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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
THE RUSSIAN STORY.
Withdrawal Rather Than Defeat, 1t
Said-All tho Rest Is Ad-
nitted.

st. Petersburg. May AT ESQ this
afternoon the Associated Press is In
formed thai beyond the fact OF the re-
treat OF the Russians before the over
whelming superiority of the Japanese
on the Yalu river, no details have been
received since the report of General
Sussulitch, commander of the con
Siberian army corps, on yesterday, of
the retirement from Kulien-Cheng to
Antung. 1t is quite possible the loss
on both sides in the weeks lighting
may reach the figures given by the
Japanese, as the reserves We're not
brought up to support the Russian po-
sition at Kulien-Cheng. where the night
ing was heaviest. The Russians made
u special effort to hold as long us pos
sible the heights of Cho-San on the
island opposite kulien Cheng, whence
their guns commanded IL considerable
stretch of the river to the south, but
a Japanese battery on ne hill above
With dominated the position, which he
linquish. thus losing the key to the
river.
The entire force on the Yalu, which
extended along II front of over thirty
miles, with reserve supports fifteen
miles back, according to the best in
formation o~btainable. did not exceed
II, 1000 men. No confirmation has vet
DCSii itNtiNeu vi lhs reported capture
Of twenty-eight Russian quick firing
guns. or of the %wounding of General
Sussulitch and General Kashtilinsky
Plan of Russian Withdrawal.
The statement that the Russians
have fallen back SO far as l'eng Wang
Cheng is declared to be untrue. The
advance has retired and will continue
to retire before the main army OF the
enemy, according to the Russian pro-
gram; but 1t will keep in constant
touch with the enemy, and diminishing
Of n more or less serious character is
expected as Gen. Kuroki advances.
This is considered absolutely neces-
sary in order to always know exactly
where the main army of the enemy is.
The general staff believes Gen. Kuro-
KS forward march on lTeng Wang
cheng will be accompanied by landings
at Iatung Kau at the head of Korean
Bay. and not far from the mouth of
the Yalu river, and other places along
the coast as far as Taku Shan. under
protection of warships. The Japanese
are expected to try to turn the Rus
sian position at I7eng Wang Cheng.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
BIG THING FOR laps.
Success in First Great Land Battle
Will Help Them Greatly in Point
of Prestioe.

London. May 3.-No independent &C.
counts of the fighting on the Yalu river
have reached London. and various opin-
ions are expressed this morning regarding
the Importance of the Japanese victory.
1t Is considered In some quarters that 1t
was never the intention Of the Russians
to hold the right bank of the Yalu. except
for tactical purposes, and tnat the real
struggle has not yet been reached. All
the papers. however, recognize that the
success of the Japanese will greatly en-
nance their prestige.
The Daily Telegraph, in an editorial.
takes the rather extreme view of COM
pairing the capture of kiulien Cheng to
that Of Waterloo and Plevna, n says
that the present misfortune Is even more
serious, because the Russians have been
driven from n fortified position In spite
Of every advantage conferred on Its de-
Tense by modern weapons.
1.-The fight" the editorial says, must
modify forever the destinies of Europe
and Asia"
Tho Daily Nails New Chwang CORE
spondent hears that the Russians are &C
cumulating great quantities o; stores at
Telling, forty miles north of Mukden, as
their principal base Of supplies.
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No Mediation Is Wanted.

st. Petersburg, April 30.-The Russia.
press is aroused Yer talk of mediation
and is inclined to attribute the respon-
sibility for the proposal to the Anglo
French agreement. the result being
that the agreement does not obtain
favor. The Novoe-Vremyea declares
the Anglo-French understanding has
rendered poor service to Russia in
prompting the idea of mediation, and
adds:
ut is idle to expect an Anglo-Russian
understanding as a result Of the Anglo
French entente. It will take o long
time for Great Britain to reach Rus
sia's confidence"
The Port Arthur correspondent Of
the Russky-Invalid writes: 1.-The
Japanese have invented a new COM
bustible. 1t is inextinguishable. They
tried to burn the battleship Retvizan
by setting adrift RATS loaded with this
burning material. The Retvizan sank
them, but the combustible continued to
burn under water. A japanese Pinch
shell exploded in the yard of General
Stoessel's house. outside Port Arthur.
It broke a ROSTERS leg"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
CAPTURED MANY GUMS
Japanese Took Artillery and Machin;
Guns of Enemy, and Captured
Many Prisoners.

