The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-27
Russian Wholesale corruption.

Berlin, May pa correspondent Oh
the Frankfurter Zeitung, writing from
Hardin, under date of April 10, gives
striking details Illustrative of the con-
dition of the Russian army and the
relations existing between the Rus
slams the Chinese.
He says two officers, Lieut.. Col. Kor-
linsky and Staff Captain Ignotowitch,
are in Hardin prison awaiting the car
rying gu of sentences of death i'm
posed upon them for selling large sup
plies of gunpowder to the. Chinese from
the army depots.
The officers charged the Chinese s25
pei Sc pounds, but their supplies run
ming low, they filled the boxes partly
with sand and placed a layer of gun
powder on the top. AT the same time
they raised the price to $50.
The Chinese merchants, incensed at
the swindle, caused the matter to be
made known in higher quarters, and a
watch was set, resulting in detection of
the officers in the act of selling gun
powder to Russian Intermediates.
BY similar means the robber bands
are we'll supplied With the most mod
ern rifles and plenty of ammunition.
These bands have grown holder and
more active than ever.
Bitterness Is Intense.
The correspondent says ferocious
bitterness prevails throughout the Chi
nese population against the Russians.
He relates the following incident in
Russian settlers regarded the natives
as being far lower thai dogs, the cor
RESP jndent says Russian officers as
surLd him the peasant settlers tested
Their new rifles by taking a native as
q target.
One engineer with whom l travelled"
the correspondent writes, did not sa-
Lutte a well known officer because the
latter had shot down eight of the en-
gineer's best laborers in mere wanton-
ness. His complaint remained unan-
swered." In consequence of such con-
dltlons the correspondent asserts the
entire laboring population is longing
for the moment when it may dare to
all upon it's tormentor.
Port Arthur Is Strong.
Chefoo, May 25.-The captain of =.
Russian merchantmen, who left Port
Arthur May 20, is among the recent ar
rivals from Dalny. He says in an in
terview the whole japanese fleet had
not returned to Port Arthur since the
18th inst, when, besides the battleship
Hatsuse, another big vessel struck a
mine and was towed away disabled.
The %gunboats and torpedo boats re-
turned off the port on the goth inst,
when the Russians succeeded in sink
ing a small gunboat and two torpedo
boats.
The Russians are now confident of
holding Port Arthur with the 80, 900
men now stationed there, exclusive Of
the navy and crowds of mechanics
working on the damaged warships, all
Of which, except the Czarewitch and
Retvizan, are ready TO rejoin the fleet.
These will also be ready June /.
The entrance to the harbor has been
cleared n small boats now pass in
and out freely from Port Arthur to
Dalny. The forts on the land side of
Port Arthur a been completed and
are now prepared for a severe contest.
Or the few soldiers left at Dalny the
majority have zone to Port Arthur, and
only the defenses left there now are
the mines in the harbor. The attempt
of the Japanese to land troops in Kin
Chau gulf on the 10th failed, owing to
insufficient water to float the boats.
There had been no fighting in the
vicinity Of Port Arthur up to Satur-
day since the Kin Chau fight on the
10Th, when two squadrons Of Japanese
cavalry We're wiped out, only eight men
of which escaped.
Japanese Report Skirmishes.
Toxic, May 25.-The Japanese landed.