Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21

Pobieda. After these occurrences the
cruisers Nisshin and Kasuga were
used to lombard Port Arthur.
Warm Tributes for Japs.
London, April 10. - Vice Admiral
Togo's report is accepted here as fully
explaining the mystery of he destruc-
ton of the battleship Petropavlovsk,
and the newspapers pay warm trib-
utes to the daring and skill displayed
by the Japanese, contrasting these
with the apparent foresight and Wig
lance on the part of the Russians.
War correspondents arriving at
Pingyang report hat the roads are in
terrible condition, but that the Japan
csc troops in marching display splen-
did endurance.
Irresistible Courage of Japs.
The Daily Mails P~ingyang cores
pendent says that food supplies are
being pushed forward on a gigantic
scale. All the preparations prove that
the Japanese are in readiness to sus-
tain a campaign. The correspondent
describes the irresistible courage
shown by the Japanese in the fighting
at Chongju, charging recklessly up
hill in the face of superior numbers.
He relates an incident showing the
individual initiative of the Japanese
soldiers. A private got isolated and
saw the main body of the Russians
making for the south gate of the
town. He hid himself until the Rus
slams approached and then deliberate
ly shot the Russian commander,
throwing the force into confusion.
One Hundred Japanese Transports.
The Daily Chronicles correspond
ent at Shan Hal Kwan gives a report
that a Japanese feet of twenty-six
vessels has been seer escorting 100
transports north of Port Arthur.
Rumors emanate from various quar-
ters that trouble is imminent be-
tween Russia and China, but there is
no authentic news to this effect. Some
st. Petersburg correspondents consid-
er the sudden departure of the Chi
nese from Moscow to be significant.
The Daily Telegraph's Shanghai cor
respondent cables a report to the eff
feet that the Russians are disarming
all the Chinese troops in Manchuria
east Of the Lao river, including the
Tartar v~iceroy's bodyguard.
Fresh Engagement on Yalu.
st. Petersburg, April 10. Rumors
were In circulation here yesterday of
a fresh engagement on the Yalu river
which has resulted f%avorably to the
Russians, but a dispatch received by
the general staff last night says that
the situation is unchanged and that
all is quiet on the Yalu.
Russians Need Money.
London, April 10. - Reports are
again in circulation here of Russia's
need to raise money. When the war
broke out the gold held abroad by
the Bank of Russia amounted to $751;
500, 600. OF this amount $50, 900 900
have been expended, and, therefore.
according to these reports IL would
soon be necessary to have recourse to
the, gold held in the treasury.
According to a telegram from Brus-
sells, printed this morning. the out
come of the ways and means confer
ence at st. Petersburg will be the is
sue of 5000, 00O, 900 in 5 per cent treas
ury bonds in Paris, Brussels and Am
sterdam.
Killed or Frozen.
Shanghai, April 19.-lt is reported
that two carriages on every train
which has arrived from Mukden in
the past few days have been filled
with bodies of Russian soldiers Some
ware killed in battle and some were
frozen to death.