The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-03
REPORT is TRUE.
ported Capture of Kin Chow by
Forces of Japan,

London. May 2S.-The Newchwani.
correspondent OF the Dali Mail. in a
dispatch dated May %, says that CO.
Incident with the japanese advance in
the direction of Lao Yang there has
been e concentration of all the avail
al Bile Russian troops between Lac
Yang and Mao Ten pass, and that the
fortifications OF Lao Yang are being
feverishly hurried.
The railway between Tatshitsia and
Lao Yang IS still intact, but every
preparation has been made for its i'm
mediate destruction in the event of
the necessity for a retreat to Mukden.
The correspondent says that under
cover of continuous naval patrol
secret landing operations are in prog
ress on the west coast of the Lao Tune
peninsula.
The London newspapers accept the
news of the capture of Kin Chou as
true, but as it seems TO have originated
at Shanghai it would seem advisable
10 regard il with reserve pending Off
cial confirmation.
The battle at Tatung pass, which the
Daily Chronicle reports, is also sent bv
the Daily Telegraph's Newchwang
correspondent, but on a smaller scale
This battle is probably nothing more
than an exaggerated version of the
fight reported by General Kuroki tC
have occurred q 1 Pa Tai Isl.
The Toxic correspondent Of the Daily
Chronicle, under date of May 26 sends
the following:
The japanese have already con-
structed thirty miles of light railroad
for the transportation of siege guns to-
wards Port Arthur
Around Kin Chou the japanese have
beeen fighting stubbornly for the past
eight days, but are making little pro
"a i,,ct . |
strong positions on the heights"
The outposts are keeping in touch
but there is practically no fighting.
one hundred Cossacks appeared with
in twenty miles OF this position on May
~. There are no signs of Russians
moving in force south of Lao Yang"
The correspondent Of the Times on
board that papers steamer Haimnu
says:
in order to verify reports of land
ings on the west side of the Lao Tune
peninsula l cruised yesterday to within
five miles of Lower Hill, twenty-five
miles south of Ncwchwang | saw an
solutely no shipping there and no signs
of any Japanese warships or trans
ports along the coast. AS the only three
possible landing places are Newchwang.
Lower Hill and Society bay, either
false information has been promulgat-
ed for a definite object or flying COL
utnn mas landed at kal Ping, as re-
ported, and has based itself on Cen
eral Oku'S communications"
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Two Wonderful Escapes.
St Petersburg, May 26-Captain Jak-
oElen, former commander OF the Rus
sian battleship Petropavlovsk, and
Lieutenant Schmidt. the late Vice Ad-
niral Makaroff's aide dc camp, have
returned here. Schmidt tells remark
able story of his escape. He was busy
entering up the admirals log when the
explosion occurred. He jumped out of
the chart room on to the bridge of the
flagship which was lunging from one
side to the other. He saw Admiral
Makaroff and Grand Duke Cyril cling
ing to the end of the bridge. Almost
instantly the great ship put her head
down and plunged straight to the bot
tom. Schmidt held tight to the rail of
the bridge and as she went down he
looked UP and saw the stern with 100
seamen clinging to it towering above
him. He was carried far below the sur
race, but was suddenly shot up by
the escape of imprisoned air of the
ship. He caught a piece of Wreckage
and escaped without q scratch.
Jakovlef does not know how he es-
capped. When the explosion occurred he
lost consciousness and came to his
senses in a hospital. Schmidt insists on
returning to the far east with the Bal
TIC squadron.