily disposed OF in
winter and lies exposed above ground
Boo the heart OF the city. the streets
bein- filled with refuse.