Washington. May 1.-The Japanese
legation here today received the follow
ing official c~ablesrams from Toxic:
Gen. huroki, commanding the first
army, reports from Chin Lien Chang
that on May l The Second and Twelfth
divisions and the Imperial guard, form
Ing The First Army corps, advanced,
Notwithstanding the stout resistance of
the enemy. by three roads. driving the
enemy before them, ana at s p. IN. oc-
cupled h line extending from Antung
to Liushiu Kon. The Imperial guards
surrounded the enemy on three sides
ana after q severe fight captured
twenty guns, with horses and carri-
ages, and more than twenty officers
and many men.
The general reserve corps advanced
by the Liayang road. The enemy was
composed Of a whole division and tn
Iwenty-second and Twen:y-fourth
regiments of the Sixth Infantry divi-
sion of sharpshooters. and Gen. Mis-
chenko's cavalry brigade. With about
Forty guns and eight machine guns.
The enemy fled towards Ieng Huang
Cheng. Our casualties will not exceed
at most 700. Twenty-eight quick-;iring
guns, large quantities OF small arms
n ammunition We're captured. Our
heavy field guns We're very effective.
and a Russian officer who was taken
prisoner says both of the commanders
u lue army corps dnu DIVISION were
wounded n that the Russian casu-
alties exceeded 500.
Admiral Kamimulas' hcet arrived
at Gen San on the Goth of April with
out having effected the intended 5oni-
bardment Of Nladivostok. owing to a
thick fog continually prevailing. and
learning that the Kirau Maru was over
due with freight, left the port on the
9th in search Of the steamer, and
again proceeded near to Nladivostok,
but the incessant fog prevented any
further operations and he fleet re.
turned to Gen San"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
AN HISTORIC VICTORY.
london Military Experts So Regard the
Japanese Success at Crossing
the Xalu

London. May 1.-THE silence which
has hung over the land campaign is
broken ut last by the news which marks
an epoch in the military history OF the
world Is the sentence by which the
Daily Telegram commences an article
which continues US follows:
Russia. at the hands of the new
power in the far east, has suffered the
greatest defeat thas has ever bcfallen
her arms upon Asintic soil since Yerk-
mar. the Cossack. crossed the Trails.
Japan has pierced the M~anchurian
frontier. shattered eneral kuropat-
kin's position upon the Yalu ut the
strategical keys of the whole military
situation. The territory occupied by
her adversary is laid open to her in
vading armies, and at u when
10000 OF the cars troops are In re-
treat before the mikndo's forces. Russia
awakes to the fact thai she has equally
miscalculated her prospects on land and
sea.
"This is j great event. but 1T is prob
ably but Il prelude to d greater. Since
her first repulse before the slopes OF
Plevna, Russia has known no such re-
verses as that which has been inflicted
upon her in the struggle for the Yalu,
her present misfortune being more ser
i, us in every respect, since she failed
there before a fortified position. but
now a been driven out of one In spite
OF all the advantage conferred by
modern weapons upon her Defense"
This view is not common to all the
military critics here. For instance, an
other London morning paper says:
This is, of course, Il brilliant victory
for the Japanese arms, but ut the same
time it must not be forgotten that it
has more than once been stated that
the Russians never intended to fight IL
decisive battle on tie Yalu, but that
their main line OF defense would be
further back. one has only to look
at the maps of the country and notice
the steep hills north of the Yalu which
slope down TO that river to understand
the reason for this.
1T is probable that the force on the
right bank of the Yalu vas intended
merely to hold back n Japanese as
long as possible and then fall back on
the main body"
Similarly the Daily Mail editorially
says:
TIL strategy of the Russians is
clearly for he present to retreat. APP
parently no determined stand will be
made till the Japanese come near the
railway, as the Feng Wang Cheng po-
sition can be o~utflanked from .Taku
Shan, and ever more seriously men
aced if the Japanese should land at
Jew ChMaNg.'
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
RUSSIAN DEFEAT.
After Two Days Fighting With Jap
anese Along the Yalu, Cars
Forces Refreaf

