Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-20
OPERATIONS NOT RESUMED
Ilinte1 That the Next Developments
Should be Looked for
Eastward.
MAYBE BY RUSSIANS, MAYBE laps
No Confirmation Of Report Of Aunihl'
latlOn of a Russian Battalion While
Re.crossing the Taitsc River.

ToHio, oct 90, 2 D. 1.--lt is announced
at headquarters here that :he lott Jap
pneso army captured near Lang Tou-
cheh Fix ammunition carts, 5.34 rifles,
1870 rounds Of Geld gun ammunition,
5000 rounds Of rifle ammunition and
cents, clothing, sabres and implements,
Additional casualties Of the center
army Just reported are l2 officers killed
and 90 wounded.
OPERATIONS STILL SUSPENDED.
ST. Petersburg Oct 20, 2 p. m,--The
suspension Of operations below Mukden
continues. II is limited iu military ctr
Giles that the next developments should
Dc looked for eastward. but whether
ON the part Of the Japanese or Rus
SLAMS Is not revealed
No news has reached the war Office
Of the reported humiliation Of Rus
sian battalion while recrossing the
Toitse river.
A dispatch from GEN sakharoif, dat
ed last night, reports that an was quiet
along the front yesterday and that In
spite Of the soggy condition OF the coun-
ny roads, which are described as seas
OF mud, the Russian scouts continue 10
show great enterprise In examining the
japanese positions, A detachment Of
200 COssacks Tuesday night reconcile
cred the japanese left southwestward
along a line extending westward from
| the railroad where Il crosses the Schill
river, through the villages Of Haitsan-
tai, Tadousampu and Sandepu. the lat
ter fifteen miles west Of the railroad.
| The japanese fontinels fred and re-
| treated as the Cossacks rode rapidly
/ along the line. but near Sandepu the
| Cossacks unexpectedly ran into q good
! sized japanese force with machine
| guns, The litter opened a murder
| Gus fire on the Russians killing many
| horses and mortally Wounding Capt.
! Turgenieh, but al the Cossacks sue
ceeded I'm getting away Not one was
killed on the field.
No statement Is made as TO what IA
Transporting on the Russian left.
The war office Is now disposed to be-
licve that the Toxic report Of the drub-
bling given 70 Gen. Yamada's brigade
Is the japanese version Of the capture
of Lone Tree hill, nicely turned to
minimize its Importance
The reports that Gems Rennenkampf
and Meyendorff are wounded are De.
med. The formers chief Of staff Col.
Rosslsky was wounded
NEWS FROM PORT ARTHUR.
Chefoo, oct 20, $3.50 p. MA junk
which left Llaoti promontory yesterday
was driven by gale and arrived here
tonight bringing 100 coolies who Left
Port Arthur because they feared injury
from the Japanese shells.
These coolies say that ON Oct 70 there
was fierce fighting for several hours on
the slopes of Rihlung mountain be-
.Wgon comparatively small forces dur
ing which the japanese lost 300 Killed
on wounded The coolies were unable
% give details Of the fighting, but ap-
parently Il wls the result OF one ~ the
numerous slrties made by the RUS
SLAMS against the Japanese who were
attempting TO advance irom their
trenches
japanese wounded say tina; the SOL
dlcrs m the trenches suffer severely
from the cold, although the Japanese
amy Us now almost completely sup
Piled with winter outfits.
Il Ia said that the Port Arthur CUR
rlson ia frantic for news Of the opera
tons Of Gen Kurop1tkin, from whom
the defenders expect relief
JAP BATTALION SURROUNDED.
81. Petersburg. oct. 9O.-A dispatch 10
the Bourse Gazette from MLkden dated
oct. ~ says that on Oct, IS a detoCh-