Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
and the plan Of campaign. The Daily

and the plan OF campaign. The Daily
Telegraph's Toxic correspondent says
the present delay is more apparent
than real, both as regards field and
naval operations. The Japanese, &C
cording to the correspondent, are
acting prudently and will not be hur-
ried. They realize that certain move
ments must precede the next coup by
land and sea, and they are awaiting
both favorable weather and occasion,
and from Port Arthur TO V~ladivostok
are on the alert.
Russia Buys Warships.
The Daily Telegraph's Brussels cor
respondent says that agents of the
Russian government have signed an
agreement to purchase three large
men of var constructed at Genoa for
the Argentine Republic, at a price OF
SIS. zoe. 900. One of the ships, the Carl
baldi, is a vessel of u, 900 tons.
Key to the Situation.
Seoul. Korea, April 26.-Adyices re-
ceived here state that the Japanese
lines o extend thirty miles along
the Ialu river. reaching from Yong
ampo to ten miles above Win. The
Russians are strongest at Antung.
Tiger Hill is. as il was in the Chino
Japanese war. the key to the situa-
ton.
Three islands, one above and two
below Wiiu, will facilitate an attack.
as they offer a base for artillery to
cover the crossing of the Yalu.
II is reported that the japanese are
landing troops and constructing build
ings at Hung Chuan, below Yongam-
pho.
Fleet Returns Home.
ST. Petersburg, April 26.-Rear Ad-
miral Wirenius has just returned
from his unsuccessful attempt to re-
inforce the Port Arthur feet with his
squadron, consisting of the battleship
Osliabia, the cruisers Aurora and
Ditri Donskoi, eleven torpedo boats
and two transports.
In an interview the admiral com-
planned of the stringency of the
trality at Suez and Port Said. The
British authorities would not allow
the vessels to remain than twen-
ty-four hours and permitted them to
take only a meager allowance of coal.
The admiral said:
I'VE met the cruisers Kasuga and
Nisshin (the warships purchased by
Japan from Argentina and now with
Vice Admiral Togo's fleet, at Port
Said. but we had not the slightest de-
sire to stop them. They had all the
appearance of merchantmen and their
rough crews dangled their legs yer
the sides of the vessels. My ships
have returned safely after a voyage
longer than that to Port Arthur"
The torpedo boats are now at Lii
bau. where their engines are being
overhauled.
Saved From the Japs.
Omcial dispatches regarding the
fighting south of the River Pomakua,
reported last Friday, in which a Rus
sian detachment had three men killed
and two officers and thirteen men
wounded, say a Japanese troop-laden
barge and other boats emerged from
the mouth of the mouth of the Poma-
kua and attempted to cut off the Rus
sian retreat. The barge was sunk by
the Russian guns. Capt. Smeizin,
who commanded the detachment, has
died of his wounds. Lieut.. Pushkin
was the other officer wounded.
Further details concerning the
skirmish say that in following up the
general plan to harrass and impede
the Japanese crossing the Yalu the
Russian ~outposts on the river sent a
detachment of volunteers in boats on
the night of April 81 for the purpose
OF Setting Fire
to the Japanese pontoons and other
bridge material. The boats grounded
on a sand bar near the Korean side
and drew the fire of the Japanese out
posts. There was a sharp fusilade at
close range. The position of the boats
was highly critical owing to tn cap
p~earance of a number of light barges
filed with Japanese, coming out from
a small tributary stream called the
oomakua, which is unmarked even on
the maps of the Russian general staff.
The intention Of the barges was to
cut off the retreat of the Russians.
This was noticed from the other bank
(two miles distant) and q couple Of
field guns opened fire. A lucky shot
struck one of the barges and the 9TH
ers withdrew. The Japanese casual
fioc ara unkuowu
Collision With Chinese.
Toxic. April 26.-The Chinese gov.
eminent has ordered Gen. Ma to dis
patch $500 men to the west of the
Lao river to put a stop to Russian
~plundering. A collision is feared. Gen.
Mas main army is expected to pro-
coed to Kinchow with a view Of
maintaining the neutrality of Niu-
chwang in al the Japanese occupy
Yinkow.
The movement of Japanese troops
is hampered by Korean spies, who in
form the Russians of theLI.
No Decisive Fighting on Yalu.
Niuchwang, April 26.-There is no
official information that any decisive