Shanghai, April 30.-It is reported
acre that the Russians nave suffered a
disastrous repulSe after two days fight
ing on the Yalu river. The Japanese
slams retreated.
Doudon, April 3o.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Toxic correspondent asserts
that the Russian cruisers slipped past
The Japanese squadron during a fog
and regained the harbor of Vladivostok.
This is the only additional news that
~Vladivostok squadron. No further de-
tails have been received Regarding the
sinking of the Japanese transport Kin
shiu Maru, which incident is much
commented upon here as proving hat
The Japanese placed too great conf
ience in their command of the sea,
and there is no doubt that it will in
luce greater vigilance on their part.
There is some disposition to criticise
harshly the action of Rear Admiral
YesZen, but most of this mornings pa
pers prefer to wait particulars OF the
affair before passing judgment upon it.
The report that the japanese have oc-
cupied kiulien Cheng has not yet been
confirmed.
According to the Standards Tien
Tsin correspondent the whole country
outside the Great Wal is a~bnornally
flooded n any movement Of the land
forces is impracticable for the pres
ent.
A special dispatch from Port Arthur
says that the demonstration made by
Japanese torpedo boats covered by n
Japanese squadron off Port Arthur
yesterday morning "a for the purpose
of creating q scare and inducing the
batteries to waste their ammunition,
h)lt the Russians rpfr1ina1 from, ~,
swering the Japanese fire.
The Copenhagen correspondent of the
Morning Post says there are runlors
that Russia is negotiating for the pur-
pose of the Danish liners Hekla, Norge
and Island.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
WRECK KILLS NINE.
Worlds Fair Special Wrecked in Mis-.
souri, With eFarful Results.

st. Louis, May 2.-An Iron Noun
ain train running as a Worlds Fair
special, struck an open switch at
Kimmswick. Mo. thirty-six miles south
Of here. today and was wrecked.
1t is reported the casualties will
reach fifty. Engineer Bailey was
killed and Fireman Gumpert fatally
injured. Nine bodies have been re-
moved from the wreck. only one of
which was Identified. Six passengers
are seriously n twenty slightly in
jured.
The wreck occurred while the train
was going at excessive speed. The
engine turned completely over, pinion-
ing Engineer Bailey beneath tons OF
steel. Master Mechanic Tabor was rid
ing on the engine and was Instantly
killed. The baggage car was thrown
nearly 100 feet from the wreck and is
entirely demolished. Two coaches d.
rectly In the ear Of the baggage car
were also overturned and badly wreck
ed. A sleeping car was thrown on Its
side n damaged.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
TRADE IMPROVES.
Better Weather and Moro Favorable
Crop Prospects Helps Out Retail j
and Wholesale Business. :.

Review says:
D%istributive trade at most markets
not equaled a year ago. The absence
heretofore of the usual volume of.
spring demand is depressing to dealers.
who probably will be obliged to carry
over surplus stocks. Signs of Inn
provement are. however, to be noted in
the northwest, where better weather.
has helped retail and wholesale trade.
Pacific coast trade and crop advices
are better than of late, and while
weather and crop conditions are back
ward at the south, the exceptionally
renders the outlook for the future very
hopeful. A favorable development Of
the week has been the breaking of the
drouth In the southwest. Backward
weather has retarded cotton planting
II spring wheat seeding, while crop
termination and growth is generally
reported slow the country over.
During the first four months OF the
year upwards Of $4,000 men have
struck for various causes, but While
there is considerable unrest, rather less
than the usual May day disturbances
are looked for.
Among the industries the demand for
pig iron Is rather quieter, no general
buying by the railroads is reported,
but numerous small orders for rails for
western roads nave been worked, and
some large sales to eastern are
under consideration. Export trade is
charging. Price fluctuations this week
have been relatively unimportant,
though the tendency as a whole has
been slightly downward.
Wheat. including flour, exports for
the week ending April 2S are the
smallest in fourteen years, aggregating
1.01o,S50 bushels, against 1.645,42S BUSH
els last week inc 3,418,2 S9 bushels last
year. From July l, 1903, to date they
aggregate 121.707,137 bushels, against
186.S93,4S5 last season. Corn exports
for the week aggregate 19o.1s3 bushels
against 622,792 bushels last week and
2,210.155 bushels a year ago. From
July l. 1903 to date they aggregate
4S,952,5SO bushels, against 55,314,96O
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending April % number
1877, against 100 last week, 173 in the
like week in 1903, 174 in 1902, 1853 In
1901 and 1853 In 1900. =
In Canada failures for the week num-
Der "a. against IL last week and ~ in
this week a rear ago.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
TWENTY INJURED.
Hurricane Roof on a Ferry stcamc,
collapses Precipitatins Crowd
10 loWer Docks.

