The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-10
GUNS PLAY ON
PORT ARTHUR.
Japanese Fleet Again BOmbards
the Russian Fortress.
Fire Kept Up from Midnight
Until s O'clock.
RUSSIANS DEFEATED.
Engagement Fought 81 miles
Northwest of Chemulpo.
Cars Troops Continue to Ad-
vance SOuthward.
RUSSIANS DEFEATED.

Port Arthur, March 1O-The Japanese
feet appeared off this harbor at mid
night and bombarded this city inter
nittentIy until o'clock this morning.
The Russians replied to the Japanese
fire
Port Arthur, March 10.-A message
from the signal station at IL o'clock
last night announced the appearance of
a japanese squadron on the horizon.
Fifty minutes later the shore batteries
opened fire on the japanese vessels.
RUSSIANS DEFEATED.
London. March 10.-A dispatch to the
Times from Wei Hal Wei, dated March
8 says:
1T is reported on good authority that
a collision between Japanese and Rus
sian troops has occurred near Haiju.
Korea, (54 miles northwest of Chemul-
POI, which resulted in the defeat of
the Russians"
a correspondent of the Times at
Toxic says the Russian advance south
of Possiet bay continues.
RUSSIAN OFFICERS DECORATED.
St. Petersburg March 10-The COM
manders of the Russian warships Va
RAG and Korietz have had conferred
upon them the decoration of the mill
tary order of st. George of the fourth
class on account of their heroic conduct
IN the engagement with the Japanese
at Chemulpo. The other officers and
crews Of the vessels have been given
minor decorations. including crosses of
the order of st. George.
JAPANESE LACK FAITH.
New York, March 1O.-The japanese
authorities are again pressing the Chi
nese TO insist on the departure of the
Russian gunboat Mandjur from this
p y 7Dr II
ican from Shanghai 1t is asserted that
they have no faith in the proposition to
disarm the vessel.
SPY COMMITS SUICIDE 80
New York. March 10-A Japanese
shipping agent who was arrested Mon
day on suspicion of supplying Russians
with information, has committed sui
side in the military prison, says a Tien
Tsln dispatch to the American. 1t is
said several ether japanese are under
susnicion.
FOREIGN CREWS RELEASED.
Nagasakf. March 1O.-The crews of
the merchant vessels captured bv Jap-
anese Warships since the war began
have just been released and in all 400
russians, Chinese and Germans have
been turned over to various cOns1IIs fO
be sent back to their own countries.
torty OF the officers taken at the same
time still remain at Sazebo. The coal
cargo or the Norwegian steamer Her
mes has been released
THE VLADIEOSTOK AFFAIR
Toxic, March 10.-Vice Admiral Kemi-
mura, reporting the bombardment Ct
Nladivostok on March 6, says the at
TACK commenced at 10 minutes of 2 in
the afternoon and the firing was kept
up about 40 minutes. He believes the
bombardment was effective and dernor-
5hzlng TO the enemy. The Russian
AOTlS Gu not reply to the Japanese fire
japanese cruisers subsequently recon
noitered several adjacent places on the
coast Dul found no trace of the enemy.
The full report of Vice Admiral Ke-
nl1mura, who commands the Second
japanese squadron. says:
AS prearranged, we reached the east
entrance TO Vladivostol1, on the morn
ing OF March s. through a frozen sea.
The enemys ships were not seen out
side the harbor. We approached the
batteries on the northeast coast from a
point beyond the range of the bar
lerieS on the Balzan promotory and
BosDhoruS strait. After bombardirg
the inner harbor 40 minutes from so
O'Clock in the afternoon we retired. 1
believe the bombardment effected con-
siderable damage. Soldiers were seen,
out the land batteries did not reply TO
our IRE. Black smoke was observed at
the east entrance to the harbor about
O'Clock p. m. and was thought to be
from the enemy's ship but this smoke
gradually disappeared.
ON the morning of March T. we re-
connoitered American bay and Strelo1
bay but saw nothing unusual. We ap-
PAodSiACN Ilie east entrance TO XIaQI-
Vostok at noon. The enemy's ships were
invisible and the batteries did not fire.
We turned toward Possiet bay, but not
seeing the enemy. retired" "
BOLD MOVE BY JAPANESE
London, March 10.=The Times this
morning publishes what it terms a re-
markabie instance of Japanese conf
dence- The Japanese have arranged
for the dispatch of coal from England
to Port Arthur or Vladfvostok and
the steamers taking it are to call at
Singapore for definite orders. The coal
is explicitly warranted to be Japanese
property.
KUROPATKIN TO START NEXT
SUNDAY
Paris, March 10.-The Figaro pub-
lishes a dispatch from St Petersburg
correspondent saying that General
Kuropatkin Will leave Moscow for the
far east next Sunday evening He will
travel on an ordinary express train as
far as Irkutsh but from there he will
go in a, special His final destination is
kept secret, as it is connected with
mobilization plans.
RUSSIA WARNS CHINA.
Paris March lot is officially con-
firrned that the Russian minister at
Pekin has made firm representations to
the Chinese government concerning the
activity of Chinese troops along the
Manchurian frontier, with a pointed in
tinnation of the defensive measures
Russia may be compelled to adopt The
substance of the representation fol-
lows
presence of considerable forces of Chi
nese troops along the frontier. For the
present it is recognized that these
forces are independent of the direct
authority and control of the imperial