The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-29
RITES AT
DOOMED FORTRESS
Vow Reported That Port Ars
thurs Harbor Is Effect
ualIy Blocked.
RUSSIANS ARE FLEEING
Are Rushing Up Stream in Over
crowded Boats and in Excite
ment Many Are
Drowned.


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London, April Sine Ioklo CORE
Hpohueht OF me DaliS iHteSlaPh go
that Fort Arthur 10 eileG-
tually blocked ana that events are ''--
minating around the come fortress.
correspondent OF the liiieS capllis
from New ChWang says that q mes
senger has arrived thefe from tre 1ulu
river with the Information that tile
Russians are fleeing north across the
river III oVer-croWded poatS ana ilre
ioaiilg huilareaS ny uiuMl'n.s'
rian ,,Si, sarsihat Ianancsa tronns are
49, y ar'h, rI. ! = fror, ISnraa and nossi-
hI,' NO hninn rom rn,,cad Nv fha forces
~ ~ vi, IT,. tran1 ,,l,i,,, 80 p,,e.
T. &c 800 40 in,il,, ithdr, ,,tn
pnris ,n,ii 90 rs e. patarsburg
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49, .Hot' y - : ! : N =.
80" ~ ~ ." . ~ - -
uLoPI.hl "a 'tIetSu Nv "uNslito1
VI Glt ituSSidN lo!ceS "hicn are l''SSeu
~ oltHcaSttlh NoLGa, ama .hlt Il pri-
SaIe OF tLhhliE' WIN 2'oVo IoSSlCNs, IS
WltiiA a hundred versus OF the banks
OF thc iumen river.
Long Distance Embrace.
st. Petersburg. April 23.-Marine Min
lister Avellau has received the follow
Ing telegram from General Kuropatkin:
Il mentally embrace YOU, dear Fec
Sor Carlovich, knowing tie grief and
anxiety you are suffering. The army
finds consolation in the firm conviction
hat our illustriOuS seamen will re-
trieve their loss at the expense of the
japanese fleet
Grand Duk Cyril, who was injured
in the Petropavlovsk disaster. is pro-
testing against returning to Russia.
He desires so soon us he has recovered
to go back to Port Arthur, but his
mother, the Grand Duchess Vladimir, is
insisting on his return.
Gallant Action of the Bayan.
Port Arthur Anr;l % --Err+,ar do
rails nf tba action of tho o,,,isa, -,
hurinr tho nipht of Anri, 70 shon go,
in covering he etrent Of the P'ssi rr,
torDedo heats shn on~nroacbna Mann
thirty ca bic lengths of thn nnan,v T.,
the attemnt 10 rescna the Strashnis
crew she stood broadcast 10 the enemy
keeping four cruisers at bay While sba
lowered her boats on the other side
II picked up five sailors. In spite
of rumors of a heavy fire, not a single
man on the Bayan was wounded. One
or the Bayan shells Tell between the
smokestack OF one of the Japanese
cruisers, producing a heavy explosion
on board Inc bayan suffered no
damage;
nuss'ahs are very oore.
Berlin, April "a correspondent of
the Frankfurter Ee1tung, writing from
Hardin, Manchurla, avs
Great bitterness has been aroused
throughout Manchuria against the
Americans ana BRUSH, because 1t is
believed American and British vessels
took pait ~ ne ooIapaiulnen.s or Fort
nhta hnItaf ~ DapI 90 naS'
foat tbat tha Iaranase saat we ~ me
49, tha Pus.ions ont;ninot "a SO
c,,,dod ,,,knoIvn t,,nas ~ ,,nsaon "a" W. ~
faal,ng is ca st,ong q Ar,ar;onn. a as
1sritis6 are not $40 nn,Inhara az ~
chrria One Raillv an hn,arican ana
.a,.aroi otbe,s inciuding , 60, any
have disa nneared The outhoritias ia IT.
looking for them. IT is renortad an
Englishman was arrested in Port A.
,.hur as a spy, taken to Mukden and
BANGED. The plving of so-called flower.
boats on the L!au river. mostly under
the American flag and carrying Amer
ican goods, has been prohibited.
Finances of Russia.
ST Petersburg Anri, % -pnssi, ,o,
made a new iss11e RI s15 mn 0nn in n,nas
currency against the free gold IN 10
state bank At the ministry of finance
it was explained that it was an ordi-
nary issue, in no sense forced. The AS
sociated Press is a~uthoritatively in
formed the daily expense of the war is
averaging S75o,Ooo, and it is estimated
d yen 5 eNpelai,uIeS VIII total $25o,-
ooo,oeo. l y ileet tmts ,lere IS d Tree pal
ance o. Sllo,Voo'ooo' leaving ostenslbly
Sloo'Voo,ooo 70 pe louio. NO loreign a
mas peeh arranged ana none Is desired
IL IL can De aVoldeo.
Jap Spies Caught.
Tien Tsin, April 2l.-Two Japanese
have been caught disguised as Lamas
with 800 pounds of gun cotton in their
possession attempting to destroy the
Nonni bridge. They have been con
vcyed to Port Arthur for examination
and will be dealt with according TO
martial law.
American Guard Leaves Seoul.
Seoul, April 21.-Lieutenant McDoug-
al, with seventy marines from the
American legation guards, has been
ordered to leave Seoul and sail on the
cruiser Raleigh for Manila. Thn i'm
6u,ino ~ ~ 80 - imei
ence Of a snnioiant 1ananasa a., ,risnn
to nueu anW diSt,rrha naa r,ade - nnsl
sihla ~ w. 80 Nc - na nt ,ha
Amerino o,,eas y Cte' - .Ne
suaro.
QuIet at Port Arthur.
Port Arthur, April 21.-All is quiet
here since the 18th, and there are no
signs of the enemy's transports off the
coast of the peninsula.