st. Louis. May 3.-The hurricane roof
% 90 .e4., .,toa.rer -.ionno =. Cnure
collapsed early last evening while the
steamer was crowded With sightseers
Viewing the United States gunboat
Nashville at anchor in the river har-
Dor here. and about twenty people We're
INJURED, u number of them being re-
names of the following injured have
been secured. Several persons were i'm
mediately taken to their homes before
their names We're learned
D.. Il. Wood.
George Montigo.
Mabel Montigo.
Edward Mack.
Mollie Collins.
Philip Mangels, IA years old, skull.
fractured.
Unidentified woman. serious internal
injuries.
About seventeen others, all residents
of st. Louis and East st. Louis, were
injured. none seriously.
The ferry steamer had been carry
Ing crowds all day from the foot OF
Valentine street u in midstream past
was made at the Nashville owing to
the heavy flood current running. AS
the f%erryboat rounded the Nashville
and was starting back to the dock the
crowd On the upper deck rushed to the
steamers side and out upon the hurri-
cane oof The strain was too great
and the roof collapsed. precipitating
a large number of people twenty feet
to the deck below, which was also
crowded. Instantly a panic ensued.
Women screamed, some from injury
and some from fright, and several per-
sons attempted to jump into the river.
thinking the boa was sinking. Cooler
heads prevented this. and efforts were
at once begun 10 succor the injured. A
distress signal was blown from the
boats whistle, and tugs hurried along
side. but it was deemed best to proceed
to land and not attempt to place the in
jured on the tugs. Anbulances had
been hastily called, and soon after the
Alonzo G. Church had reached shore
the injured We're being conveyed to
the city hospital and many %neighboring
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
HoLDEN's SECOND TRIP.
Is Preaching Good Seed Corn to Far
mers Along the burlington Route. :.

Mediapolis, Ia. April pa full brass
band added fervor to the Holden seed
corn meeting held here, and With stere-
opticon views the session was the most
rousing yet held. The town is inhabited
principally by retired farmers, and
these. with the 200 that came from the
surrounding country, taxed the capa-
city OF the town hall. Professor Hold
en- was relieved by Director Sage of tho
Iowa crop service; Henry Wallace, Mr..
klinck and James Atkinson. The en-
tire day had been a continual ovation,
the Burlington's audiences averaging
FAR In excess of those of previous eX-
cursions. The weather has been ex-
cellent. and despite the poor roads,
have Travelled upwards Of four
teen miles to attend the meetings. All
reports indicate an excellent corn crop
for 1904. The farmers are optimistic
IN a high degree and assert that the
advice propounded by Professor Hold
en- VIII be protited by at once. The
special departed for Burlington. where
the night will be spent.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
Russian Story of Operations.

ST. Petersburg, May 4.-The ASA
GATED Press has obtained from the gen
eral staff an outline of the operations
on the Yalu river during the past week.
The Russian force. including the re-
serves, was composed of General kash-
talinsky's rifle division. General Mist
chenk' Cossack %outposts. and Il divi-
sion of artillery. the whole under Cen
eral ~Sassulitoh. Knowledge of geog-
raphy is essential to a clear under
standing. The Russian lines We're at
kulien Cheng tor T~urenchen) opposite
VIII and Antung, both on the Feng
Wang Cheng Dad a mile north of
Kulien Cheng lies the village of Potiet-
insky. near a tributary of the Litza-
vena. five miles up which is Chin Cow.
On the opposite bank of the tributary
is the village of LitZavena. Opposite
~Potietinsky stands Housan, with a
dominating height: still higher, on the
right OF the Yalu. is the village of AM
bikhe at the confluence of the Aipikhe.
The whole course of the Yalu between
Ambikhe and Antung is divided by
islands, the largest, Somalinda, facing
kulien Cheng. Another lies between
Housan and Sindiagow.
The Japanese forces, it is believed,
approXimated 100000 men, of which
four divisions. thirteen battalions and
tifty-six guns We're in action. The Jap
anese prepared for crossing the river
by posting all their available guns. of
which the Russians say the Japanese
had five times more than they, along
the line facing iIulien Cheng and An
tung. and also landed from their war
ships Al guns.
Japanese Artillery Superior.
h array of artillery EVENTUAL,
made kulien Cheng untenable. Under
cover of powerful batteries north OF
Sindiago, the japanese crossed to
Housan. occupying the height. AS the
latter position would have enabled them
to direct Il raking fire against the Rus
slams at kulien Cheng General Sassau-
Itch ordered it to be retaken Friday.
This was done, but on Saturday the
Japanese under the cover of a battery,
%reoccupied it, the defenders falling back
across the Litzavena and continuing
the fight with the Japanese. who We're
attempting to flank them from
Chingow.
The Russian force at Antung and
Kulien Cheng had meanwhile retreated
TO It's second line Il few miles west
ware The whole Russian force en-
gagged yesterday formed a semi-circle.
the horns OF which were being gradual
ly drawn in preparatory to retiring to
Il position further west. This was the
situation when the last Russian official
reports were sent.
A m of the staff Informed the
correspondent of the Associated Press
that the issue ultimately turned prob
ably upon whether the order to with
draw was given at the proper time. A
slight delay at a critical moment might
have enabled the enemy's vastly SUI
periOr artillery to concentrate on the
Russian guns, Killing horses and gun
ners and compelling the abandonment
OF the guns. But, if SO, the Russian
plans will not DE changed by accidental
losses. General Sassulitch would con-
tinue his retreat, contesting stubbornly
n possible Japanese advance along the
FenB Wang Cheng road, which runs
through Il hilly country, crowned with
heights and exactly suited to Russian
tuCIlcS.
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RUSSIANS BLAME
GENERAL. SASSULiTCH
1t Is Believed That Ele Made
Too Strenuous a Stand
Along YaIu.
REPORT OF BIG LOSSES
Two Thousand of the Best Russian
Soldiers Were Sacrificed-Aad
Not Anticipated Such a Plan
of Operation.

ST. Petersburg. May 4.-Thc inter.
EST of the public in the news of the
fighting OF the Yalu is at fever heat.
especially sine the last official report
which announced the fighting at Chin
Cow was given ut. TO the general
disappointment no further kilograms
from General kuropatkin have been
published by the war commission. nor
Will the censor pass press dispatches
wired from the front.
The absence of news led to the cir
culation of wild rumors. For instance.
1T was reported that General ~Sassulitch
would be relieved of mis- command and
contaminated for making a too siren
uouS tand ON the right bank of the
Ialu. AS n matter of fact. while the
war office is surprised at the resistance
made by General Sassulitch, a telegram
from General K%uropatkin to the en-
peror on April 2G announced that Sas-
sulitch, in View OF the preparations
which the Japanese were making To
cross The Yalu. had begun TO reinforce
his troops ON the Manchurian bank.
Another report say that the war Of
flee has been informed that the Rus
sian casualties numbered 1000. Should
This he true 1t can he accepted as a
certainty that the Russian plan OF
operations never contemplated such a
sacrifice.
+" In view of the cautious advance of
the JaIaneSe Ii Is not expected that
they will quickly follow up Sassulitch,
but Will take n few days in getting the
remainder of t!,eir troops and supplies
across The river and in clearing the
country of Russian attachments In or
der that their communications may not
be eXnosed to attack.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
Rich Deposits Of Coal and Oil

Council Bluffs. Ia. April 29.-Rich de-
posts of coal. oil and cement are be-
Neved to have been discovered in FIRE.
mont county. the southwestern corner
Of h state. and a stock company in
Guiding prominent Council Bluffs CAPT.
talists has been organized to at once
develop the prospects. Indications Of
oil are numerous in the ravines be-
tween Bartlett and Thurman. where
coal also crops out of the ground: a coal
vein IA inches thick has already been
Is feet was found a deposit OF high
grade cement from 4 to 6 feet in thick
ness, which is believed to be highly
profitable in itself. At a greater depth
1t Is hoped to strike oil in large guam
titles.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
New Australian Cabinet,

Melbourne. Victoria. April 26.-Mr.
Watson. labor leader. has formed =
cabinet with himself as premier. Ex-s
cepting MI. Higgins. minister OF ex-
ternai affairs. all the members OF the
new cabinet belong to the labor party,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06
Drainage Bills sioned,

Des Moines. Ia. April Ex-Governor
Cum:nins has signed all i've Of the drain-
age bills. including the meandered lake
bed bill.